Travel Guide to the Best of Bali & Lombok (Indonesia).
Travel Guide to the Best of Bali & Lombok. Bali and neighboring Lombok geographically are situated at the center of the Indonesian Archipelago. On a clear day, the neighboring volcanic …
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Split (Croatia), apartments, condos, and on being temporarily grounded
March 14, 2017 I just realized that we’re in March and I haven’t written a Newsletter in 3 months. Lots has happened since then. When I wrote the last newsletter (on December 18th), we had just …
Armenia Travel Guide. Where to Go and What to See
Where to Go and What to See in Armenia Armenia is a beautiful and hospitable country of the South Caucasus. It is an attractive travel destination which is gaining more and more popularity due to its …
Signs in Japan: The funny, strange and just unusual
Signs in Japan We spent 7 weeks in Japan and one of the things that never bored us were Japanese signs. Japanese signs are unique in their design, often using cartoon figures and sometimes …
Why Nara was my favorite place in Japan
Why Nara was my favorite place in Japan We spent 7 weeks in Japan and my favorite memories were of our 1 day in the town of Nara. Why? There are a few reasons: the most impressive temple we’ve …
Our 60 Favorite Photos from 2016
Our Favorite Photos from a year of travel A couple of weeks ago I did a wrap-up of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) places visited in 2016. We took so many photos in 2016 that we decided to go …
Belgrade – Visiting Serbia, the Bad Boys of the Balkans
Belgrade – Visiting Serbia the Bad Boys of the Balkans Our trip to Serbia started ominously. “You have a one-way ticket to Belgrade?” questioned the agent at the Turkish Airlines check in …
Need an apartment for a month in Kyoto? Here’s the place to stay
Need an apartment for a month in Kyoto? Anyone familiar with us knows that we are big fans of Airbnb. In fact we spent 315 night in Airbnb apartments in 2016. The one major exception was Kyoto. When …
A hike to the Mila Gojsalić statue, Omiš, Croatia
A hike to the Mila Gojsalić statue I’ve previously written about Omis and why it is my favorite Croatian town. But there is another attraction outside town that I had previously heard of and had …