A Taste of Tibet: Diqing, China
Tibet is world famous for its culture of Buddhism and holy mountains but its neighbor Diqing is a well-kept secret.
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East Asia
Okinawa: The Japanese Tropics
Japan may seem compact but when you add in the 160 islands of Okinawa it seems to stretch endlessly into
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Hanging Out in Hong Kong
When deciding which places to add to the HoneyTrek itinerary we usually search out the tallest mountains, most ancient cities,
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The Most Charming City in China: Fenghuang
Stilt houses teeter over the winding river, boats are propelled by bamboo poles, stepping stones act as bridges, and the
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Shanghai Special
We heard such mixed reviews on Shanghai that we almost didn’t come here. “It’s just another big city” some people
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You Know You’re in Japan When….
Japan is sort of its own special planet. Nowhere is this clean, people are never this nice, and nothing is
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Cruising the Yangtze
The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world, stretching 6,400km across China, so we knew we had to
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The Many Faces of Tokyo
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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You Know You’re in China When….
When it came time to go through our “You Know You’re In…” file for China, it was bulging at the
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Crash Course in the Japanese Arts
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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WWOOF Japan – Our Japanese Farm Experience
We’ve always known that we would WWOOF Japan (World-Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms…a.k.a. Travelers willing to work four-to-six hours per
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