Nara is a beautiful city, often overlooked by travelers. It is famous for it’s many temples that are all recognized as World Heritage Sites, and of course for their sacred Nara deer (shika) that roam freely on the temple grounds. It is popular to buy shika senbei, which are rice crackers used to feed the deer. The […]
I have found out there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them — Mark Twain I’ve talked about this with a few people on different occasions, and now I’ll talk about it here. Everyone should experience couples travel before getting married. Happy back home in […]
HELLO GORGEOUS. LUXE City Guides have sold over 1.4 million copies of their snappy guides, covering 33 destinations around the world. Aimed at value-loving or tight-on-time travelers, these guides provide short, sassy reviews and highly selective entries. Each guide is highly curated and includes only the best of each location– so if there’s only 2 good […]
Afew weeks ago, Audrey of That Backpacker wrote an article about something that really hit home for me– being a lazy traveler. She complained how she had been living in Chaing Mai, Thailand for almost a whole month, yet she had barely gone to explore past her apartment. This lazy traveler syndrome seems to affect a lot of travelers who […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen may be one of the fastest growing cities in China, but it’s also the youngest. At only 30 years old, Shenzhen was the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The city’s sole purpose was to make money […]