Taipei is only 600 km far from Okinawa and the flight took around one hour. I set up a meeting with a girl from CS at the Taipei main station at 11am, but I managed to get a bus from the airport very quickly and I arrived there too early. While riding the bus I saw mountains and also old houses which looked quite poor. I waited at the train station for 45 minutes until Theresa and her sister arrived. I put my suitcase in a left-luggage office and we took a metro to the Tamsui district. The weather in Taipei was quite the same as in Okinawa, around 23-24°C, partly sunny, partly cloudy. When we got to Tamsui we bought a milk bubble tea which was very popular in Taipei. Tea was good but I didn't really like the starch balls. Afterwards we went for a lunch in some local restaurant and then we walked to the Fort San Domingo.

My camera was running out of battery because the plugs in Taiwan are different from the ones in Europe and I didn't have an adapter so I could take only a few photos. After visiting the fort we walked on the Tamsui river shore and we went to a shopping district. I tasted an egg which was hard boiled in a black tea. Then we visited a shop with sweets, there was free tasting so I tried many cakes, some of them were delicious while the others I didn't like. Then we returned to the Taipei main station. I found a host on CS and we were supposed to meet at the Ximen station at 7pm and then I scheduled a meeting for my friends in the Modern Toilet restaurant. I waited at the Ximen station for half an hour but my host didn't come. Later I found out that he mistook the date of my arrival, he thought I was going to arrive on 7th November instead of 6th. I tried to call him many times from the public phone but he didn't answer. I left the Ximen station at 7.30pm, but by the time I reached the Modern Toilet restaurant my friends had already left. I wasn't particularly angry that my host didn't arrive but I was very upset about not being able to meet my friends. Then I tried to figure out what to do, I was walking in Taipei and tried to find an internet cafe, it was very difficult because there were not many of them and I had to pull my suitcase. I was passing some hostels on my way, but I decided not to go there before I talk to my host and my friends. Finally I found an internet cafe and my old friend who studied with me at the Wageningen university in Netherlands invited me to stay at her home for one night. I took a taxi to the Neihu district, I reached her home around 10pm. Her husband bought for me a chicken and rice and we had a talk until midnight and then we went to sleep.
In the morning I met Theresa again and we walked in a city, we took a photo of Taipei 101 skyscraper and we went to a Hong Kong restaurant. I ate ice cream with red beans.

Early in the afternoon we travelled to a district with restaurants which offerred turtle and snake meat. We bought a snake soup with ginger flavour. I was surprised that the snake meat tasted like fish and it had also many bones. Then we ate turtle soup but I didn't like the taste because it was dark meat and similar to beef. Afterwards Theresa had to leave and I went to the Beitou hot springs. The entrance was very cheap and the place was crowded, there were mostly local people. They were friendly and I talked to some of them. There were several pools with thermal water, one pool was with a cold water, the other one had around 35-38°C and the last one 42-45°C which was terribly hot, I couldn't stay inside the water. I just sat down and I had to go out immediately. I spent there only one hour, then I had to go to Ximen to meet the guy who was supposed to host me. We went to the Modern Toilet restaurant, I ordered pasta and ice cream, but the food was average. Then we walked to the Main station and I took a bus to the airport to take a flight to Manila. 

My flight to Okinawa departed at 9am from the Narita airport on November 3rd. Soon after we took off I saw the Mount Fuji on the right side of the plane. There was an American woman sitting next to me who worked for military and she has been living in Okinawa 34 years. She told me many interesting things about Okinawa and she showed me photos on her phone. Our flight lasted 3 hours and when we landed I ate noodles at the airport. I don't remember the exact price but it was around 700 yen. I had a contact with a guy from CS who was from the Czech Republic and he has been living in Okinawa since 2005. He does research at the university and he married a Japanese woman. He invited me to a party in a hotel at Makishi with a buffet and free liquor tasting. We had a drink firstly in a cafe nearby and I ordered a milk tea. I drank a lot of milk tea in Japan and I liked it although I am not used to drinking it here in Prague. Then we went to a party and his wife sang there. In the evening I had to return to the airport because my hosts just returned from the trip in Tokyo. I was hosted in Okinawa by an American couple. I had only 2 days to visit Okinawa but I had a good time. On Tuesday my host took me to the aquarium in the north of the island where I watched a dolphin show and I saw many sea animals including whale sharks. It was around 24°C in Okinawa, when it was sunny it was hot, but when it was cloudy and windy it was cold and I had to wear a sweater.

