Welcome to my life as a traveler!

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Here you’ll find stories and chronicles of my experiences and adventures as I’ve set out to see the world. You can read about where I am planning to go, where I’m currently traveling, where I’ve been, and where I dream of going someday.

I don’t dispense a great deal of advice. We all travel differently, and I don’t profess to be an expert. (If you do need travel advice, Google it, or see my list of recommended travel websites and blogs.)

You’ll find plenty of photos to accompany my blog posts, but if you like, you can skip the storytelling and check out my photo albums page, with links to all my online galleries.

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Thanks, and bon voyage!

Recent posts

  • Typhoon in Taiwan

    I got to Taipei on Wednesday afternoon, and I had a free day yesterday. Today is the day my tour of Taipei was supposed to begin. But Typhoon Champi had other plans for my group. I am hunkered down in my hotel as most all of Taiwan has canceled school and work today.

  • Hiroshima and Miyajima Island

    I have about 90 minutes to write this before I head to the airport for the next part of my adventure, so this will be a brief overview of the last three days in Hiroshima. We arrived early on Sunday afternoon, so we got going pretty much right away. Then Monday was a free day,…

  • Kyoto: City of UNESCO

    There are seventeen UNESCO World Heritage properties in Kyoto. Okay, so they are not listed individually. They are grouped together under a single listing: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. Sometimes it felt like the whole world was here to see them. I didn’t see them all. Not by a long shot. Our group visited just…

  • Ise and Toba: Shrine and Ryokan

    We left Tokyo on Tuesday and traveled to Toba, with a stop in Ise. Both cities lie inside Ise-Shima National Park, which encompasses a stretch of coastline with numerous inlets as well as a densely forested interior. We had the chance to experience the maritime heritage of the region as well as one of Japan’s…

  • Japan: Tokyo and Mt. Fuji

    After spending four nights in Tokyo, we have moved on to Toba, where we are staying two nights in a lovely Ryokan overlooking Ise Bay. But I’m not going to try to catch up on my blogging just yet. This post will be about Tokyo and our day trip to see Mt. Fuji.

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