Guilin, China’s Most Popular Southern Destination
Guilin, in Southern China, remains a huge tourist draw with the supernatural looking karsts sticking up from the Li River, it’s also a spelunking center.
Asia
Japan: Meeting the Famous Divers of Toba
In Toba Japan, the famous Ama divers are women who have practiced the art of diving for abalone, sea urchin, turban shells, sea cucumber, once for pearls.
Burma: Spending Time with the K’Cho, or Chin Women
Visiting the Chin people, famous for their tattooed women, in the rural countryside of Burma, and observing their animistic rituals like animal sacrifices.
India: Pulikali Festival, the Tiger Dance
In the southern state of Kerala, India, the Pulikali, or Tiger Dance involves body paint, a procession, and loud music. It’s a wild festival you should see!
India: Experiencing Peace and Chaos
Starting in the city of New Delhi, where stress and noise are everywhere. Then to the countryside to Chambal Safari Lodge where animals and peace prevail.
Experiencing DPRK: Secret Compass’s New Expedition
Secret Compass, an extreme travel company, is offering a new expedition to North Korea to experience unseen landscape and rich culture firsthand.
Japan by JR Lines Rail Pass: The Best Way To Travel
A trip to northern Japan, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go World Heritage sites and enjoying great cuisine using JR Lines Rail Pass on Japan railways.
Japan: Hiking Between Temples on the Island of Shikoku
Japan: Hiking Between Temples on the Island of Shikoku. Discovering Japan’s fourth largest island where there is a phallic museum and hikes to 88 temples.
Philippines: Diving and Relaxing on a Live-Aboard Ship
A family cruise in the South China Sea in the Philippines on the Hans Christian Anderson, a liveaboard boat built for diving and shore excursions.
Zhejiang Province, China: Jingxing Rock Has Surprises
In Zhejiang Province, China, the author discovers and unusual tourist attraction called Jingxing Park, where after climbing a hill, singers surprised him.
Siargao Island, A Surfing Destination in the Philippines
A small island, the farthest east in the Philippines, is Siargao Island, where you can surf, enjoy barbeque, or just relax on Cloud 9 beach.
Old Meets New: Edo-Tokyo Museum in Japan
In Japan’s capital city, the Edo-Tokyo Museum is a blend of old and the new…with exhibits showing how the shoguns lived as well as about modern Tokyo.