After visiting the aquarium I found out that the public transportation in Okinawa was scarce and I couldn't find any bus which would take me to the south of the island. I had no choice but to hitchhike. It took around 20 minutes until a car stopped. The driver was around 70 years old guy and there was also a young woman with him, she could be around 25-30. They asked me where I wanted to go and I said hotel Moonbeach. They took me there, but the guy spoke only a little English and the girl didn't speak English at all. There was a nice beach at the hotel with white sand, water was warm, around 25°C, I spent one hour in the sea. There were many Japanese people swimming but all of them wore neoprene. My host came to pick me up and we watched the sunset. Afterwards we had dinner in a restaurant, I had a soup with egg and noodles, fried shrimps and rice. In the evening we watched a horror movie Saint Ange.
The following day I wanted to go to a beach on the Pacific coast. My host told me that the beaches on the East China coast were much more beautiful and that was certainly true, but I wanted to see the Pacific ocean. My host took me to a beach in the south of the island. The beach was completely empty. I swam in the sea but the water was colder than the day before and I spent only 10 minutes in the water. Then I wanted to go to Naha but there was no bus around and I had to hitchhike again. It took around half an hour until a guy picked me up. He was around 50 and he spoke English well. He took me to Makishi where I walked in a market and I then I had a lunch in a restaurant. I ate cuttlefish noodles and a mango pudding. Then I took train to the Shuri castle. It was already late afternoon when I got there, I walked in a garden next to the castle and I watched a sunset.

Then I returned to Makishi where I met my hosts and we went to restaurant for dinner. We ordered tacos with chips. Afterwards we bought some Japanese sweets in a supermarket. Most Japanese sweets were made of rice and red beans. Then we watched the horror movie The taking of Deborah Logan. I left Okinawa on 6th November early in the morning when I took a flight to Taipei.

When my boss approved 3 weeks holiday in November for me I immediately knew that I would travel to Asia again. There were cheap flight tickets available to many Asian countries and I decided to buy a flight ticket to Tokyo because the return ticket costed only 500 Eur. I left Prague on 30th October in the evening, I changed a plane in Paris and then I flew to Tokyo with Air France. The flight was good, I managed to sleep for some hours, I watched the movie Changeling with Angelina Jolie and I had a talk with a Japanese guy who was sitting next to me. We got a meal twice during our flight, firstly potatoes with chicken and then potatoes with spinach. I stayed in Tokyo with a Japanese guy who I hosted in Slovakia in June 2012. I arrived in Tokyo on 31st October around 7pm and my host picked me up from the airport. We travelled to his home in Asakusa. His room was very small, there was only a space for a mattress and a table. The following day it was raining a lot. We went to the Sensoji temple which was close to his home. We got free green tea and I was lucky to see a ceremony which occurs only once a year. There were many children wearing kimono and I took pictures with them.

Afterwards we visited Shibuya where we saw Provenance of the Bourgogne Wine for Consecration at Meiji Jingu. Then my host took me to manga quarter called Akihabara with shops where people played gaming machines. In the evening we went to a Tokyo tower but it was still rainy and we didn't go up.

On Sunday the weather was much better. It was warm enough to wear summer clothes all day. In the morning we went to the gardens next to the Imperial palace. 

Afterwards we visited a market, war museum and in the evening we had sushi for dinner. I left Tokyo on Monday morning when I took a flight to Okinawa.

I had a hard time to decide where to travel in September because I got a 2-week holiday. My initial idea was to travel to Greece because I have been planning to go there for some years already but finally I chose Tunisia because I considered it more exotic. I bought a trip from a travel agency with my friend and we left Prague on 9th September in the evening. We arrived in Tunisia at midnight and we reached our hotel in Nabeul around 1am. We stayed in a hotel Pyramides which was by the sea. After our arrival we were given a room on the ground floor where we found a big cockroach immediately. My friend wasn't satisfied and he bribed a guy at the reception desk with 10 Eur to give us a better room. We had a half board and we were satisfied with the food, there of a wide variety of different meals. For breakfast we got pancakes, marmalade and different kinds of cakes and bread. We could drink tea, juice or coffee. In the evening there was rice, potatoes, pasta, couscous, meat, salads, fruit and dessert, but the drinks weren't free. 

