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Santorini on Four Wheels

What do two flights, an eight-hour layover in the Middle East, and a 2000 passenger vessel have in common? After 48 hours of uncomfortable sleeping positions in planes, an airport lounge, and a ship, we left Asia far behind us to embark on a new chapter of Away We Roam. We had arrived at the […]Read Post ›

Taroko Gorge is Gorgeous

In our never ending quest to explore as much of Taiwan’s natural beauty from coast to coast, we found ourselves on the eastern edge of the Formosa in Hualien County, home to the famous Taroko National Park. With our home base in Taipei, getting to to the park was much like our experience in traveling […]Read Post ›

Snap, Crackle, Mom and Pop

The biggest question we regularly face as travellers is, what are we gonna eat today? Our hostel in Osaka was in close proximity to popular streets and alleyways of many eateries, so going hungry was never an option. Yet the plethora of restaurants also caused us to be paralyzed by the paradox of choice. One […]Read Post ›

Doing Dotonbori

We arrived in Osaka on a cold rainy afternoon. The wet weather conditions drenched our clothes and even our spirits that day, but for other tourists? Not so! Even gloomy grey skies couldn’t chase the dozen or so tour busses away. Luckily Simon and I were able to stroll the popular Dotonbori Street the next […]Read Post ›

Fishy Business

Disclaimer: if you are easily disturbed by the sight of dead fish, do not pass go and instead click here. The plan: get to the Tsukiji Market at 4am. The challenge: the earliest trains run at 5am. The solution: sleep at manga cafe for three hours until they open. The Tsukiji Market is one of […]Read Post ›

Simon’s Log #2: Ask a local

Although we planned most of our day’s activities and routes before we left the hotel, navigating the streets of Tokyo was not as intuitive as I thought it would be. The blocks aren’t organized the way they are in the States. Without Google Maps, and as hopelessly bad at directions as we both are, imagine […]Read Post ›

Simon’s Log #1: Intro & Planning

Simon here, be warned. My blog posts will not be as eloquent and articulate as my other half’s. Instead, mine will be a collection of random thoughts, observations, tips, and stories from our travels. Vic is the voice of our blog, so think of me as a guest speaker chiming in from time to time. […]Read Post ›

Suckers for Sakura

Simply put, cherry blossoms are awesome. Sakura, or cherry blossoms, are in full bloom all over Japan. Also popular at this time are sakura flavored liqueur, sakura mochi, and sakura flavored everything under the land of the rising sun. On our second day in Tokyo, we hit up Ueno Park, which is a popular place […]Read Post ›

C.R.E.A.M

Cash rules everything around me – or rather, us. As we touched down at the Narita Airport, it felt like the start of another one of our annual two week long vacations. We breezed through customs and immigration but it took an hour to pick up our Japan rail passes. Unfamiliar in our new surroundings, […]Read Post ›

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