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content: Shoyu mochi (Kawagoe market)
generator: sloph
published: 2016-11-13T15:15:19+09:00
summary: Amy acquired Shoyu mochi (Kawagoe market) for 80jpy
tag: food
tag: justgo
tag: takeaway

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type: Acquire
type: Activity
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content: Sweet potato mochi (Kawagoe market)
generator: sloph
published: 2016-11-13T15:53:43+09:00
summary: Amy acquired Sweet potato mochi (Kawagoe market) for 180jpy
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https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/11/582c7495900cf
type: Acquire
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content: Purple sweet potato cake (Kawagoe market)
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published: 2016-11-13T15:39:18+09:00
summary: Amy acquired Purple sweet potato cake (Kawagoe market) for 100jpy
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https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/11/582c76a59d1d2
type: Acquire
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content: Castle (Kawagoe)
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summary: Amy acquired Castle (Kawagoe) for 200jpy
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vegan-in-tokyo
type: Article
content: Being vegan in Japan is this emotional rollercoaster, being stuck between the two extremes of hunger-weighted frustration that there's nothing to eat, and wallet-weighted frustration that there are too many good things all in one place all at the same time, which are all really expensive. Groceries A lot of Japanese food is vegan by default, including loads of desserts made from rice (mochi!), tofu, or agar agar. A lot is mostly vegan. In the latter case, restaurants either can't or won't substitute ingredients upon request, if they understand what you're asking. Plus things that look vegan probably have secret fish in. Similarly, grocery shopping is fine; buying staples is easy. But there are loads of super interesting looking unfamiliar things that I want to eat but I don't know what they are... they're probably soy, or vegetable, or seaweed, or bean... but I can't be sure. I carried around a list of all the kanji I needed to look for to read ingredients lists, but this is exhausting enough in English. First I googled the problem, and found pictures of things that the internet said are definitely vegan, and hunted some of those down. This includes this brand of soy milk, and these azduki bean ice creams: // Todo photos Then I obtained the services of my brother's Japanese girlfriend, J, and took her grocery shopping so I could point at things and ask what they are. I got all sorts of treats (descriptions on hover): <img class="w1of2" src="https://i.amy.gy/2016tokyo/IMG_20161101_144158.jpg" alt="Flavoured savoury silken tofu. This one is mushroom and pine. I also tried edamame. I tried spreading it on bread, but J told me it is to be eaten with a spoon, with soy sauce." title="Flavoured savoury silken tofu. This one is mushroom and pine. I also tried edamame. I tried spreading it on bread, but J told me it is to be eaten with a spoon, with soy sauce." /> <img class="w1of2" src="https://i.amy.gy/2016tokyo/IMG_20161105_123040.jpg" alt="Soy meat. In Seiyu, it comes in…
generator: sloph
name: Vegan in Tokyo
published: 2016-11-20T14:28:00+09:00
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tag: ain+soph
tag: cafe6bt
tag: food
tag: happycow
tag: japan
tag: justgo
tag: kamakura
tag: kerela+bhuvan
tag: tokyo
tag: vegan
tag: veganic
updated: 2016-11-20T14:28:00+09:00

https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/12/584509f9a2994
type: Acquire
type: Activity
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cost: 5myr
content: Entrance to Telecom museum
generator: sloph
published: 2016-12-05T16:17:04+08:00
summary: Amy acquired Entrance to Telecom museum for 5myr
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
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tag: museum
tag: travel

https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/12/5847d9d5b93f8
type: Acquire
type: Activity
amount eur: 10.50
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cost: 50myr
content: Bird Park
generator: sloph
published: 2016-12-06T16:10:07+08:00
summary: Amy acquired Bird Park for 50myr
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: leisure

https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/12/58490d8774e28
type: Acquire
type: Activity
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cost: 35myr
content: Dark Cave tour
generator: sloph
published: 2016-12-08T10:44:26+08:00
summary: Amy acquired Dark Cave tour for 35myr
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
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https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/12/58490dbb40f8f
type: Acquire
type: Activity
amount eur: 1.05
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cost: 5myr
content: Ramayana Cave
generator: sloph
published: 2016-12-08T09:59:08+08:00
summary: Amy acquired Ramayana Cave for 5myr
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: leisure

https://rhiaro.co.uk/2016/12/584977b33fdfe
type: Acquire
type: Activity
amount eur: 1.58
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amount usd: 1.67
cost: 7.40myr
content: Islamic Art Museum
generator: sloph
published: 2016-12-09T11:18:19+08:00
summary: Amy acquired Islamic Art Museum for 7.40myr
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: leisure

