Late last year, my boyfriend and I took a week-long trip to Southern California after a long year of no travel due to COVID. We got invited to my cousin's wedding in Santa Barbara and also thought it'd be perfect timing to spend Thanksgiving with Davis' family. So in November, we jetted off to California…
When you think of things to do in Hawaii, a trip to the museum is probably not the first thing to come to mind. But as an Oahu resident, I truly believe that the museums here are the hidden gems of the island. Since I haven't been able to travel out of state due to…
One of my greatest fears when traveling to Asia anytime from summer through fall is being there during typhoon season. In 2018, I was in Seoul when Typhoon Kong-Rey slammed Busan, the southern part of South Korea. The day it hit, what was supposed to be a pleasant outdoor walk around a palace quickly turned…
Continue reading ➞ Postcard 40: Surviving Typhoon Hagibis in Japan
After a memorable past few days in Okinawa, we were now ready to fly to Tokyo for the second half of our trip! The next few days would entail stops at Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea -- in the Chiba region -- followed by a weekend in the Shinagawa district of Tokyo. Little did I…
Continue reading ➞ Postcard 39: Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea
If you would've told me I'd ever touch a snake in my lifetime, I would've said you were crazy. But that's exactly what I did in Okinawa. After visiting the Shuri Castle and then grabbing a quick udon lunch in Naha, my family and I boarded our private tour bus and traveled roughly 8 miles…
Continue reading ➞ Postcard 37: Okinawa World’s snakes and cave
It was a bittersweet feeling knowing that our tour of Italy was coming to an end. On the one hand, I was really sad to say goodbye to a country that I'd grown to absolutely adore. On the other hand, I was really excited for these amazing memories that I would also be able to…
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