A travel blog for the quiet folk
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Everyone should travel at some point in their lives. The most common question I get when I talk about a new trip is: Why? I find this to be a strange thing to ask. It seems so obvious to me. For me, it is quite simply because I want to go. What other reason do
As I walk out of my hostel and head towards the Old Port of Montreal, I don’t feel too cold. I can handle this. Winter in Montreal is no joke. The temperature was 12 degrees Fahrenheit. After walking for a while I stopped in a shop briefly. Stepping outside it was suddenly frigid and I
I have flown a lot. Getting on an airplane to go to my next destination is a breeze, and I consider myself to be a pretty savvy traveler. The one thing that I had yet to experience in my 27 years of traveling was solo travel. I have done a few things abroad on my
I don’t know about you, but for me, there is nothing so exciting as getting lost in a good book. There is something truly fantastic about discovering a world that is utterly different from our own, yet still relatable because of the complex characters. The stories that introduce you to an interesting and brave character who
I spent four days in Tokyo after gallivanting all around Japan for almost two weeks. At this point, we were feeling the effects of all that travel, so we took it pretty easy in our last stop in Japan. Tokyo is massive. In fact, it is the largest metropolis in the world. The second largest
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I absolutely love Kyoto. We didn’t even scratch the surface of all that this city has to offer. Once the capital of Japan, Kyoto has so much history to get utterly lost in. Chocked full of temples, castles, gardens, palaces, markets, and more, this city never gets old. As you wander through the streets of
For lovers of islands and temples, Miyajima Island is the perfect place for a quick day trip from Hiroshima. We stayed a single night in Hiroshima and then headed to Miyajima Island for the day before heading to Kyoto later that night. It was certainly a full day, but so worth it! The first thing