City & Culture Destinations East Asia Japan Luxury 

The Charms of Kyoto

June 16, 2013July 26, 2016 Anne & Mike 10412 Views 20 Comments architecture, City Guide, culture, geisha, temple

Picture your most elegant image of Japan–-a woman in a floral kimono walking under the shade of her paper umbrella

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Cambodia Destinations Luxury Southeast Asia 

So Much More Than Ankgor Wat

November 11, 2013December 31, 2017 Mike & Anne 6472 Views 26 Comments ancient, Buddhist, City Guide, hindu, history, temples, tuk-tuk

We’ve seen hundreds of incredible historical monuments and archaeological sites on our HoneyTrek, but up until this point, nothing tops

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Asia Destinations Jordan Middle East 

Hitchhiking on a Party Bus in Jordan

October 4, 2017November 11, 2017 Mike & Anne 2949 Views 0 Comments dance, friends, hitchhike

Leaving Petra, we joined a tour bus full of Jordanian women–heading 130 miles in the wrong direction. We don’t know

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Asia City & Culture Destinations Japan Luxury 

Crash Course in the Japanese Arts

June 30, 2013January 27, 2021 Anne & Mike 5580 Views 23 Comments art, castles, City Guide, culture, flowers, geisha, wine

How to tie a kimono, arrange an ikebana flower arrangement, write kangi calligraphy…these are skills we never dreamt we’d learn,

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Asia China City & Culture Destinations East Asia Luxury 

The Gateway to Yunnan, China

February 9, 2013July 26, 2016 Anne & Mike 4727 Views 21 Comments market, pagoda, temple

We thought our entry into China via Hong Kong would semi prepare us for this massive and mysterious nation, but

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Asia Budget Destinations Nepal 

HoneyTrekking the Annapurnas

January 18, 2013September 2, 2017 Anne & Mike 6407 Views 26 Comments annapurna sanctuary trek, Hikes, mountains, Ultimate Journeys for Two

When we arrived in Nepal we talked about spending three or four days trekking but a 10-day trek was not

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Asia City & Culture Destinations Japan Luxury 

The Many Faces of Tokyo

July 13, 2013July 26, 2016 Mike & Anne 7529 Views 16 Comments culture, kabuki, museum, sashimi, sushi

Tokyo is as lovely and well mannered as you’d expect the Japanese capital to be, but it has a nerdy,

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Asia Budget China Destinations East Asia 

Emeishan: A Spirtual Trek

February 25, 2013March 11, 2018 Mike & Anne 6217 Views 28 Comments Buddhist, mountains, pagoda, temple, trek

If you can picture the quintessential Chinese mountain scene painted on a rice-paper scroll, with mist-shrouded mountain peaks and long

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Asia Destinations Nepal 

You Know You’re in Nepal When….

January 31, 2013July 26, 2016 Mike & Anne 4907 Views 28 Comments Hikes, mountains, Water Adventures, You Know You're In...

Nepal is a country of extremes. It’s got the biggest mountains, the wildest rivers, and the oldest cities we’ve seen

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Asia Budget Destinations Southeast Asia Vietnam 

Deep in the Mekong Delta

December 27, 2013April 16, 2018 Mike & Anne 5818 Views 8 Comments boat, culture, food, river, Ultimate Journeys for Two, Videos

Our love-hate relationship with Vietnam began the moment we crossed into the Mekong Delta. It’s gorgeous, it’s exotic, it’s a

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Asia Budget Destinations In Transit Myanmar 

Bago, Myanmar in Three Hours

September 2, 2014February 22, 2017 Mike & Anne 5372 Views 10 Comments architecture, friends, in transit, motorbikes

We generally try not to speed-tour a town, but when faced with a three-hour bus layover in one of Myanmar’s

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