Looking for the best tips for driving the Road to Hana in Maui? You’re in the right place! The Road to Hana, or Hana Highway, is a 64-mile scenic road trip on the northeast coast of Maui, Hawaii. Bubbling waterfalls, black lava sand beaches, rainbow bamboo, plunging sea cliffs, and overflowing tropical gardens of Jurassic […]

Looking for unique places to visit in Japan for nature? Known as Japan’s “Lemon Island,” Setoda is a small, charmingly rural town on the island of Ikuchijima off of Hiroshima. It’s a refreshing escape from Japan’s crowded cities, with its citrus-scented breezes, scenic cycling paths, lemon groves, mom-and-pop cafes, coastal hiking, ryokans, and friendly locals. […]

Yes– a taking a DMZ tour from Seoul is touristy as hell, but what the f*ck isn’t nowadays? The DMZ is a buffer zone between North and South Korea that runs across the Korean Peninsula. It’s 2.5 miles wide and was created after the Korean War (1950-1953), becoming a de facto international border. The DMZ […]

Chichijima. This little island is more than just a dot on the map—it’s a place with history seared into its cliffs and jungles, where WWII ruins mingle with tropical beauty and world class scuba diving. If it sounds familiar, you might be thinking of Iwo Jima—different islands, both in the Ogasawara Archipelago over a thousand […]

Cappadocia, Turkey may not be at the top of your travel bucket list, but it should be! It’s a magical place for solo travel (and group travel) and is unlike anywhere I’ve been before. Perhaps one of the most unique things about Cappadocia is that much of the town was carved out of the mountains, […]

Like with many popular travel destinations, the unique things to do in Tulum are rarely what you see on Instagram (aside from tacos and tequila- that’s all true). Have you even heard of Sian Ka’an Biosphere? I can tell you that I hadn’t before I went! After spending 4 weeks there, I can tell you […]

Ha Long Bay in Vietnam is best known for emerald waters and picturesque limestone seastack islands topped by rainforests, so it was at the top of my Vietnam travel list to take an overnight cruise in Ha Long Bay! It’s jaw dropping. The best part? You can explore it by sea on a luxury boutique […]

The Japanese tea ceremony, known as “chanoyu” or “sado,” has profound cultural significance, embodying the essence of Japanese aesthetics, spirituality, and social etiquette. So when I visited Japan, experiencing an authentic, traditional Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto was at the top of my very long Japan must-do list. Why? Because the tea ceremony goes way […]