Yoni Mayer

36 pieces · 2023–2025

Travel

Thirty-one days across Thailand, Japan and Vietnam in 2023, and a long weekend in Munich two summers later — written up a day at a time, on the road.

Munich Trip

Asia Trip

Jun 2023 Day 31 - Qatar layover We weren’t going to let a 12 hour layover in Qatar go to waste. Last night, we booked a tour for Qatar. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 30 - 3rd day of Ha Giang Loop and leaving We woke up to rain. Igor decided to wait a little so we ended up departing around 10:30 Our first stop was a waterfall… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 29 - Day 2 of Ha Giang Loop Another day of incredible views We took pictures at what Igor considered the nicest view of the whole trip I had what… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 28 - Day 1 of Ha Giang loop We woke up around 8 AM to meet our tour guides and motorcycle drivers in the hostel lobby. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 27 We booked a day tour late last night for Ninh Binh. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 26 - Last Shabbat of the trip in Hanoi We had a great time at the Chabad of Hanoi. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 25 We left around 11 to the Hanoi old quarter. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 24 - Flying to Vietnam Avi and I woke up at 5 am to catch the train for our flight We landed in Hanoi at around 1 Pm local time and took a… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 23 Third day of Avi and I on our own journeys in Tokyo I began my day at Yoyogi park - a huge park next to the shrine id… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 22 Another day of Avi and I doing different things in Tokyo I began my day on Kappabashi street - a street selling goods… 2 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 21 Avi and I split up today since we both wanted to spend our time seeing different parts of Tokyo I began my day with the… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 20 Today was packed. We began our day by traveling by bullet train to Mt Fuji. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 19- Shabbat #3 - Chabad of Kyoto Shabbat was great. There was a group of about 80 Israeli bank workers and their families with us at the Chabad so it… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 18 We began today by going to the house connected with our hotel. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 17 We started the day by traveling to Kyoto. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 16 The day began a bit late - we got out of the hotel at 10:30 AM. We took public transportation to Mount Rokko in Kobe. 3 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 15 We began our day with some coffee from a local shop We then took the subway to the Osaka Castle - a castle which was… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 14 - First Day in Japan!! After flying through the night, with a quick stopover in Kuala Lumpur, we reached Osaka, Japan. 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 13 - Last Day in Thailand We began our day by picking up our laundry from a local laundry service (if you’re wondering how we packed enough… 1 min · SUBSTACK Jun 2023 Day 12 - Motzei Shabbat #2 It finally happened- I got sick. Friday night was relatively normal. 1 min · SUBSTACK