We had one job: visit the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. Instead, we spent our morning jumping on glowing bulbs and painting sea creatures that swam across a digital wall — and it turned out to be one of the best decisions of our Kyoto trip. From the surprising fun of teamLab Biovortex to a golden-hour walk past torii gates and a bamboo forest that got dark faster than we planned for, here’s how our Day 2 in Kyoto actually went.
DIY Trip vs. All-Inclusive Package: How to Pick? Isn’t it tempting to hand over your documents to a travel agent and get everything planned for you, down to the last detail? They’ll get the visa done, book the flights, even book hotels with breakfast included. You’ll have chauffeurs picking you up from the airport and
On day 2 of our Japan trip, we took a local train to Kyoto — one of the most beautiful places in the country, or so everyone had told us. We were there for three whole days. The list of places to visit was long enough to make us wonder if three days would even
My husband and I have a bit of a tradition. Instead of spending extravagantly on birthday parties, we travel somewhere new. We do celebrate with friends too, of course — usually a close-knit gathering at home, our favorite food, a few card games, some good memories. Each kind of celebration has its own fun, I
I feel sorry for all the Japanese people who have visited India, or will do so in the future. Japan didn’t just give me a good holiday during a shoulder season. It gave me a mirror. Every day I spent there, I kept comparing Japan vs India infrastructure, almost involuntarily. And by the end of
A Slow Travel Guide to Sydney: What I’d Actually Recommend Sydney gets sold to you in a very specific way before you even land — Opera House, Harbour Bridge, a ferry photo you’ve seen a hundred times on Instagram. And sure, all of that is worth seeing. But the Sydney I actually fell for was
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: July in Japan is not the “recommended” time to visit. It’s hot, it’s humid, and by 11 AM you’re already sweating through your third outfit of the day. But here’s the thing — we still had one of the best trips of our lives. Why? Because
Becoming a Vegetarian: My Journey and the Moment That Changed Everything In April 2022, I traveled across Vietnam and witnessed something that quietly, but permanently, changed me. I didn’t know it then, but this would become my journey of becoming a vegetarian. No, it wasn’t the raw cuts of meat—I had seen those before. Trust
Whenever I travel to a new country, I have one simple rule: eat what the locals eat. That’s the whole point of traveling for me. I want to taste the food people grow up with, the dishes they crave after a long day, the snacks sold in random corners, and even the weird things that
