Angry Traveler

I went to Japan for the first time during their summer/autumn season from 28th July to 9th August.  It was a free and easy trip for 13 days (including flight). I have listed the state and its' main attractions we had visited for the trip. Todai-ji Temple, Nara Day 0: Night flight to Osaka Day 1: Landed Mid-morning, Nara   Kofukuji Five Storied Pagoda Todai-ji Nara Park Kasuga-taisha Day 2: Himeji & Kyoto Himeji Castle Sagano Road of Bamboo Forest Monkey park iwatayama Day 3: Kyoto Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine Kinkakuji Temple Kiyomizu-dera Temple Yasaka Shrine Day 4: Tokyo Meiji Shrine Takeshita Street Uniqlo Ginza Outlet Day 5: Tokyo DisneySea Day 6:  T okyo DisneyLand Day 7: Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market Kaminarimon Akihabara Day 8: Hakone Odawara Castle Owakudani Moto-Hakone Day 9: Osaka Dontobori walk Day 10: Osaka Universal Studio Japan Day 11: Osaka Kuromon Ichiba Market Osaka C...

I started traveling free and easy for a while now. It takes a lot of time and effort to create an itinerary that suits yourself and your travel mate. This post is for those who don't know where and how to kick-start your planning. First Step: Which country / countries you plan to head to? If you have your destination(s) in mind, skip this step and head to the next one. Otherwise, i'll keep my options open and check out the promotions airline have to offer. Let those cheap flight tickets inspire me. * Do know the best seasons/months to travel to your destination. Second Step: How many days you plan to travel? I make a checklist of all the attractions i want to visit. Then i plot it out in Google Map. Then, do a rough estimation of the time required to visit the attraction and the distance between them. How much you want to fit in a day depends on how hectic you want your schedule to be, but try not to fit more than 3 major attractio...