Category: Asia
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The Suite Life of Korea and Singapore
I know, it’s been awhile. If you remember it was at the beginning of March that we finished our tour of Japan. We ended in Osaka because we found an overnight cruise that took us to Busan, Korea and were interested in a non-flight method of transit between countries. After spending a few days in…
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Saying Farewell to our Favorite Flavors of Japan
The last segment in Japan! We covered more distance by train in one day than any other of the trip just to say we made it onto the island of Kyushu. We spent some time in Hiroshima learning about the impact of the atomic bomb, visited several castles, and ended our time in Japan with…
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Munching our way from Kanazawa to Kyoto
Since Tokyo we have mostly been off the normal path for tourists, but as we got to Kanazawa and especially Kyoto they were already starting to swarm, I can’t even imagine what it would have been like in a few weeks when the cherry blossoms burst forth. Kanazawa Through the Snow We left Takayama on…
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Monkey See, Monkey Onsen, in Nagano, Japan
This week we went from spring back into winter! From Sendai we headed into the mountains to the ski town Yuzawa, also the home of the Kiyotsu Gorge and splurged a bit on our ryokan. Then we took a few more trains to Nagano where we got to see the snow monkeys enjoying onsens and…
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Walking across Tokyo and Riding the Rails to Mt. Fuji and Sendai
Why yes, we did walk across Tokyo. Our feet were complaining a bit the next day but at least we only walked one way and could take the train back. I’m dividing up Tokyo into about 1 week chunks but we did quite a bit of adventuring so hopefully these won’t be too long winded.…
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Relaxing on the Beaches in Koh Lipe, Thailand
I hope you’re up for some beach and sunset pictures because that’s mostly what you’re going to be seeing this time. After Laos, we spent about a week in the Andaman Sea on the island of Lipe (“Koh” means island in Thai). It is about as far south as you can get and not be…
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Refueling with Croissants in Laos
It has officially been a month that we have been on this adventure, and already we are heading to country #5. After so many adventures and mostly full days of travel and experiences, we decided Laos would be somewhat more relaxed. That turned out to be good planning as we both started off the week…
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Reflecting on History from Sunrise to Sunset in Cambodia
Coming to Cambodia I was really excited to see Angkor Wat but I didn’t know what to expect from the food. I had assumed something similar to Vietnamese cuisine but I found so many tasty curries it reminded me more of Thailand! I also wanted to learn more about what happened during the Khmer Rouge,…
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Delving into the Culinary Delicacies of Southern Vietnam
I know, it’s been awhile. We got stuck with really slow and intermittent internet so uploading photos took more patience than I had. Especially when there were beaches and curries calling my name. BUT better late than never, right? We continued the journey in Hoi An and into Ho Chi Minh City, learning more about…
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Discovering Vietnam One City at a Time
Ready to scratch a new country off our lists, we headed to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. We joined with 9 others as part of a tour group travelling by bus, boat, train, and plane across the entire country in just 10 days. As much as I loved some of the food I found myself…