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North America » United States » Michigan » Mount Clemens January 27th 2017

Geo: 42.5962, -82.8766Traveling can sometimes be overwhelming, especially if you personally prepare the travel itinerary without an agent. It can be informative and rewarding, however, when you organize everything for your likes and your plan all comes together. You need to select the right time for comfortable weather, (monsoon rains can be a disaster), the proper duration to cover important sights, the flight with minimal transfers and layovers, selection of highly rated attractions, and of course lodging in a centrally located neighborhood. This means doing your homework by reading many travel internet sights and current travel forums.At this point, our plans for our trip to southern Asia are completed. Our focus now needs to be on the details of packing. We have learned over the years to be minimalists-easy to say but hard to do. This ... read more

North America » United States » Michigan » Mount Clemens April 24th 2016

Geo: 42.5973, -82.878We are off on another adventure, and this year it's Japan. So what are the elements that attract us to Japan, her people, and culture. There are striking similarities and contrasts between Japan and the US, which I find intriguing. I will start by describing some of them. Japan's population is nearly 45% of the US population. Yet Japan's area is a small fraction of the US area, roughly equal in size to the state of Montana. 70% of that area is rugged and mountainous, due to Japan's volcanic origins, and thus uninhabitable. So imagine 45% of the US population living on a land area the size of Pennsylvania! And a significant portion of that population is compressed into a few major cities, Tokyo being the largest. Nevertheless, the Japanese have developed the ability ... read more
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