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Asia Travel on the Cheap

Three months backpacking Asia. I have had a strong interest in visiting Northeast Asia for a long time. I took advantage of a airfare special that was offered by Expedia.com. Cincinnati, Ohio to Nagoya, Japan round-trip for $438. That was without a doubt the most incredible deal relating to airfare that I've ever seen. The ticket allowed me 90 days between arriving in and departing from Japan (Nogoya) which was perfect. In fact I spent more money for flights from Hong Kong to Taiwan and Taiwan to Japan than I did from the U.S. to Japan. I bought those other tickets to make a round circuit, also it's impossible to go to Taiwan from China.

An interesting fact is that I purchased the ticket's to fly from Hong Kong to Taiwan and Taiwan to Japan in the U.S. I thought it was strange that you can buy airline tickets for travel within a foreign country from the U.S.  Well anyway I began my journey by being dropped off by my friend Erich at the Knoxville Greyhound bus station taking the Greyhound bus from Knoxville to Cincinnati. Once there I took a public bus to the airport. A couple of bucks versus a taxi for $50 no way! I almost never use taxis. Huge rip offs.  and then flying to Nagoya from Cincinnati. 16 hour flight wow that was a long one. My plan was to make a circle starting with Japan for a month, then a boat to South Korea for 10 days, boat from there to China for a month than Hong Kong. Fly from Hong Kong to Taiwan -  Taiwan for about 10 days and then fly back to Nagoya, Japan for my return flight to the U.S.

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I am a “day in the life” kind of traveler. That means that I try to live as close to the locals daily life as I can. Take public transportation. Seeing the sites. Eating at small restaurant and street vender foods