For our last blog about South Korea I want to write about a variety of places and stores. First is where we spent our last morning since our flight was…
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To pick up from the last blog, we are on a subway heading north to Seoul with our luggage in tow. We chose to spend our last night in South…
Yesterday I wrote how we took the subway up to Seoul from my friend’s place on the Air Force base south of the metro area. Well it turns out is…
Now that we were back at my friends house south of Seoul it was time to to go up and check out this fascinating and humongous city…..but the question is…
Lily and I made it back to the base my college room-mate and his family are stationed at in order to visit the DMZ (Demilitarize Zone), which was high on…
On our way back from a side trip to Gyeongju in South Korea, we took a couple trains and buses to the Baekje Historic Areas. It is located in the…
The last of three World Heritage Sites we saw near Gyeongju, a town in the southeast part of South Korea was the Bulguksa Temple & Seokguram Grotto. Seokguram Grotto and…
Last blog I wrote how we had traveled by train to Gyeongju in the southeast part of South Korea. As soon as we got there we took a bus up…
As you read in the last post, Lily and I head out for a South Korean adventure after spending a couple days with my college roommate and his family. To…
A few weeks ago Lily and I got back from visiting my college roommate in South Korea. He and his family are stationed there for a couple years and we…
Asia is one of the world’s richest continents in terms of culture, architecture and ecology. Boasting a large set of glitzy skyscrapers and monuments, the diversity of architectural designs is…
If you remember three years ago I told you how customs and immigration to LEAVE Russia by the Trans Siberian Train into Mongolia was intense and way stronger than it…
The cathedral sits on an island in the middle of Kaliningrad’s historic center. Today all the island has is the cathedral and a large park, but in the past the…
The Museum Bunker is a museum at the former headquarters of the local German command during the battle to capture the city at the end of World War 2. The…
Given that 90% of all amber in the world comes from Kaliningrad it is only fitting there is a museum dedicated to the gem. The museum is located with in…
Even though Kaliningrad was bombed heavily during World War 2 (then a German town known as Königsberg) many of fortifications from the mid 1800’s still exist. I read there are…
The Museum of the World Ocean is a maritime museum based along the river in the historic center of Kaliningrad. It was established on April 12, 1990 for scientific research…
Kaliningrad, Russia was once the East Prussian capital Königsberg. It only became part of Russia at the end of World War 2, when the Soviet Union expelled all Germans and…
Having caught up on sleep from the long flight over to Kaliningrad, Russia I was ready to get out and explore the city. I had a basic understanding of the…
At the beginning of August I landed in Kaliningrad, Russia, but had no rubles and the airport had no exchange office. Lucky for me the taxi and dinner took credit…
On August 2nd I landed in Kaliningrad, which is a little section of Russia separated from the main land by Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north, plus…
If you are ever flying in Eastern Europe and as soon as the plane touches down everyone erupts into applause then there is a good chance you are on a…
Almost every tourist who visits Singapore faces the dilemma of where to visit and where not to. Mainly, all tourist destinations in Singapore do offer a memorable time. However, there…
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I have Mike Bayer with me for this episode of the Guiding Light podcast and we talking about cruising with kids. He and his wife have chosen to take a…
After working for the whole year, Christmas is the time when the whole family meet and enjoy time together and experience the magical moments to the fullest! Goa, the name…
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We will be talking about Mongolia, Russia, and the Trans-Siberian Train in this podcast as my dad joins me to talk about the month long trip we took in 2016….
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We will be talking about Russia and the Trans-Siberian Train in this podcast as my dad joins me to talk about the month long trip we took in 2016. In…
The answer may surprise you. It is bamboo. Now I bet you are wondering why I am talking about bamboo, which is part of the Asian culture, when I have…
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We are talking about life in Kyrgyzstan and home schooling kids with Jeff & Alisha in this episode of the Guiding Light podcast. Jeff & Alisha moved to Kyrgyzstan a…
Today is the last blog about my trip through Russia with my father and I wanted to leave you with a few random thoughts we had throughout our trip. There…