kuala-lumpur-1
type: Article
content: My flight landed in KLIA2 just before 7am. The line for immigration was short but slow. Fingerprints, but no forms to fill in. The terminal is huge, and I wandered around thinking about checking out one of many mifi options, and deciding where to change money, for a while. I didn't get a mifi, but did change $50 for 202 MYR. Not a particularly good rate, I think, but no fee with CIMB Bank. Anyway, I found the buses on level 1. I bought a ticket for Star Shuttle, having learnt from wikitravel this was a good option, from a very generic looking ticket counter which seems to cover all of the many transport options. I caught the 8 o'clock, and took the approximately 1.5 hour ride to Puduraya for 11 MYR. From there I walked about five minutes to Explorers hostel near Chinatown. I'm in a 6 bed dorm on the third floor. Aircon in the lobby and rooms; wifi only in the lobby. Movies playing on a TV in the lobby 24 hours a day; high brightness, so James Bond and Star Wars look like low-budget action flicks. Free breakfast - coffee, tea, toast, peanut butter (yay!). Lockers in the room. I rearranged the contents of my bag on my bunk, then met a roommate, E. She's been backpacking around for a while, and just came from Penang (where I'm going next). Together we wandered through the nearby market, and bought sweet bao (lotus, sesame, yam). The heat squashed my appetite for most of the rest of the day. We reached the KL Tower, which is surrounded at the base by a small patch of indigenous jungle. There's a rope bridge through the tree canopy, and forest trails. The base of the tower is full of souvenir stands and overpriced food. There's an upside down house. A house in which everything is upside down. Also the house itself is upside down. Okay. We didn't go inside. The tower itself is pretty expensive to go up, at over 100 MYR to the very top. Having said that, it's about the same as towers in most major cities. Maybe I'll go up anyway. But we didn't yesterday. Continued wanderin…
generator: sloph
name: Kuala Lumpur 1
published: 2016-12-02T11:02:00+08:00
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: malaysia
tag: travel

kuala-lumpur-4
type: Article
content: Spent today around Brickfields, the Indian part of KL. To get there I passed through Petaling St Market (... a couple of times) and scouted bright coloured loose pants. The starting price seems to be 20 to 40 myr, so I can probably negotiate down to lower than the mall ones. Let's also pretend that Kasturi Walk and Central Market were on the way too. Well, they kind of were, it's hard to keep bearings in these windy streets and enormous confusing highway junctions. Anyway, eventually I made it to Brickfields, and looked into some temples. In one, a wedding in progress. It seemed a bit chaotic. 20 sen for shoe storage outside. I had it on good advice (TripAdvisor forums) that the money changers in Brickfields are abundant and have the best rates. I spent my last few ringgits on a lotus bao to see me through lunchtime, and couldn't find an (open) money changer anywhere. Lots of veggie restaurants I now couldn't eat at though. Eventually I stopped into PODs hostel and got directions to one. A very specific one, perhaps the guy's buddy.. At PODs I noted excellent seating, wifi, and coffee. I followed the directions to Nu Sentral mall. Another mega shopping complex with many chains and divine aircon. I found a money changer that did not fit the description of the one I was told has "best best price for you", so I noted the rate and kept looking. When I found the one that looked right (orange signs), sure enough it had a better rate, and I swapped $80 for 355.20 myr - probably as close to the exchange rate as I could hope to get. I wandered the mall for a bit. Contemplated Boost, Nandos and Built (they have a vegan burger) and a cafe called Library Bar Central. Ultimately decided to return to PODs, not least because every outlet in the mall was playing christmas music. PODs sold me a lukewarm iced coffee for 5myr, and I sat in a super comfy swingseat in the window for the next few hours with my laptop. When hunger struck, I headed to Gandhi's vegetarian restaurant. The si…
generator: sloph
name: Kuala Lumpur 4
published: 2016-12-04T23:59:59+08:00
tag: food
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: market
tag: travel
tag: vegan

kuala-lumpur-5
type: Article
content: I spent most of today working from the hostel, after waking up late. Went out early evening for 45 minutes in the Telecom Museum. This was plenty of time to read everything, and it's very interesting. A student ticket is 5myr. Upstairs was seating and wifi; had I known, I would have gone there to work. I had dinner at Water Lily vegan restaurant, which has a huge selection of stuff and I definitely want to go back there to try more. I had the BBQ bao, which previous reviews on HappyCow raved about, and sure enough it was great. I got a set meal: assam soy fish, which came with tofu, vegetables, rice, and herbal tea. The tofu and veggies were bland, but the sauce around the fishy chunk of soy meat was good. I also had lime sour plum juice; 18.60 in total. I got there just after 5 and it was very quiet. Mostly the staff were occupied peeling mushrooms with which they'd covered the entire table. After that I wandered to Dataran Merdeka, a big open area of grass surrounded by museums and galleries, and containing fountains and a giant flag pole. I also found the library, and I think I'll go there to work tomorrow. As the sun began to set, the lighting here was incredible. Orange reflections cascaded between the glass of skyscrapers, and both the KL Tower and the Petronas towers were in view from some spots.
generator: sloph
name: Kuala Lumpur 5
published: 2016-12-05T23:42:00+08:00
tag: food
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: travel
tag: vegan

