Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
For this post, I’ll just get straight to the summary: the day tour was a wasted trip. Because of persistent rain the entire day, Mt. Fuji never showed up at every spot we went to. Still, I guess I can’t
I last visited Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden during our family vacation in Tokyo in Dec 2019, and I loved the park. With several hours to kill before I could check in, from Ginza I hopped on the Marunouchi Line and
Every year in September, I’ll have a work trip surrounding an EdTech conference. Last year’s event took place in Toyota City, and at a time of the year when it was warm and humid. I was expecting the same kind
And we’ve signed off on our China 2026 itinerary! Or at least, we’d still be able to make minor tweaks and adjustments as long as they don’t incur significant cost changes. Our flights were booked a month ago, and we’ll
I thought – for journaling’s sake – it’d be fun to do a comparison between this upcoming Guangxi–Guizhou–Chongqing trip and last year’s Yunnan–Western Sichuan trip. Again, because I like data and peering at spreadsheets! 😅 Scenery: This is where I
Regular readers of our blog will probably notice that whenever a new post has a destination clearly stated in its title, it usually means we’ve finally decided where our next holiday will be! So yes indeed, over the weekend we
Shortly after I concluded the series of posts covering our June 2026 Jeju trip, I revisited our plans for the year-end vacation. The on-off, is-it-or-isn’t-it war, open-or-closed Strait of Hormuz, and volatile airfares aside, we had some major changes to
The last post in our Jeju series – for real this time, and because I remembered to do a food post!
This has been our second trip to Jeju, and also to South Korea in as many years – and I find myself really liking the country after just three trips over 20 years. The scenery in Jeju is varied within
There are a number of accommodation options situated in central Jeju, so we were spoiled for choice! The central area is on the northern side of the island and generally where the airport is, so as long as you’re staying
We really like to do different things when travelling. I like to explore the outdoors and natural scenery, the wife loves flora, the daughter prefers to just shop, and the boy will look for anything that crawls on the ground!
A casual check online and also from reviews of private drivers in Jeju shows that most folks cover the island over 3- to 4-day visits. Mr. Lee – our Jeju driver for this trip – observed as much and quipped
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