Koyasan Koyasan Located at the south of Osaka, Koyasan (Mount Koya) is the most important temple settlement of Shingon Buddhism. It was, once again, a...
Nakasendo Trail (Magome to Tsumago) The Nakasendo was one of the five routes of the Edo period which connected Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto. The section that goes from Magome to Tsumago...
Zamami Island Looking for paradisiacal beaches or just an escape from the city? Check out Zamami Island in The Kerama Islands! Flights to Naha are often the...
Kagoshima We got a week holiday and flew to explore the island of Kyushu. When I checked the ‘must see’ spots I ended with a huge list from North to South....
Tohoku Region The Tohoku region (東北地方) has so many places to see. We didn’t have the chance to visit the north of Japan before. After the couple of getaways we...
Yosemite National Park What better way to end my trip to California than visiting the Yosemite National Park . My stays in Los Angeles & San Francisco were indeed...
San Francisco Looking for the best photo spots in San Francisco I spent a month in San Francisco area for work. My previous post about Los Angeles was a long...
Los Angeles It was going to be my very first time in US. It was for working reasons but anyway I always get excited when I visit a new country for the first...
Hiroshima & Miyajima We finally had the chance to visit Hiroshima and Miyajima. It was just a weekend trip so we decided to focus more on Miyajima instead of Hiroshima...
Koenji Awa Odori Koenji Awa Odori 2019 is getting close… never heard of it? It’s one of the most popular festivals in Tokyo. Not as crowded as Sanja Maturi...
Sanja Matsuri Sanja Matsuri Sanja Matsuri is celebrated the third weekend of May and is one of the most popular festivals in Tokyo. It is also known as Yakuza...
Yushan Did you know that Taiwan has the largest density of high mountains is the world? It has more than 150 mountains above 3,000 m being Yushan the...
Graffiti in Taipei I was back to Taiwan for a few days and this time I decided to take pictures of a more underground Taipei. I recognize I got a small predilection...
Toledo We didn’t have time to make any long trip around Spain so, besides visiting Madrid, we decided to pay a visit to Toledo: The Imperial City It’s...
Madrid Back to Madrid! As mentioned on my previous posts, the decision was taken and we left Canada. Our idea was to give an all-in to Japan, a pretty...
Canadian Rockies Canadian Rockies It has been a pretty long time since my last post. This time it was not just due to my usual sloth but because of so so many life...
Vancouver Island After a few months living in Vancouver, the time had come for us to start our Canadian Road Trip. There were two main highlights we wanted to...
Squamish Squamish is famous for climbers. I’m not an expert at all but seems the place to go if you are into it. If you are not interested on climbing I’m...
Vancouver It was time for a change. Canada would be my next stop and Vancouver its base camp. I planned my Canadian adventure long time ago when I decided...
Hong Kong Hong Kong is a paradise for urban photography. The contrasts that you can see in the streets, all surrounded by water, the skyscrapers and that...
Macau This was my second time in Macau, a.k.a the Las Vegas of Asia. I’m not particulary into casinos or fancy hotels but I really like the mixed of...
Jiaming Lake The hike to Jiaming Lake is the best one you can do in Taiwan. Period. Let me rephrase it as I have many pending hikes… the way to Jiaming Lake...
Taipei Being back in Taipei feels like being back home. I was lucky enough to be living in Taiwan in different ocassions (around 3 years in total) which...
Tokyo First things first, after a couple of days fighting with the amcharts API, I finally got my Travel Map ready. Having a map where I could display...
Nikko Nikko, situated about 2.5h from Tokyo, is another good alternative for a weekend trip from the capital. One of the main points to go to come...
Shirakawa-go, Matsumoto and Hakone I got back in Japan after my week in Shanghai and I got some friends travelling around so we decided to do a small road trip to Shirakawa-go. It...
Shanghai As I mentioned on my last entry (Qibao & Zhujiajiao), I was really looking forward to visit Shanghai since long time ago. I wanted to stay as long...
Qibao And Zhujiajiao I was looking forward to visit Shanghai for a long time, overall to be able to take some pics of its skyscrapers. I spent a week there and,...
