Chances are, if you’ve flown to a different country you’ve been given a card to fill out on arrival. This form, called an embarkation card, is given to immigration along with your passport to provide information about you and your visit. This won’t be the most exciting post, but after having my own bad experience, I […]
My life was about to change forever, but back then I didn’t know it yet. As I stepped off the plane, a rush of excitement came over me—I was finally in Japan. It was my first time crossing the ocean by plane, my first time out of North America, my first passport stamp. The next […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the sakura blossoms in Ueno, Tokyo. With cherry blossoms blooming earlier than ever this year, we were worried we wouldn’t get to see any by the time we arrived in April. Our first day in Tokyo we headed to […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from Lizhi Park in Shenzhen, China. Due north of Hong Kong, Shenzhen is China’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ). A city just over 30 years old in a history of over 5,000 years, a lot of people will argue that […]
Surprisingly enough, Easter is a popular holiday in Hong Kong. Everyone is given off Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday– although most people couldn’t tell you what happens on those days. Instead, most people spend this glorious 4-day weekend traveling to nearby countries, or buying tons of Easter gifts and chocolate for […]