After you’ve had your cup of coffee, it’s time to head up to North Shore. The question then becomes what do I do?! If you don’t know, here’s something…
In almost every post the adjectives to describe our recent trip to Australia is “Beautiful, wonderful, amazing…” etc. and in reality, maybe there are no better words to…
Challenge: What can you accomplish in a 12-hour period on a neighbor island? For Mary and me, Big Island (Hawaii Island), Kauai, Maui and Lanai are neighbor islands.…
Ever since our first girls trip to California in 2013, (years before this travel blog was born), I’ve been wanting to plan our next trip. In 2016, after…
FIRST DAY On a short trip to the Mainland (Continental U.S) we were able to visit four states: California, Nevada, a bit of Utah (just a drive through)…
Growing up, technology and futurology was always fascinating to me. This naturally led to Japan being one of my top countries to visit for over a decade. Fortunately, for…
DAY 1: BULLET TRAIN, SHINJUKU STATION, AND SHIBUYA CROSSING With only four days left for our Japan trip, we woke up early, headed to Kyoto Station and boarded…
We finally visited a long awaited destination of ours, Japan. To say that we enjoyed our time is a complete understatement. We loved our visit and will be…
Spring break, we knew we didn’t want to go anywhere too far from home. It was either a staycation on Oahu or an island hop. We decided to…
Originally written in 2015, this guide has been updated for 2026 with current prices, verified business hours, and working links. All locations have been confirmed as of March…