Category: travel
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Summer Gaming, and Travel
As my fingers glide over the keys of my IBM Model M keyboard, producing that oh-so familiar clack-clack thanks to the buckling spring, I can’t help but feel at home with my humble writing setup. My desktop computer has finally made it to Belfast, along with my old BenQ monitor. The kitchen table has become […]
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Kept you waiting, huh?
Exams are over and the Ordinary Decent Gamer is back in business. And what do you do to celebrate the end of a terrible month? You make pasta! Wait, no. That comes later. First, you leave the country as soon as you can and go as far away as you can afford to at that […]
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A Seoul Searching Sojourn – Part 2
Continued from A Seoul Searching Sojourn – Part 1, detailing my exciting exploits in Asia. The Third Day Another slow morning of booking and planning, and figuring out what to do for the day. I settled on Dongdaemun market and the urban stream. I wanted to finish the day exploring Gangnam to see the style that […]
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A Seoul Searching Sojourn – Part 1
Another in my series of travel blogs, this one covers the second stop of my Grand Tour of Asia. This one is a two parter, and is made up of notes I took at the time and reflections following my return to Northern Ireland. I have been reluctant to finish these travel posts – maybe part […]
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Toodaloo Temples, and So Long Siem Reap
I’m running a little bit behind on writing! I’m back in Northern Ireland, in the cold and wet. Back to fleeces and jeans, and monsoon-proof raincoats. Back to porridge. No more sushi. No more kimchi. No more laksa. I miss Asia already. These posts are going to be completely out of order, as I’m just […]
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The Rocky Road to Siem Reap
I’ve stayed in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, Phnom Penh, and now I’m in Siem Reap. So much has happened in a relatively short period of time and I’m having a hard time keeping up with it. I had a long bus journey to get here so I had the chance to make […]
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See you later, Nagoya
Where did the time go?! I officially finished my elective on the 7th of August, and after a great send off (and a not so great bike incident), I was on my way to Kyoto. I arrived in style by the Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, and the journey only took half an […]
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Tokyo…how did it take me this long to get here?
This is an amazing city. I had my first vending machine experience at the airport – a beverage not entirely unlike fizzy grapefruit juice – and I see them absolutely everywhere. Nothing too odd so far, just drinks and cigarettes. I took the Limousine bus to the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and walked from there, much […]
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