Mount Fuji Since I moved to Japan I had on mind to visit the Mount Fuji. I was already able to get a good view of it when I visited Fujikawaguchiko but now...
Kamakura Kamakura is one of the most popular day trips from Tokyo as it can be reached in one hour and a half by train. If you go to Tokyo for a few days...
Nokogiriyama Depending on which part of Tokyo you are, a trip to Nokogiriyama may take us 2-3h by train as it’s situated in the Bōsō Peninsula so it’s kind of...
Fujikawaguchiko After living in Japan for some months it was already time to see the Fuji with our own eyes. We went to Fujikawaguchiko which, besides...
Yokohama Located just one hour from Tokyo, Yokohama can be a interesting day trip in our Tokyo vacations. I visited it a couple of times and I got the...
Gion Matsuri The Gion Matsuri (祇園祭) is one of the most famous festivals in Japan so we had to pay Kyoto with another visit. This annual festival has different...
Kyoto Kyoto is a mandatory visit if you come to Japan, period. Kyoto is famous by its hundreds and hundreds of shrines and temples (around 1600 temples...
Himeji Himeji is situaded just one hour and a half from Osaka by train which makes it an obligated visit. The main attraction is undoubtedly the Himeji...
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route After a long night bus from Osaka we got to Tateyama where we would start our weekend surronded by snow mountains. We wanted to do the Tateyama...
Nara Nara is one of the best day trips you can do from Osaka and it takes less than an hour with public transport. One of the main reasons to visit...
Osaka I left my beloved Taiwan and I moved to Japan, more concretely to Osaka. When talking about Japan normally Tokyo get all the attention, however...
Siargao The last stop of our Philippines trip was going to be Siargao. This island is not a really touristic place if you compare it with some other...
Bohol After the first stop of our Philippines trip in Donsol & Legazpi, we stopover for a day in Manila (a few pictures here) and we were ready to face...
Donsol and Legazpi It was my third time in The Philippines and, as I did the previous times, I was going to pay a visit to Donsol and Legazpi. Flights from Taipei...
Yuanzui One of the reasons why I love Taiwan is the amount of hikes you can find along the whole island. This time we planned to make a weekend trip...
Dongshan Lantern Festival On my previous post I talked about my trip to Wuling to see the cherry blossom (aka sakura). Staying close to the farm was not easy as many people...
Wuling Another weekend escaping from Taipei, time to visit Wuling. Spring is coming and Sakura comes with it so what better plan to spend a sunny weekend...
Taroko National Park Taroko National Park is without doubts one of the must see of this beautiful island. This was my third visit and this time I was finally able to...
Xiaoliuqiu Xiaoliuqiu sounded like a good idea to escape from the city one more time though, situated in front of Kaohsiung, it’s a long trip from Taipei....
Ho Chi Minh This was my second time in Vietnam. I had been in the north of the country a few years ago and now it was time to visit the capital which is...
Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek is circular and can be done in both ways. The minimum recommended time to do it is 4 days, but you will find that most...
Kathmandu Kathmandu is the biggest city in the country and, before I say anything else…yes , there is absolutely no problems visiting the city after the...
Pokhara Pokhara, besides of being the second largest city in the country, is one of the most popular destination in Nepal as it the entry point for...
Busan Busan, my second visit to South Korea. This time was the turn to enjoy the second largest city in the country. First, an advice for future...
Matsu Matsu is easily accesible flying from Taipei Songshan airport and move between some of the main islands with different ferries Although...
Sixty Rock Mountains Weekend trip to the Sixty Rock Mountains (Liushishi Mountain) to enjoy the Daylily Season In the way back to Hualien...
Guangzhou Taking advantage of a long stopover in Guangzhou I decided to go to the city center and visit the Canton Tower (2nd tallest tower in the world) ...
Keelung Daytrip to Keelung which is easily accessible from Taipei. Zhongzheng Park is a must see to enjoy a panoramic view of the city, highly...
Kenting Kenting is probably the most touristic destination in Taiwan for beach lovers, however it offers more than that.
Nantou New weekend new trip, this time to Nantou. The main goal was to visit the Lotus Forest (忘憂森林): However we didn’t miss the opportunity to visit...
