Ah Nara. The last stop on our Japanese excursion. The last 16-days have been extraordinary. A beautiful country that is extremely efficient (frustratingly so at times). It was an experience full of cultural learning, ups and downs, awesome bathrooms, and swaths of great food. Nara was the proper way to […]
After a lot of research and time spent comparing cruise options in Halong Bay, we selected a 2 Day/ 1 Night cruise with Paloma. Paloma Cruise is a mid-size boat, with good reviews and an affordable price. Part of our cruise package including transportation to/from Hanoi. A comfortable van picked […]
Traveling allows you to experience new cultures, meet interesting people, and see history firsthand, but one of the main reasons we love to travel is to eat! After backpacking through Asia for 8-weeks, we compiled a list of the best food in Asia. This post highlight meals from Japan, Hong […]
After 8-weeks without making a bed, driving a car, cooking (besides the ill-fated Thai cooking class), or doing our own laundry, we are starting to miss some of the luxuries of full-time travel. Thankfully, we have about a billion photos and our travel journals to reminisce on experiences that we […]
We arrived in Takayama around midday on Thursday. Our first cultural experience of our two days in Takayama was our AirBnB. We were staying in a traditional Japanese style home with a man named Masa. It was easy to find his home because he had a sign hanging outside the […]
Two Days in Kanazawa Kanazawa may not be the first destination you would think to travel to in Japan, however, this charming city has plenty of eats, brewery stops, and arts to make it a worthwhile stop. Day 1 Meg and I caught an early 8:06AM train out of Matsumoto […]