Hey gang, Seth here. I'll be recounting our exploits for day two so Patrice and nurse those typing blisters (she doesn't really have blisters...I'm...I just wanted to be funny. Please like me...) So, after one heck of a start, we took a much more zen-like approach to Nepal and put the high-octane, let's-get-destroyed-by-a-mob level adventuring … Continue reading Kathmandu Cont’d: Temples, Stupas, and Hinduism 101
We weren't in Osaka for very long, but as per our new usual, we still walked and walked until we couldn't walk anymore, then walked a little more. We eventually found Osaka castle, which was definitely the most impressive castle we saw in Japan. It was well-preserved and the walls next to the moat were … Continue reading From Osaka to Kathmandu: Welcome to the Third World
Tokyo is a really cool city. I was most impressed by how incredibly tourist-friendly it was. Usually when we were lost, we could count on being able to find a sign in English about where we were and which direction something was. That something was almost always the exact tourist attraction we were looking for. … Continue reading Lost and Found in Tokyo
On our second day in Hiroshima, we set out for Miyajima Island. I thought maybe we would be able to incorporate it into our first day since we managed to cover everything we'd wanted to see on foot, but it was never discussed because we fell asleep. So before heading off to Miyajima, I thought … Continue reading Miyajima Island & Mount Misen
OK. So we overdid it. We were so incredibly excited on the first few days of our trip, we walked all over creation (or at least Fukuoka and Hiroshima) and plum tuckered ourselves out, as they say in the South. We could have taken the tram or even a taxi, but why do that when … Continue reading Hiroshima – the Atom Bomb Dome and Dangerously Good Oysters
The ferry from Busan to Fukuoka is amazing. It's called "the Beetle." I don't know why. It's not like a "ferry" in the sense that I would think of ferries, because I guess in my head I have picture an enormous ship carting people around -- it's actually pretty small. I'd say there were maybe … Continue reading Fukuoka!
Our goal was to wait out the rainy season before we started on our trip. And if the weather is going to be anything like it is this morning, the day we leave Gwangju, we did a great job. It was a particularly long rainy season in Korea this year, with the puny drizzle and … Continue reading And We’re Off!