I recalled that there was an evening bus on to Montenegro from the wall of our hostel in Sarajevo. Off we went on towards the bus station on the other side of town hoping to go on towards our destination. For the uninitiated, Bosnia is broken up into two areas, the Bosnia and Herzegovina which everyone is familiar with from the … [Read more...]
Trip Report: Lassen Volcanic National Park
Living out in California has been incredible, in particular the ability visit many of the wonderful National Parks out in this area. There are over 20 National Parks in California, which makes it one of the biggest states for National Parks. However a lot of them are not very well visited , including the one I had gone to Lassen Volcanic … [Read more...]
New Travel Budget Tool Mint.com
I absolutely Love Mint.com and have been using it more and more over my installed copy of Quicken. I have been for years a quicken user and I didnt know that I would ever switch to an online option but mint.com is just great. They also released a new Goal section with an inclusion of a travel goal. You choose a destination, length … [Read more...]
Whirling Dervishes in Istanbul Turkey
One of the main sights I had hoped to see while I was in Turkey was the famous Whirling Dervishes. Sadly most of the Semas put on in Istanbul are little more than tourist or dinner shows, and I didn’t care to see a tourist show if at all possible. To see a real one would be much more difficult and I did not have the time to travel to more … [Read more...]
A Perfect Day at the Hamman
We arrived at the Turkish Bath (Hammam) in the early afternoon, both of us looking forward and wondering what it entailed. There are many Turkish baths in Istanbul of course but we decided to try one of the more famous ones the Cagaloglu Hamam which was recommended by many travel guides and apparently is one of the 1000 places to see before … [Read more...]
Fugu-me – Adventures in Dangerous Foods
"If they ask us to prepay....I'm out", I said to Patrick with a smirk. Patrick and I were slowly approaching one of many fugu specific restaurants here in Tokyo. I looked up at the building, a big blowfish head adorned the upper part of the building's front face and a large tank full of fish was prominently placed near the … [Read more...]
Five sights for first time visitors to Tokyo
As many of my coworkers are getting ready to head off to Japan for an upcoming trip, they have been asking me a lot of questions about things to do and see (mostly since i'm not going on the trip). It made me think a lot about what I would think would be some great things for people to see on their first trip. Tokyo is a massive city … [Read more...]
Escape Plan
After all my travels from last year, I realized how much currency I have started to collect from all the trips. Last year alone I traveled to 9 different countries with 8 different currencies. It seems to me the more I travel, the more money i have sitting in a cup collecting dust waiting for the country to discontinue it. What … [Read more...]
Photo Essay: Walking Tour of Central Philadelphia
I realize that I never get out enough to go take photographs in my home city of Philadelphia. So before my next trip I wanted to get some time to wander around my town, practice some photography, and spend some time with a friend as well. So here are some shots from Philadelphia for all those who may be interested. From Center … [Read more...]
Konichiwa from Hokkaido
So just to let people know that we are still alive and well! Things here are fabulous, a little tired, but relaxing quickly and I cant imagine that I haven't even started work yet so my trip has really yet to begin. So we awoke early from our hotel in Goshogawara, content that the main objective of our trip (seeing the house) was complete. We … [Read more...]
