DANCING PANDAS

Journaling The Journey

1 Week of Fun and Sun in Hua Hin, Thailand

Hua Hin Thailand

Hua Hin is Thailand’s original beach resort as it’s aristocratic roots date back to 1911 when the railroad arrived from Bangkok and some in the royal family built vacation homes here. By the mid-1920s it was a full-fledged resort town for the Bangkok-based nobility with a golf course and a seaside hotel.   Today, Hua […]

Read More

1 Perfect Week in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai one week itinerary

It is easy to understand why so many people come to Chiang Mai for a few days and end up coming back to spend a lot more time here or even relocate to this super progressive, artsy, foodie city set near gorgeous lush mountains. The city is quite large and diverse. There are many fun […]

Read More

8 Best Vegan Restaurants in Chiang Mai

Best Vegan Restaurants in Chaing Mai

This post has been updated on July 23, 2024 Chiang Mai is a place of vegan dreams.  I had heard amazing things about this city’s vegan restaurants and was so excited to find out that they were all true. Travelling through new places can be taxing on a plant based diet. Using Google Translate to […]

Read More

Asia’s World City – 3 Gorgeous Parks

Asia's World City

It has become a bit of a tradition for us to land in Asia’s World City (Hong Kong) at the beginning of a given year.  We started or nomadic journey right here and hold it and it’s people near and dear to our hearts. One of the things that we enjoy a lot here are […]

Read More

4 days in Dazzling Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv was our last stop of our 2.5 month Middle Eastern tour. We wanted to save the best for last and that we did. Tel Aviv is considered one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Titled the ‘Mediterranean Capital of Cool’ by the New York Times, this colorful and fun […]

Read More

Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee Stunning Hikes and Sights

Sea of Galilee, Tabgha peacock

We traveled through Nazareth, hiking Mount Arbel and the Sea of Galilee.  Such important places for so many people!   Going through Israel we often found ourselves near many Bible Tour Buses – mostly Christians finding holy places from the New Testament. As I have mentioned in previous posts, we are not very religious people – […]

Read More

Israel Best North Coast Itinerary

Israel best North Coast Itinerary

Our itinerary explores the north coast of Israel which is north of Tel Aviv.  These destinations offer breathtaking beauty, pristine nature and some of the most stunning views.  It had been many years since I visited these parts.  Read on to find out how this coastline has changed and evolved.   Israel’s northern coast is filled […]

Read More

Bethlehem – an Easy 5 hour day trip from Jerusalem

Bethlehem Palestine Banksy Separation Wall

We were excited to go on a short day trip to Bethlehem (which is actually in Palestine).  We started in Jerusalem and surprisingly  it was quite straight forward.  We caught bus #21 from the bus terminal across from the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Since the bus is operated by a  Palestinian company there isn’t a […]

Read More