First days we spend just on the beach and at the swimming pool by the hotel. The beach was just by the hotel but it wasn't particularly clean or interesting. The parasailing was available on the beach, it costed around 30 Eur per two people, my friend wanted to try it but I didn't find a courage. I got a Tunisian SIM card because I needed to send SMS to couchsurfers who I was supposed to meet in Tunisia.

On Thursday evening we went for a walk in the evening and we entered by mistake a Tunisian wedding. There was a bride dressed in a golden garment and her hands were painted with henna. Everybody was dancing and we were offered lemon juice. 

We went to Hammamet on Friday which was only 10 km far from Nabeul. Hammamet was more interesting, we went to medina where we bought souvenirs and then we went to the archeological site, there were Roman baths. It was very hot and sunny and I got a suburn.

Our travel agency offered a trip on Sunday for around 40 Eur per person to Tunis, Carthage and Sidi Bou Said. The trip was only for the Czech people with a Czech speaking guide. Our guide was a woman in her 50's who married a Tunisian man and she has been living in Tunisia 30 years already. She told us many interesting stories about Tunisian history, culture and habits. Firstly we went to Carthage where we visited archeological sites, museum and theatre. Afterwards we travelled to Sidi Bou Said which is a city painted in blue and white. The architecture and decorations in Tunisia reminded me very much of Morocco, also the ceramics was similar. The city was small but interesting, we visited a museum, market and then we went to a cafe where we drank tea with pine nuts.

Then we continued our journey to Tunis where we had a lunch in a restaurant. There was also a buffet with a variety of food. Afterwards we walked in medina in the center of Tunis and then we went to a supermarket nearby. 

We left Tunisia on 16th September in the evening and we reached Prague at 2am. I had a bad sunburn but I was satisfied with my trip because I visited many interesting places in Tunisia.

My trip to Venice started on May 22nd and lasted 3 days. I travelled there with my friend and we stayed in the hotel Villa Parco on the island Lido. We took a flight from Prague and we arrived in Venice early in the afternoon.We had a lunch in a restaurant, we ordered a pizza, but we didn't find it tasty. Afterwards we walked around Venice for some hours and then we found a boat which took us to the Lido island. We were very tired and we went to sleep at 8pm, we slept 14 hours. The following day my friend was ill, he got angina, so he stayed in a hotel all day and I went to the beach and then I explored the city by myself. 

It was my second time in Venice, I went there for the first time in 1993 but I didn't remember it much. Venice is a beautiful city with amazing architecture. I took many photos and I returned to the hotel in the evening. Then we went to a Chinese bistro for dinner. We both ordered lasagna for 7,5 Eur, but it tasted terrible, it was virtually raw. I got food poisoning and I was sick all night. On Saturday I went to the beach again and then we took a boat to Piazza San Marco and we walked around the city, the weather was beautiful and I got a sunburn.

Our last day in Venice we went to the beach around noon, I put on a lot of sunscreen but my friend got sunburn. Then we bought pizza for the lunch and we returned to Prague by plane in the evening.

The flight from Kuala Lumpur took off at 7am and the journey to Siem Reap lasted 2 hours. I ate some chicken in the plane. After arrival I obtained tourist visa for 20 USD and I met a tuk tuk driver who took me to the Hak's house. I didn't want to stay with CSers in Cambodia because my time was limited and it would have been difficult to adapt my plans to someone else. I found Hak's house on the internet and I decided to stay there because it was cheap and it had many good reviews. I paid 10 USD for one night for a room with air conditioning. Renting a tuk-tuk costed 12 USD per day. It would have been possible to ride to the temples by bike, but I preferred more comfortable way. I was surprised to find out that I could pay with USD everywhere in Siem Reap.
I bought a ticket to the temples for 3 days, the price was 40 USD. The first day I went to the Angkor Wat with the tuk-tuk driver Wong. It was around 30°C that day and sunny, but when we walked towards Angkor Wat the clouds appeared and it started to rain suddenly. We spent some hours walking around and afterwards we returned to the hotel and I slept for some hours.

