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Who I Am

Why Limit Yourself?

Welcome to my website! I'm glad you're here. I'm here to encourage you, and anyone else who happens to stumble across my website, that travel is almost always possible. Despite your lifestyle, other interests, or other factors about yourself, if you have a little bit of money and a lot of determination, you can have an adventure on this wonderful blue planet. May you always gaze upwards and outwards with stars in your eyes!

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My Travels

Travel Inspiration

One Day Itinerary in Otaru, Hokkaido! Music Box Museum,Glassworks & Canal

Otaru is a small city, and is normally not the place that most people think of when they think of Hokkaido. So how did I end up spending the first full day of my Hokkaido trip in Otaru? An important thing you should know about Otaru is its proximity to Sapporo. It is an easy …

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Ultimate Itinerary for Kansai, Japan! Part 3: Osaka, Japan’s Nightlife City

This is the third and final post of a three post series of the Kansai district. At the end of this post, there will be an ultimate, shortened itinerary for Kansai, The other two posts in this series give details of our time in Kyoto, with Fushimi Inari, the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, and our experiences …

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Golden Week in Kansai- Part 2! The Bowing Nara Deer and Kobe Beef

This is the second of a 3 part series: the first part talked about an itinerary in Kyoto, and can be found here: Ultimate Itinerary for Kyoto Nara: The City of Deer The city of Nara is pretty small, but very beautiful. It’s not technically in Kansai (it is in the Nara prefecture), but it is about an …

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Kyoto Itinerary- Golden Week in Kansai Part 1!

Over Golden Week, several days of holidays in Japan, the majority of the “kaisha” (aka traditional 8 to 5 companies) give their employees time off for the government holidays. As the Japanese are well known for being heavy workaholics, working well beyond the needed hours during the workweek, the short time they get off as vacation is …

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View from the top of Carew Tower!

Top Things to Do in Cincinnati, Ohio

I am a proud Cincinnatian. So proud, it seems I’ve become an unofficial tour guide for many of my friends. To be fair, I’ve made many international friends who often struggle with finding things to do in this medium-sized city, with only ok public transportation. I’ve also strengthened friendships this way, and reaffirmed how happy …

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The Importance of Picking the Right Travel Partner

Travel! The experience that so many people dream of when they think of their vacation time. But during those lovely daydreams, who do you imagine by your side? A significant other? A friend? A family member? Or are you having trouble thinking of any person at all? If it’s the latter case, I’m here to …

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