At 3,776 meters high, you don’t often hear about visitors hiking Mt Fuji in Japan. Beyond avid hiking circles, most visitors prefer to see the volcano from afar. Climbing Mt Fuji, especially to see the sunrise, is not an easy feat. When I found out my friend, Nicole had decided to hike up to the…
The Gurye Sansuyu Festival is one of the first Korean flower festivals in spring since they begin to blossom in mid-March! Here’s a complete guide on how to visit. Even though Namwon is only a few stops away from Gurye, it wasn’t until I living in Suncheon, that I finally went to see the sansuyu…
Oh howdy from Taipei! I’m writing this from my Airbnb while it rains like crazy outside (and finishing it on Valentine’s Day *cough*). I’ve just been in Hualien and Jiufen for the last week, so I haven’t been nearly as active as I thought I could be in terms of writing and doing a lot…
Here’s what to expect hiking between two mountain temples, Seonamsa and Songgwangsa, on Jogyesan, near Suncheon. Spoiler alert: Like most of my hiking in Korea, I was a bit unprepared… One of the more underrated things to do in Suncheon is to visit one of its two main mountain temples, Seonamsa or Songwangsa, and go…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rankfurt is actually the first time I’ve had a layover long enough to explore the city. When I booked my flight to South Africa, I wound up having a 14-hour one. Since it’s been nearly four years since I was last in Europe, and I had never been to Germany before, I decided to plan…
Salzburg is easily one of the most magical cities in Europe. If you’re a music lover, you probably know it as Mozart’s birthplace, and if you’re a movie lover, you know it as the filming location of the much-beloved Sound of Music. There is, of course, much more to this European gem. I had my contributor, Nicole,…