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Tohoku Travel: Discover Japan’s Rugged Coastline Without the Crowds

On a recent trip to Japan, a local told me, “Tokyo is not Japan…to know Japan, you have to go out and explore.” And if…

Shikoku Island Hike
Cultural Experiences | Japan

Discover Shikoku: Japan’s Most Beautiful and Least Visited Island

Welcome to Shikoku, Japan’s best-kept secret island nobody talks about – but everyone should be. Translating to ‘four lands,’ Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s…

oman trekking
Adventure Travel | Experiences | Featured | Hiking | Oman | Tours

Roughing It In Oman

I laid out my new sleeping bag on the thick mat under the stars. It was muggy outside, but I still got into the down…

abandoned buildings berlin
Experiences | Germany | Photo Documentaries | Photography | Tours

This Meat Has Expired

The glass crunches underneath my shoes with every step I take, the stairway is dimly lit by diffused daylight on this wintery day. A cold…

Graveyard of Fun – Spreepark Berlin
Featured | Germany | Photo Documentaries | Photography | Tours

Graveyard of Fun – Spreepark Berlin

Even fun has a shelf life – this is what runs through my mind as I walk around Spreepark, the abandoned, dilapidated amusement park in…

paint brush
Experiences | Featured | Malta | Tours

Creative Connections in Gozo

Artistic expression is one of those strange, unfathomable things to me. It’s something I wish I desperately understood and possessed, and I’m delighted when I…

canal
Featured | Photo Documentaries | Photography | United Kingdom

The Hidden London Canal

I gave him a smile and a head nod of acknowledgment and he gave me a proper raised eyebrow and reserved recognition as we swiftly…

honey tea
Food and Drink | Hawaii - Big Island

Honey Happiness on the Big Island

Note Update 2018:  Volcano Island Honey changed owners and is now called Rare Hawaiian Honey Company.  They do not offer tours like the one I…

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