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JPN: Beppu Downtown

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Beppu, Oita, Japan Declared as a city in Oita Prefecture in 1924, Beppu has got more than 2,000 hot spring facilities within a total area of slightly above 125 square kilometres. In fact, it's the second largest in the world in terms of the volume of water available for hot spring bathing, just one spot behind Yellowstone National Park in the USA.
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JPN: Seven Hells of Beppu (Part 2)

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Beppu, Oita, Japan Daily: 8.00am - 5.00pm In the previous post , I've written on three of Seven Hells of Beppu: Oniishi Bozu, Umi and Kamado. Today, we shall take a look at the other four: Oniyama and Shiraike in Kannawa district, as well as Tatsumaki and Chi No Ike in Shibaseki district. There's actually one more 'hell' besides those seven that my BFFs and I didn't go to.
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JPN: Seven Hells of Beppu (Part 1)

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Beppu, Oita, Japan Daily: 8.00am - 5.00pm Probably the most popular attractions of the hot spring town of Beppu, the so-called Seven Hells of Beppu are geothermal pools of various sizes and colours for viewing. Five of them are within walking distance in Kannawa district, while the other two are in Shibaseki district.
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JPN: Tenku Yubo Seikaiso

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3-14-3 Kitahama, Beppu, Oita, Japan As far as possible, I always try to stay at least one night in a Japanese style room whenever I'm travelling in the Land of the Rising Sun. I managed to book such a room facing Beppu Bay at Tenku Yubo Seikaiso (3*), which is a 10-minute walk from Beppu railway station.
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JPN: Yufuin No Mori 3

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Fukuoka-Beppu  (3h 12m) ETD: 10.24am (GMT + 9) ETA:  1.36pm (GMT + 9) From Fukuoka, my BFFs and I'd be going to Beppu, one of the most famous hot spring resort towns in Japan. Yufuin No Mori (lit. The Forest of Yufuin) is a resort train service run by JR Kyushu. Seat reservation is compulsory to take the train that prides itself in its warm wooden interior.
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NZL: Mount Eden & Mount Saint John

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[Mount Eden Summit] 250 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand Daily: 7.00am - 7.00pm (winter) or 8.30pm (summer) Besides One Tree Hill, Auckland has several other volcanic cones worth exploring. Between Mount Eden and Mount Saint John, the former with a peak elevation of 196 m and an impressive crater is the more famous of the two. Mount Saint John, by comparison, stands at 126 m and offers a quieter experience.
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NZL: Auckland Downtown

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Auckland, New Zealand Known as Tamaki Makaurau in the Maori language, Auckland isn't only New Zealand's largest city, but also its principal commercial and economic centre. Commonly referred to as the City of Sails, it's situated between two main harbours and is punctuated by numerous volcanic cones, giving it a distinctive landscape where urban life meets natural beauty.
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TWN: EVA Air BR272 (Economy)

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MNL-TPE (2h 15m) Boeing 777-300ER ETD: 12.40pm (GMT + 8)  ETA:  2.55pm (GMT + 8) After we got bored with the new, but uninspiring Terminal 1 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport , it was finally time for my BFF and I to fly to our last holiday destination for our mid-year trip: Taipei, Taiwan. That was my virgin experience with EVA Air.
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