Togetsukyo Bridge After our little rendezvous at the Tenryuji Shrine and the bamboo groves, our next stop was across the river to the Iwatayama Monkey Park. However, on the way,…
Tenryuji Shrine: Kyoto, Japan I picked the Tenryuji Shrine mostly for a great photo opportunity that I couldn’t pass up on a trip to Japan. Those were the bamboo groves in…
Nishiki Market: Kyoto, Japan Being the adventurous foodie that I am, I of course sought out to find a night market in Kyoto, Japan. There really aren’t too many “night markets”;…
Fushimi Inari Shrine: Kyoto, Japan I picked this shrine in particular because I wanted to take pictures of the infamous red torii gates. It is located in front and partially…
The first night in Japan, I met up with an old high school friend that I hadn’t seen since, well high school. “Billy Dilly” was a year older than me,…
A little word on traveling accommodations in Japan: butt-freaking expensive. A decent hotel, and I’m talking maybe three-to-four stars in Tokyo can go as high as $200-$300USD. This does not account…
As I write this after I have left Japan, I can’t help but think what a wonderful start this trip was. I hadn’t been back to Asia in year, six…
As typical Asians go, we celebrated the new year with a feast. It wasn’t a super grand event, there wasn’t crackers or people dressed to the best, but there was…
I was originally born in SE Asia, specifically hailing from Singapore and Malaysia. It doesn’t come close to say that even though I immigrated to the United States at a…
If you like sand and sea, Bali is definitely the place for you. I was a bit surprised that being a SE Asian resort, there were many more Caucasians there…
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