Japan travel tips for first time visitors Japan can be a culture shock to the senses for first time visitors. There’s a lot of things to know before traveling to Japan, so today’s blog post will focus on a few useful Japan travel trips. Japan is easily one of our favourite travel destinations in the […]
100 Photos of Tokyo Disneyland, Japan
Photos of Tokyo Disneyland, Japan While in Japan attending the Rugby World Cup, we decided to take our boys to Tokyo Disneyland. This was our first Disneyland experience as a family, so one might say it was a milestone moment. I’m not sure if we would have visited Tokyo Disneyland prior to having kids. We […]
Our experience attending the Rugby World Cup in Japan
Rugby World Cup in Japan The main reason we decided to travel to Japan in October was to attend the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Earlier this morning, while watching the highly entertaining semi-final match between England and New Zealand, I was instantly transported back to Japan. Seeing the cheering fans in the stadium brought back […]
10 Amazing Countries you Should Visit
Today, we’re sharing this guest post contribution from Matt Kepnes, the man behind the popular travel website Nomadic Matt. We used to contribute family travel articles for his website a few years ago – read our post about the common excuses people use to avoid family travel. When we started this travel blog 11 years […]
12 Photos that will make you want to visit the Banaue Rice Terraces
Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines If you find yourself in the Philippines you should seriously consider adding a visit to Banaue and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The remote town of Banaue, pictured above, is located in the province of Ifugao, about an 8 hour bus ride north […]
When Travel Bloggers Get Scammed!
Today we’re going to learn about travel scams Yes, we have been scammed on our travels. Several times. There was the time Cam got robbed by a Thai prostitute in Bangkok (true story), the time we caught a pickpocket red-handed at the Great Pyramids in Egypt, the time an intimidating taxi driver scammed us in […]
Photo of the Week: Amber Palace in Rajasthan, India
Amber Palace in Rajasthan, India This week’s travel photo was captured at the entrance to the magnificent Amber Palace (also known as Amer Fort), located about 11 km from the city of Jaipur. If there’s one place you should visit when in Jaipur, this is it. I’ll always remember the moment we first laid eyes on this […]
Experiencing Hong Kong for the first time
Our first trip to Hong Kong I’ve been thinking about Asia a lot lately. We used to spend a lot of time traveling around Asia but it’s been almost 6 years since our last visit. One of our favorite cities in the world is Hong Kong, yet we haven’t talked it about much on this blog. Our […]
