For years now, we have been dying to experience Japan further than Narita International.  Everyone knows that Japan isn’t cheap, holding the top spot of the world’s most expensive city until just recently (Read: Yikes!…We Live In The World’s Most Expensive City!), so for us, exploring the country had to be at the perfect time.  Summer is […]

Up until last week, we had never heard of the Hindu Thaipusam Festival.  Ignorance abound, when friends told us that men would be piercing themselves with fishhooks and skewers, and then carrying jugs of milk and elaborate kavadi throughout downtown Singapore, we just had to check it out! We did a quick google search to find the […]

On our way to Koh Phi Phi today, Katherine and I were debating what we thought the best beach we’ve ever visited was. We’ve been to A LOT of beaches, so picking the best wasn’t easy. First, there’s Kuta Beach in Bali for the countless hours of people watching it provides. However, it’s not really […]

Just a quick note to share with all of you a photo we snapped of the fireworks from National Day in Singapore this year.  Would have loved to have the 14mm wide angle lens we have our eye on, but still impressed with our 24-105mm.  And, not a bad grab for a first ever firework […]

Well, we checked another one off the list of While We’re Alive…catching sunrise from the top of Borobudur in Java, Indonesia.  We tend to be having some bad luck with these sunrise items on our list though (read: 5 Things to Know Before Trekking Mt. Batur For Sunrise, and #64 Complete – Climb Adam’s Peak), […]