Back in July 2016 I met my high school friend Tatiana in Thailand for a Thai Island Hopper East tour with Contiki. On our first full day in Koh Samui, we took a jeep tour with Mr. Ung's Magical Safari Tours. Some of our stops were the Grandmother & Grandfather rocks, the Mummified Monk, a Jungle Waterslide, Thai lunch, the Secret Buddha Garden, the[...]
If you're looking for the perfect day trips from Okinawa here's my advice >> pick an island, any island! There are a specific few that are perfect for spontaneous day trips, some you need to plan out more (because there is a ferry ride involved), and some a little farther away that you'll just need at least a weekend to explore; more on those later![...]
As of 9:40AM we are on our way to Sapporo for the Yuki Matsuri or Snow Festival!! We have been talking about this trip for over a year now and cannot believe that the day is finally here! We will be meeting up with my friend Katie, her husband and her mom. We will be spending 4 days in Winter Wonderland, then we are headed down to Nagano to visit the Japane[...]
We drove down to Naha on January 3rd in hopes of seeing the Shuri Castle New Year's Banquet ceremony, a reenactment of the Ryukyu era New Years celebrations. But sadly I didn't do enough research and when we arrived we realized that this ceremony only happens on January 1st and 2nd. However we were able to see some traditional Ryukyu performances done by stu[...]
We were able to celebrate the holidays last year at home (in Puerto Rico) and right before my husband had to leave we decided to do a short trip with our families to Vieques, one of the 2 islands off the east coast of the main island. I had never been before and the whole reason why I wanted to go was to visit the Playa Negra / Black Sand Beach! We ended up[...]
Puerto Ricans are known for having one of the longest holiday celebrations in the world. Christmas doesn't end in December (like in the US), it ends almost in February. The Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian or San Sebastian Street festival is the un-official end of Christmas and the party of the year, it goes on for 4 days at the end of January in Old San[...]