When I got up it was already evening and I went to a market where I found fish spa, it costed only 3 USD for 30 minutes. I bought two T-shirts and I returned to the hotel where I had Lok Lak chicken for dinner. The following day we went to visit other temples. The guards didn't want to let me enter one temple because I was wearing a short skirt, so we walked around and Wong lifted me up so I climbed the temple from the other side. We took around 700 photos in 3 days, Wong became tired and he said: "one photo one dollar". We bought some coconut juice, Wong had to buy it because the price for tourists was much higher than for the local people. I tried also juice made of the palm tree but I didn't find it tasty. After visiting temples we went to a dam where I swam and I also bought a durian fruit there, but it wasn't good at all. In the evening I had dinner in the hotel, I ate chicken with nuts. Wong took me to the market, we bought some food there and I also bought clothes for 7 USD.

My last day in Cambodia Wong picked me up in the morning and we visited a beautiful pagoda in Siem Reap. There was life of Buddha depicted in pictures on the wall.

Afterwards we went back to Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm and in the evening I had to take a flight to Bangkok. During my stay in Cambodia I had a hay fever which was unpleasant in such a heat and I usually don't have allergy to any plants, so it must have been some tropical plant which caused it.
I stayed in the hotel 48 ville in Bangkok which was close to the Don Muang airport. The staff was friendly and in the morning I went back to the Don Muang airport where I took a free shuttle bus to the Suvarnabhumi airport. The journey took around 50 minutes. Then I took a flight to Hong Kong where I spent some hours walking around Mong Kok. It was 1st December and the temperature was 18°C, everybody except me was wearing winter clothes.

Then I got back to the airport and I took a flight to Dubai and then to Prague. I was tired and I slept for most of the journey. I arrived in Prague on 2nd December in the afternoon.

I arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Monday 25th November around noon and I had to take a bus to the city center. My host was a Nigerian guy living in Kuala Lumpur. He picked me up at the bus station and we went to the Central market. It was raining a lot so we had to spend there some hours. There was fish spa which I tried for the first time, it was exciting. Afterwards we went to the KL tower, we didn't go on the top, we stayed downstairs and I took photos with parrots there. In the evening we visited Petronas tower, there was a dancing fountain in front of the shopping center.

The following day my host took me to the Batu caves. I bought some durian fruit and I ate it there. The weather was hot that day, around 30°C and we had to climb many stairs to the top.

I bought a wreath made of yellow and blue flowers, but when I climbed to the top I took it off for a while and put it on the ground and a monkey who was nearby stole it and ate it. The caves were worth visiting but I had seen more amazing caves in Europe, the most amazing one was probably Postojna jama in Slovenia. My host had to go to work and I walked around the city alone, I spent some time in shopping centers because there was an air conditioning. I took also many photos, there were Christmas trees everywhere. In the evening I went to a restaurant with my host for dinner, I had rice and chicken.
I spent my last day in Malaysia visiting the city Melaka which is around 100 km far from Kuala Lumpur. It took around 2 hours to get there by bus. When I got there I bought something to eat at the bus station and then I took bus to the city center. I got off at the Christ Church and I continued walking towards the sea, I wanted to go alone but a riksha driver offered to take me around. His name was Bob and we went to the cafe by the sea, we got something to drink and I took a bath. There was a very little lighthouse next to the restaurant. Afterwards we went to another place by the sea where the entrance was forbidden, we swam next to the freighter and a dredger, but the water was shallow and very dirty and the bottom was very muddy. The workers on the freighter were amused to see us swimming there, but soon they called their boss and he kicked us out, but he was apologetic and told us it was a dangerous area. Bob showed me around Melaka, we went to a windmill, then he took me to a Chinese town and we had a dinner, I ordered fried rice with vegetables. Then we went to the bus station and I returned to Kuala Lumpur. I reached my host's place before midnight and I slept only 3 hours because my flight to Siem Reap was leaving at 7am. My host took me to a bus station at night by car and then I took a bus to the airport.