Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.
We spent a little over two weeks in Jordan. We hired a car and drove through the country visiting various sties along the way. The local people are amazing – so friendly and welcoming. The country is beautiful and there are so many amazing things to see. There are many big, bucket list items (Petra,…
We spent just over two weeks in Jordan on an amazing roadtrip through the country. When researching our trip to Jordan we found a lot of itineraries that were for 5 to 10 days. While Jordan is a relatively small country, we decided to spend a bit longer and take our time exploring Jordan. I…
As we made our way back to London from Albania, we decided to spend a few days in Istanbul. We stayed at a lovely place in the Sultanahmet area. This area turned out to be great. It was a short walk to all the attractions we wanted to visit and there were great food and…
We spent 14 nights on Koh Phangan island in Thailand. It was a great two weeks full of beaches, temples, and cool restaurants and bars. To get to Koh Phangan we flew into Koh Samui and arranged a ferry to the island. When we arrived in Koh Samui to discover that my bag did not…
We decided we wanted to explore other islands in the area while on Koh Phangan. This lead us to the Ang Thong Marine Park, and the day tours that are available with various tour companies. The marine park is a protected area consisting 42 islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Most of the islands are…
Nikko was a highlight of our trip to Japan. We experienced the Japanese Edo Era, got to see some amazing old shrines and temples, saw the wise monkey carving, and had the best New Year’s Eve we have both ever had. Plus we got to see snow (which was the main reason for visiting Japan over Christmas).
We only had one full day free for Kyoto, so we decided to visit the Sourthern Higashiyama and Gion areas. We arrived from Osaka in the morning and left our luggage at the train station. We found a few lockers however the larger ones were all full. After wondering the train station looking for a…
After spending a few days in Tokyo we planned to take the bullet train to Osaka. We had a relaxed morning, and then made our way to Tokyo Station to catch the train. We had some time before the train departed so we had some lunch and did some shopping. Shortly after lunch we took…
We were so excited for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. There was a train station near the hotel that went straight to the Disney stop. We got off the train and jumped on the Disney tram since we were heading to DisneySea. Once we arrived we had to get in line to get tickets for…
Unfortunately, we lost a full day in Tokyo due to our flight being cancelled. We were supposed to arrive in Tokyo early (very early) in the morning, but due to weather issues and then engineering issues our flight was cancelled and rescheduled for early afternoon the next day. Anyway, we lost a full day in…