Yellowstone National Park is one of the places that made it into my bucket list very early on. I had just a very vague impression of it being a place to watch a geyser spring into action, and it being a place of untold natural beauty. On this trip to the US, I resolutely made … [Read more…]
For most people, a tour of the west coast starts with San Francisco and ends at the Grand Canyon or Las Vegas. There is, however, another attraction worth seeing, just a little over 2 hours away from the Grand Canyon – Antelope Canyon. The photos you take here will garner the most ‘likes’ on Facebook, … [Read more…]
Probably all tours to the west coast of the USA will include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon in the itinerary. The typical must-sees are found in these places and they are within reasonable reach of each other by car. My trip starts with San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is the … [Read more…]
Matsumoto is not typically in the itinerary of most people. I went there due to Matsumoto Castle being recommended as the other best castle to visit other than Himeji. The castle was pretty indeed, was quite small and bare inside but nevertheless pleasant. In fact, Matsumoto town itself was more pleasant than Himeji. There are two … [Read more…]
Hiroshima and Miyajima are about an hour from each other, so if one of them is in your itinererary, the other should be too. If you have the JR Pass, it costs you nothing additional to travel between them. Half a day is about enough to cover the main sights in Hiroshima and Miyajima, i.e. … [Read more…]
This post is more than one week overdue. So I found out that in practice it’s difficult to blog while traveling. Anyway, if Osaka is in your travel itinerary, you might want to visit Nara and Himeji as well since they are only about an hour away from Osaka. The Osaka castle is a popular … [Read more…]
Many itineraries are possible in Kyoto. Here’s what i have chosen to do in 1.5 days. This itinerary is a scaled down version of japan-guide’s Eastern Kyoto Full Day itinerary, and i had to skip a few stops, as my original itinerary was still overly ambitious. There were a lot of slopes to tackle, which turned out to be quite challenging for … [Read more…]
For me, and, i suspect, for many people, food is a very important part of travelling. Many will wander weary miles just to satisfy their taste buds, myself no less. In fact, to me, the food part has an equal weight to the rest of the sightseeing experience, so i spare no effort to make sure that every … [Read more…]
Going on a trip on 20 May. This is the longest trip i will embark on yet, both in duration and distance. It probably looks impossibly crazy or even silly to some. Country count: 4 (which is little compared to the usual 9 or 10 countries i do for each Europe trip). Duration: 39 days … [Read more…]
(Note: this article is not directly applicable to iOS users, but feel free to get ideas for exploring on iOS) For the first time ever, i can forgo bringing a laptop on my upcoming trip. What held me back before was the inability of my tablet to be used for moving photos from the camera SD card … [Read more…]