Brookie’s blog, with a little assist from Brad (dadd-o), and actually spans activities over a few days. Today we explored the very “European” and beautiful city of St. Petersburg by car, foot and boat! After the train ride through...
Exploring The Kremlin and Red Square
Today we went to The Kremlin, Red Square, and The Armory. It was our first day of touring in Moscow and I felt really happy! I was happy because we saw many landmarks and exhibits that I’ve heard about...
Trekking On Top of The World in Bhutan
Our Druk Path trek was a relatively epic adventure, hiking and trekking for 15-20 kilometers per day at passes between 12,000 and 14,000 feet over a four day period that was exhausting, exhilarating, challenging, vomit inducing (yes), and ultimately amazing....
Bhutan – Land of the Thunder Dragon (and Happiness)
When we were flying over to Bhutan from Kathmandu, we were amazed at the sight we saw. We got to see the Himalayas, including Mt. Everest. It was really awesome! There weren’t too many people on the plane, but...
Three Temples and a Mountain in Tibet
Today, we went to visit a nunnery and took this amazing hike to get there. All around us were prayer flags, which are flags that have prayers written on them and when the wind passes through them, it means...
The Terracotta Warrior Day in X’ian
Today, we went to see the Terracotta Warriors, outside of Xian, China. The Terricotta Warriors were constructed by Emperor Qin (pronouced chin), the first ruler in China to use the title ‘Emperor’ for himself. He unified all of the...
THE SUMMER WALL OF CHINA or wait was it THE SUMMER PALACE and THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA sounds right
Today we went to the Great Wall of China and the summer palace. Two places I’ve always wanted to visit. First we took a chair lift up from the base of the mountain to the top, where we got...
Tsukiji Fish Market Adventure
Today in Tokyo we went to Tsukiji Fish Market. It was crazy and cool to see. We met a really nice and smart chef named Andy, who is British, at the Tsukiji (pronounced Su-Key-Gee) Fish Market. He has been going...
One farm, three temples and a shrine in Japan
{Brooke’s blog, with a little assist from dadd-o on our farm stay} We are leaving our stay in a traditional Japanese farm house near Miyama with a beautiful old vegetarian Buddhist couple, Keisan and Setsusan. It was spartan and...
A Helpful Day of Giving in Cambodia
Today, we had a really big day! First, we went moutain biking. It was amazing. The dirt we were biking on was very red. It was red because of the volcanic soil, but interestingly enough, it was transported to...