7 October 2013 – Naoshima, Japan
Quick retreat to Naoshima, Japan – a beautiful island full of art.
Quick retreat to Naoshima, Japan – a beautiful island full of art.
A visit to the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur — our favorite fort of the ones we saw in Rajhstan. Who knew that India had such a princely history. The warrior kings of Jodhpur and Udaipur were never captured by the Mughals, the last ruling dynasty of India.
Traveling on a budget meant that we skipped on some of the luxuries that we would normally indulge in on shorter trips. For the most part our sacrifices were in the entertainment category – aka historical sights with exorbitant admission prices were out, as were most of the ‘adventure’ activities, such as ziplines or hot…
Founded: 1652 Population: 588,000 House Museum of Volkonsky noble family exiled to Siberia after a failed Decembrist revolution. Irkutsk, Russia. Irkutsk was the most anticipated stop on the whole journey for us because of the much celebrated Russian lake Baikal – the world’s largest reserve of fresh water, as well as, the deepest lake in…
This video was shot around 3 am, way past 4 pm. Kind of funny because we were convinced you would be able to see the effect of white nights, eke the time of year it doesn’t get dark in Jenia’s hometown. Not quite so on this video — but it really is true. I guess…
Cruising the backwaters in Kerela. We took the houseboat from Alleppey.
How we spent 37 days in Vietnam, and you can too! Vietnam is deceptively large. We spent five weeks here and still could travel for five more without repeat destinations! Vietnam is very diverse — desert sand dunes give way to high altitude pine forests, urbanites from megapolises wouldn’t look twice at a tourist, while…