A lot of things change when you have a baby (duh!), but travel does NOT have to be one of them. Sure, people will say that you are crazy for traveling to a foreign country with a baby. However, the experience can be easier than you’d expect, even better in some ways than traveling sans […]
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Maybe it’s because I’ve lived in a few amazing cities (Philadelphia, NY, LA, HK, Singapore), but when I’m traveling, I’m blown away by natural beauty. Sri Lanka is one of those unmistakably awe-inspiring countries. Its lush, untouched lands have appropriately earned it Garden of Eden references. Why is it called Sri Pada/Adam’s peak? This 2,243 m (7,359 ft) mountain has
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I first got to know Rio through the riotous lens of a Carnivale, but I promised myself I’d find out what local life was like. So I stayed in Rio for 3 weeks. Here are a few of my favorite discoveries: Lagoon, photo credit Ana Carolina do Nascimento Guimaraes Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas-A lagoon with a paved 7.5 km (>4.5mile) bike/running
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Ideas for a weekend in Los Angeles? These days, my favorite weekend activity is biking up the coast. It’ s mostly easy and flat, but you can soak in the sun, taste the salty air mixed with sunscreen, look into the gorgeous and mostly empty houses on the strand, and enjoy the ocean breeze. After biking 20
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I once sat in a Seaworld show (I never saw The Cove sorry) and smirked to myself at all the Chinese acrobats there were. The entire troupe was Asian. Even Cirque du Soleil shows I’ve seen have had solid Asian contingents. I supposed out of a billion people the odds for finding lithe aerodynamic performers
Hong Kong is a transient city I’ve moved to 3 times in the last decade. Originally a wandering expat, I grew to knew the neighborhoods like the back of my hand. Having language proficiency helped, but Hong Kong is also one of the most foreign friendly cities out there. Best Time To Visit Hong Kong
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Most Popular Attractions in Korea – Overall In writing this post, we had an internal debate about how to actually measure popularity. Should we use social media websites? Google? Naver? In the end, we figured that if we could find the most visited attractions in Korea, it would be a decent proxy for popularity. Despite
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Japan makes me feel like a changed person after visiting. I can’t think of another country that coats its streets with a sound muting barrier. It’s a country that I think actually prefers enough silence to hear a pin drop. For everything they do, there’s a deep level of respect. Relaxing in an onsen (natural hotspring) is a
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Food courts have a bit of a negative connotation in the US-they tend to be fast food joints in malls aggregated in a single mess hall of quick cheap dining. They exist for the convenience of the shopper rather than as standalone dining establishments. In Asia the feel is a different. While they are still
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