Tokyo
Posted May 9, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 1 Comment
Tokyo is unreal. We spent nearly a week there, and I think during that entire time, there wasn’t ten minutes that passed without my mind being completely blown. The city itself is really an experience, and although we did do some sightseeing, it was really all of the small day-to-day things that when added together …
Kiuchi Brewery
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A few years ago, our good friends Zach and April, hosted a beer tournament at their home for Zach’s birthday. It was a bracket style tournament and the rules were that each guest brought a six pack of beer, which April poured into small unmarked containers. Then at each round of the bracket, everyone tasted …
Nikko
Posted May 8, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 1 Comment
I have had a fascination with Japan since I was roughly eleven years old. My best friend Bryan and I used to save our allowance money so that we could import Japanese animation cartoons (anime) before anime was the global phenomenon that it is now. We loved Japanese video games, listened to imported japanese video …
Cebu
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Cebu is the second biggest city in the Philippines after Manila, but we didn’t really have time to explore. We had a great modern hotel for about $30 US, and we checked out the huge local mall, where we got Shakey’s pizza and an assortment of dried mango, one of Amanda’s favorites, so a huge …
Bohol
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The island of Bohol is notable for the famed Chocolate Hills landscape, and for the being the natural habitat of the Tarsiers–very tiny monkey-like mammals. We stayed on a small neighboring island called Panglao on Alona beach. We didn’t know ahead of time, but this is basically the Phuket of the Philippines. Stunning white sand …
Oslob
Posted May 7, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
We thought our quest to find whale sharks had ended in Donsol, but rumors of more abundant sharks on another island in Oslob had been spreading for several months. We discovered Oslob by chance – it’s just a small blip on Google maps and isn’t even in the guidebooks yet. Riding a jeepney (a repurposed …
Coron
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Coron island is off the northern coast of Palawan and it is known for its amazing shipwreck dives. During WWII, a surprise attack led to the sinking of 22 Japanese ships in the area. We had planned our visit to Coron to enjoy this very unique dive site. Our first morning in Coron, I was …
El Nido
Posted April 20, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 2 Comments
We had heard some pretty spectacular things about El Nido from our friends Annie and Ronnie, and from other travelers and it definitely did not disappoint. While on the roof of the Jeepney that brought us there, we met a Finnish guy named Dave, who had just finished spending 21 days there. He hadn’t planned …
Sabang and the Underground River
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Sabang is the nearest town to the world famous Underground River. It is a small little town along a strip of coastline, that seems like it was relatively untouched by tourism until a few years ago when the popularity of the Underground River exploded after it was named on the list of the Seven Natural …
Puerto Princesa
Posted April 18, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 2 Comments
The island of Palawan is known as the last frontier in the Philippines. As a whole, it is still relatively undiscovered and undeveloped. Puerto Princesa served as our gateway to Palawan. We booked a room in a beautiful (and super cheap) hotel called The Royal Oberoi and basically just ate mangoes and went swimming. The …