Konichiwa Hokkaido!
Japan!!! A place near and dear to our hearts for so many reasons. My parents lived here in the 1970s
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East Asia
The Gateway to Yunnan, China
We thought our entry into China via Hong Kong would semi prepare us for this massive and mysterious nation, but
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Lakeside in Hangzhou
Hangzhou is big city with a permanent vacation vibe. This 6.3 million metropolis has a proper downtown but the heart
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The Heavenly Meili Mountains
As close as you can get to Tibet without a separate visa, Meili mountain range feels like a piece of
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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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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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Emeishan: A Spirtual 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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Beguiling Beijing & The Great Wall of China
As the capital city of the Earth’s most populous country and one of its oldest cultures, Beijing is the center
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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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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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Okinawa Island Hopping
After getting our feet wet on Okinawa’s largest island, we navigated to the tiny isles in the far reaches of
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