Notice anything different? Last Wednesday I finally made the jump to a new self-hosted WordPress.org site rather than my simple WordPress.com site– a change I honestly wasn’t planning to make until I had more free time this summer. But alas, I had a day off from work last week and I made the rash decision […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of a this yellow rickshaw in Macau. Macau has some of the most crowded streets in the world, yet you can still find rickshaw drivers struggling to maneuver them. Although most rickshaws you’ll find are rusted and brown in color, […]
Upon returning from Japan a few weeks ago, the question I received the most was “did you get to see the cherry blossoms?” followed quickly by asking if they could see some pictures. Cherry blossoms, known as sakura in Japan, are beautiful, yet symbolic flowers. Because the blossoms are so fragile and do not last long, they […]
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 […]