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We weren’t expecting it, but we were delighted to discover that Dali, China is one of the best cities we’ve been to for vegetarian dining. And we’ve been to a lot of cities. In this article, I’m going to list…
I think the Erawan Museum is one of the most beautiful attractions in Bangkok, Thailand. That’s saying something too, since it’s up against stiff competition from the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Wat Arun, and a whole lot more. Despite that,…
It’s Jake again, with our monthly installment of Operation Digital Nomad, the series in which we update you on the progress we have made monetizing this travel blog. As you will recall, our goal is to earn $4000 a month…
The Old Town of Lijiang, China has a reputation for disorienting tourists. It deserves this reputation. And despite the cliche that getting lost is the best way to explore a city, the maze-like streets and alleys of Lijiang, combined with…
We have made two attempts at touring Lijiang, China’s Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in our lifetimes (so far!), and both went really badly. Both times the visits were hampered by a combination of planning errors on our part, and the inherent…
A lot of visitors to Lijiang, China might miss the Black Dragon Pool, if only because they never make it out of the Old Town. It’s easy to get lost in there after all. But there are a number of…
The Kaohsiung Lotus Pond was one of the few places in Taiwan that we visited more than once. The first time Jake, Lisa and I went there we were just exploring as a family, looking for a fun place to…
This article is our guide to finding and booking a hotel, guesthouse, or other lodging in Lijiang, China. We spent 10 days in Lijiang, dividing our time between the Lijiang Old Town and the nearby smaller Old Town of Shuhe….
The Lijiang Old Town is a crazy maze of winding cobblestone roads and tacky gift shops, but one place that really stood out was the giant Mufu Palace. We went there in October with our three year old daughter Lisa,…
Our trip to Lijiang, China revolved around photographing the Old Town. A lot of people leave Lijiang thinking that the scenery is kind of monotonous – to a certain extent, they are right – but detours like Lion Hill Park,…
During our layover in Kunming, China, we had quite a bit of free time, so we decided to go ahead and visit the Yunnan Ethnic Village with our two year old daughter, Lisa. In this article, we’ll go over how…
If you visit Kotor, Montenegro there’s no escaping the fact that the Bay of Kotor is the scenic gem of the region. As beautiful as the Old Town is, or the mountains in the background. That sparkling blue water just…
Hi there, it’s Jake with the September, 2018 issue of Operation Digital Nomad, our monthly report on the progress we are making toward our goal of supporting ourselves through this travel blog. We’ll consider it a success once we are…
Because Vienna, Austria is known for its Christmas markets and other holiday festivities, we thought it would be the perfect place for us – and our two-year-old daughter – to end our year of slow travel in Europe. Our family…
We happened to be in Taiwan during the Chinese New Year, and it seemed like a fitting place to celebrate. We’d never done a really honest to goodness celebration of the Asian holiday, so we made a point of doing…
Cafe Central in Vienna, Austria is one of those sites that’s iconic on a smaller scale. It frankly isn’t big enough for every tourist to visit while they are in the city, but you might have seen it in Instagram…
The Roman Forum is one of the most amazing archaeological sites in the world. It also happens to be very photogenic because Rome has done such an amazing job maintaining it (well, once it was already in ruins). We were…
Jake here, with the August, 2018 edition of Operation Digital Nomad, our monthly report on the progress we have made toward monetizing our travel blog. Our goal is to earn at least $4000 a month through our travel blog and…
We went on a five night family trip to Bangkok, Thailand in July of 2018. We were going there on a visa run from China, and since it was our first trip in a while where we didn’t have to…
While we were spending the month of May in Venice, Italy, we took a number of daytrips out of the city. One of them was to the island of Torcello, the smallest of the populated islands in the Venetian Lagoon,…
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