Any trip to Kyoto wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Nara. Nara is a great half-day trip from Kyoto, located just a short 45 minute train ride from Kyoto. According to local folklore, deer from this area were once considered sacred animals, like cows in India, that if anyone was caught killing a deer, [...]
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Ranakpur in Photos: The Most Beautiful Temple in India
Ranakpur is a must stop for any architecture lover in Rajasthan, India. On our way from Jodhpur to Udaipur, we made a short stop in Ranakpur to see the famous Jain Temple. It has some of the most amazing architecture out of any temple we’ve seen in the Rajasthan region. The base of this temple is [...]
Australia Zoo in Photos
Crikey! We get to see all the animals from the down under! Australia has heaps of amazing animals living on the big island continent. Steve Irwin was one of their biggest ambassadors. Originally owned and started by his parents, the zoo now belongs to Terry Irwin, his wife, and kids. His family and friends are [...]
Shirakawa-go & Japan’s 2nd Longest Toenail
“And very soon, you will see the second longest toenail in Japan,” our guide Yamamoto said with glee on our bus ride from Takayama. Gerard looked at me with one brow raised. “That’s weird. I think he said toenail.” I shrugged my shoulders back. We didn’t realized our tour came with a Guinness World Record [...]
My Graffiti Mistake in Melbourne
This is one of the saddest posts I may ever write about. As I write this, this is my saddest moment on this trip to date. No, I didn’t lose my backpack nor my wallet (knock on wood), but I lost accidently deleted my collection of graffiti photos in Melbourne before backing them up on [...]