kuala-lumpur-7
type: Article
content: This morning I went on a free heritage walking tour. We left from the KL Gallery around 9:15. Our tour guide was Marie and she alternated between funny and stern; giggling at her own jokes, and reprimanding stragglers or shhing passing schoolkids. She was full of information, and over three hours led us around parts of the gallery (free entry with the tour, normally 5myr), textile museum, some industrial buildings with history, and a private club facing Dataran Merdeka. The KL Gallery contains a scale model of the whole of Kuala Lumpur. It's seriously impressive. In clear plastic are skyscrapers yet to be built; the government is planning 300 new buildings over the next 5 years, including a 118 storey one in Chinatown. KL gives the impression of being in constant repair, chaotic construction disrupting footpaths and roads. But from the tour I learned that it's all part of a Plan, and there's meaning amongst the madness. In five years, this will be a different place. Particularly the river, for which the city is named (Kuala Lumpur means muddy estuary). Right now the banks look awful, concrete, diggers, trash, inaccessible. Turns out this is because there's a major restoration project ongoing and by next year it will be a beautiful recreation space with grass and cafes and peddleboats, and hopefully people will then stop dumping rubbish into it. According to Marie, KL has only 60 years of history. What she's counting from is when Malaysia got independence from the British in 1957. Before that is super interesting history about the reasons parts of the area were settled and developed, by Chinese traders first, and then the British, mostly due to tin. Lots of key individuals who came to seek their fortune as teenagers have left lasting legacies. The Spotted Dog remains to this day an exclusive membership club, but we were allowed inside as part of the tour. Except for the bar, where women aren't allowed under any circumstances. This is among many buildings which were b…
generator: sloph
name: Kuala Lumpur 7
published: 2016-12-07T23:59:59+08:00
tag: durian
tag: food
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: market
tag: tour
tag: travel
tag: vegan

kuala-lumpur-8
type: Article
content: I caught the train from Kuala Lumpur station (not KL Sentral) at half past 9 to Batu Caves. It wasn't nearly as busy as I'd been led to believe it would be. I first went inside the Ramayana Cave, 5myr entry. There was nobody else there, and distant dog howling added atmosphere and made me nervous. Brightly coloured and lit statues inside tell the story of Rama and Sita. There are also steps going pretty far up to unadorned parts of the cave. Next I climbed the steps to the temple cave. Some ladies at the bottom were enforcing a below-the-knee dress code (only for women) which I hadn't read about during prior research, and may have been because they were peddling sarongs to rent. I had my own scarf in my bag for just such an occasion. There's no charge to enter the temple cave, but there's not a huge amount of interest. Maybe worth going up for the view. And besides, I can never resist a massive staircase. Just before that however is the Dark Cave. A conservation and research area, with educational tours for 35myr. I took one, and really enjoyed it. Over 45 minutes we ventured into the depths of the limestone mountain and discovered spiders, centipedes, millipedes, scorpians, snails, snakes, bats and crickets. And different rock formations, plus a few minutes with lights off in total pitch blackness. Our guide, whose name starts with 'Shy' and ends in 'a' and has a q in the middle, was super enthusiastic and knowledgeable. If you love bugs and dark slimy places, this is totally worth doing, and a nice change from the tourists and temples outside. Batu Caves route on Runkeeper. I had lunch at one of the several vegetarian Indian restaurants at the base of the steps. Idli, with dahl, coconut chutney and tomato curry. This is a small breakfast dish - 4myr - and pretty delicious. I also had espresso for 6myr. I wandered slowly back to the train station, just missing one and waiting 45 minutes for the next. During this time the skies clouded and then opened up ferociously…
generator: sloph
name: Kuala Lumpur 8
published: 2016-12-08T23:09:00+08:00
tag: batu+caves
tag: coffee+amo
tag: food
tag: justgo
tag: kuala+lumpur
tag: travel
tag: vegan

malaysia-is-hot
type: Note
content: Malaysia is hot.
generator: sloph
published: 2016-12-01T11:34:00+08:00
summary: Amy wrote about #justgo, & travel
tag: justgo
tag: malaysia
tag: travel

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