Koyasan

Recognized as the world headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004,...

Osaka - Seven Slopes of Tennoji Temple Walk

I mentioned earlier that the Japanese are all about collecting location stamps.  In our travels, I quickly noticed that many places,...

Osaka - Museum of Housing and Living

Continuing on our exploration of unique sights in Osaka, we headed to the Museum of Housing and Living which we were happy to find d...

Osaka - Open Air Farmhouse Museum

As T's father lives in Osaka, it naturally became our home base during our trip to Japan.  That said, we spent most of our days...

Namsan Park

Namsan, which literally translates to "south mountain" is the perch from which Seoul Tower overlooks South Korea'...

Snaps of Seoul

We've actually been in Korea for the past month, visiting with my parents in Seoul and travelling locally within the country.  It'...

The David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage

On the last day of my parents' visit to Kenya, we ventured over to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust  (DSWT) in hopes of learning...

Karisia Walking Safari - Day 2 & 3

At 6am, we awoke as hot water was delivered to the washbasins just outside our tents.  We emerged into the growing light of dawn just ...

Karisia Walking Safari - Day 1

I mentioned in my last post that my parents came to visit us here in Kenya just a few weeks ago.  Naturally we wanted to show them ...