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Author: Deena

Don’t Make These 10 Sushi-Eating Faux Pas in Japan

Just about at every turn I unwittingly make flagrant errors in etiquette in Japan.  I’ve wanted to travel to Japan for a long time  but making errors in Japanese etiquette and bringing dishonour to my family has ...

We’re Square Pegs in the Round Demographic of World Travelers

We don’t fit into the nomadic wanderer demographic of young explorers off to see the world. It’s taken us a whole lifetime of careers, marriage and kids to finally decide to shed all of our ‘stuff’ ...

10 Ways to Make Traveling with a Companion Companionable

I’ve always thought that renovating a house or traveling together are true tests of compatibility. We’ve done a lot of house renovation, and now we’ve been traveling together for over a year. That means spending time ...

3 Taiwanese Rituals Explained

One of the reasons we love to travel is to learn about other cultures and traditions. Even though I’m familiar with Judeo-Christian rituals, I  could not imagine what worshippers were doing in the Dianji Temple in ...