Kumano Kodo Nakahechi: Hualien’s 2020 travel talk

Archive: Kumano Kodo Nakahechi Route Talk (2020)

Sponsor: I See You Taiwan Hostel Alliance
Organiser: Sofa Story, 旅行講堂
Venue: Hualien WOW Hostel
Registration: https://reurl.cc/K6zEZq
Talk information:
＊Who is it for? Travellers interested in easy hiking, independent backpacking or group travel are all welcome!

 Hualien session: 2020/2/29, 19:30–21:30.

Venue: Hualien WOW Youth Hostel

(No. 83, Guolian 1st Road, Hualien City, Hualien County 97055)

｜About the talk

｜Programme
• Film screening
• Independent backpacking on the Kumano Kodo (Kumano Kodo group moderator: Smallove)
• An easy hiking trip on the Kumano Kodo (展展)
• Questions and discussion (Q&A)
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｜Speakers

✅ Smallove
Moderator of the Facebook group 'Let's Hike the Kumano Kodo'

A restless office worker from Taipei who began backpacking in 2010. Describing themself as a difficult travel companion, Smallove usually travels alone. In 2011, they began working in the travel industry, though not at a travel agency (huh?). They moved to Beijing for work at the end of 2014, quit at the end of 2016 and went to Spain to walk their first 800-kilometre Camino. They returned to work in Taiwan in 2017. In 2018, they walked Japan's Kumano Kodo Nakahechi route and temples 1 through 38 of the Shikoku pilgrimage. In 2019, they returned to Europe to walk the Camino again.

🔺 Facebook page / related links:
旅行熊 - 和我的跟班Smallove_https://www.facebook.com/travelbrown/

✅ 展展
Head of Sofa Story, 旅行講堂; completed the Shikoku pilgrimage in 2017 and the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi route in 2019.

🔺 Facebook page / related links:
Sofa Story, 旅行講堂_https://reurl.cc/mdb0MM

#Nakahechi
#DualPilgrimage
#KumanoKodo

｜Please note
1. Fee: a voluntary donation in New Taiwan dollars per person (including light refreshments).
2. Seats are limited. If you need to cancel or cannot attend at short notice, please be sure to notify the organiser.

Acknowledgements
Exclusive sponsor I See You Taiwan Hostel Alliance, 豐和旅行, TevaTaiwan, 飛竹眼鏡, 嗨客戶外, and goodfoodlife.
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▲ Exclusive sponsor: I See You Taiwan Hostel Alliance ▲
Official website: https://reurl.cc/K652ym
I See You Taiwan Hostel Alliance
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▲ Itinerary planning: 豐和旅行 ▲
Official website: https://reurl.cc/ObgQ7A
Provides itinerary planning for Chinese-speaking visitors to Japan, travelling individually or in groups from Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada. Qualified professional guides and interpreters in Cantonese and Mandarin.
Japan travel for MICE, tour groups, company trips and family trips.
Activities focus on Japanese cultural experiences, including Buddhist pilgrimage routes, the Shikoku pilgrimage, shojin ryori Buddhist vegetarian cuisine, student exchanges and the Kumano Kodo.
Experienced guides, tour leaders and itinerary planners provide high-quality travel services.
Qualified Cantonese- and Mandarin-speaking guides help visitors understand Japanese culture.

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