A story about slow travel in Gangneung, where mornings are spent preparing breakfast for fellow travellers and afternoons exploring coffee streets, pine forests and the East Sea.
Tag Archives: Volunteering
Banquet “Minshuku-style”
A story about my experience helping to feed hungry overnight guests at an oyster farm in Kyoto.
How I learned to set up a kotatsu
A story about how a Japanese guest house or minshuku works.
Oysters: steamed, fried and microwaved
A story about me learning all kinds of things about oysters and aqua farming.
JaPOW – 2 weeks in Niseko
A story about a snowy work-away experience and skiing with a view in the high north of Japan.
2 weeks in Kusatsu Onsen
A story about my stay in one of Japan’s most popular Onsen towns. Spoiler: it’s definitely not overrated, and I would have stayed even longer.
1 month on Pulau Perhentian
A story about spending 5 weeks in paradise, AKA the Perhentian Islands. This is a little love letter to one of my favourite places I’ve visited so far.
The perfect work-away on the Perhentian Islands
A story about finding the best first work-away experience one could ask for on a tiny island in Malaysia.