After spending the day exploring UNESCO’s Iwami Ginzan silver mine we piled back in the car and drove to Onomichi. The plan was to drive across the famous Shimanami Kaido bridge. Truth is…
After coming home from my winter vacation I realized I had a happy problem, my passport was out of pages! I did a little research and found out that as of January 1st,…
Iwami Ginzan is a tiny mining village tucked into the Shimane prefecture on Honshu, Japan’s main island. The mine and surrounding Omori Town were inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage list in…
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be hosting a brand new TwitterChat every Tuesday for the foreseeable future. #AsiaTravChat is focused on living & Traveling around Asia and I’ll be joined by…
Japanese food is absolutely delicious and I was fortunate enough to sample dozens of different foods during my 2 weeks in Japan. Therefore, I have made this Japanese food guide for you so that…
After a day of walking around Matsue we hopped into Andrew’s car and ventured towards Izumo. Izumo Taisha is famous throughout Japan as one of the oldest Shinto shrines. In fact, the…
After Matsuyama Andrew and I drove through Kochi to pick up his buddy David (a Welshman) before driving north to pick up Tobias (a Kiwi) in Okayama rounding out our international group…
South Korea is quickly becoming famous for its winter wonderlands and there are lots of great places to visit during the snowy season. In 2018 South Korea will host the Winter Olympics…
Matsuyama Castle was voted as Japan’s 2nd best castle by Trip Advisor in 2014 and my recent visit confirms that its still awesome! I flew into Matsuyama to meet my college buddy…
Okay so yeah. The answer is yes. In terms of progressiveness 2016 was pretty awful for the world. Atrocities, natural disasters, war crimes against humanity and countless social injustices littered a year…
