Category: Asia

We finished our time in Singapore where even the airport was quite special. This little country packs a lot into a small area. We really liked our swing through Asia. It is definitely a...

Singapore is our last stop because I was able to get business class seats from Alaska Air using miles. Since the overnight flight to Sydney is almost 9 hours it was too good to...

Our final stop in Thailand was even more remote. Khao Sok National Park surrounds Cheow Lan lake. It was created in the 1980s and is now a lesser tourist spot with beautiful karst cliffs...

From the north of Thailand, we travel to the Krabi area in the south where we stayed at Railay Beach for a few days. It definitely had a different feel due to the transport...

We loved Japan but Chiang Mai is our new favorite place in Asia. It doesn’t have the most beautiful scenery (but the mountains are beautiful) or the best attractions (though the elephant sanctuary was...

Honestly, we were a bit worried about Cambodia but it was really pretty nice. We just focused on Angkor Wat and stayed in Siem Reap so maybe that’s why it was so nice but...

Our last stop was Takayama, a small town in the “Japanese Alps”. There is nothing wrong with the town but Karen and I both had colds and didn’t feel like doing much. This meant...

Our second to last stop was different in that we weren’t going to a town at at all but a village in the mountains of Japan. It’s a popular day trip from Kanazawa or...

Kenroku-En gardens is supposed to be one of the three great gardens in Japan (along with Koraku-en and Kairaku-en). We are not sure what that even means exactly but it was on our route...

Kyoto is very convenient to Himeji Castle. About an hour by train with trains every 15-20 minutes. We were bold (for us) and didn’t even make reservations. Himeji is a cool little town but...