Sumo and Chanko Nabe: A Wild Morning With Rishiki in Tokyo
Tourists curious about Sumo have a few ways to get closer to the sport when they visit Tokyo. They can observe a morning practice at …
We love food but we also enjoy learning about the local history and culture. These are the guided sightseeing tours we’ve taken in different cities around the world.
Tourists curious about Sumo have a few ways to get closer to the sport when they visit Tokyo. They can observe a morning practice at …
If you like truffles (truthfully, who doesn’t?), then going truffle hunting may be on your bucket list. It has been on ours for many years …
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Barcelona? If you said tapas and Spanish food, then you’re our kind of …
On our first trip to Oaxaca City, we did as many mezcal tastings as our livers would permit to find the top mezcalerias in Oaxaca. …
The Alishan National Scenic Area is a 415 sq km mountain reserve in Chiayi County. Along with Taroko National Park and Sun Moon Lake, it’s one of Taiwan’s most visited natural attractions, famous for its railway network, scenic hiking trails, and vast mountain wilderness.
Dharavi is a settlement in Mumbai, India. It’s the third largest slum in the world by population, housing an estimated one million people living in an area of around 1.75 square kilometers. By those estimates, Dharavi is one of the most densely populated slums in the world.
There were three things I really wanted to do on my first-ever trip to Mumbai – visit Dhobi Ghat, see the dabawwalas in action, and go on a tour of Dharavi Slum. With just two full days in the city, I needed to be efficient with my time so I had to find a tour that covered as many of these places as possible. Thankfully, I found this one.
I didn’t know this at the time but Yala National Park is home to one of the highest if not the highest concentration of leopards in the wild. It’s also home to mega fauna like elephants, wild buffalo, and sloth bears, as well as a slew of bird species and smaller mammals and reptiles.
To be honest, we aren’t the biggest fans of boats. Ren easily gets seasick and I find the experience to be a little confining. But throw in the promise of unlimited booze and a stunning sunset and it becomes en entirely different story.
There are many fun day trips you can make from Taipei, but this guided tour to Yehliu Geopark, Shifen Old Street, Shifen Waterfalls, and Jiufen mining town is one of the most interesting. It’s interesting because it takes you to four locations that are starkly different from one another.