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Torii Gates: What you need to know while in Japan
Torii Gates are more than just a structure. There is a religious meaning behind them. When visiting Japan, the Torii Gate will be seen just about everywhere, and there are edicts to follow. Often vermillion-red in color or made of stone, a torii gate represents a spiritual movement from the “human” world to the Kami,…
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Japan’s “Island of the Gods”: Miyajima Island
Just south of Hiroshima, Japan, tourists can take a short ferry ride to one of the most beautiful islands off the Japanese coast. Miyajima Island is special, if not spectacular, in many ways. The ferry cost is minimal, so we won’t bore you with those intricacies. The cable car to the midway point on the…
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Cruise to Jamaica: Don’t get off your ship
You picked your cruise ship and liner, and on your itinerary you see a day in Jamaica. It sounds fun, and if you pay the expensive excursion costs, it just might be. We recently traveled to the country on a Royal Caribbean ship. Our first stop was Grand Cayman. It’s a great little country and…
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Cruise review: A Royal waste of time on “Adventures of the Seas”
Going on a cruise should be fun. There is nothing like watching the calendar tick by, knowing that you will soon be heading out to sea. There is something magical about leaving a port knowing that your next five, six, or seven days will be on the ocean. For more than a decade, we cruised…
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The culture shock of Tokyo
It is an awe-inspiring sight to look out the window of your plane and see the shores of another country come into view. That is the excitement that comes when you cross the Pacific Ocean. It started as a dark rolling landscape on the horizon. I strained to look out the window, but there it…
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Hotel Review: Embassy Suites Charleston, W.V.
Charleston, West Virginia offers a great overnight option for those looking for a break in their travels, but is Embassy Suites one you should stop at?
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Hotel Review: Boone’s quiet lodge, you didn’t know you needed
Rhode’s Motor Inn and Boone, NC offers more than most of the other hotel options in the area despite lacking a critical in-room option.
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