Posts by Mike Mikus

Hello, and welcome back to our virtual abode. Today we visited Singapore. This is the number one city that I was looking forward to on the trip, and it did not disappoint. Singapore is an island city of nearly 6 million. While a majority of its population is primarily based on the main island, it…

Hello y’all. Welcome back.  The last several days, Karen and I have had lots of fun visiting Vietnam.  When visiting a new county, we have a process. Before leaving the ship, we review our daily itinerary, weather, pick out and load up the appropriate backpack/sling/purse/fanny packs, then run through our checklist ensuring we have our…

Hello again. Good to see you again. Are you following me? 😉 Yesterday, we visited the iconic Mount Fuji (a.k.a. “Fujisan”) a 12,000’ peak located 60 miles southwest of Tokyo. It is an active volcano and has been a sacred pilgrimage site for centuries.  The local people say that the mountain is very shy, and often…

Hello, and thanks for visiting.  Karen and I have enjoyed Tokyo for the last several days.  Tokyo, a city of 14 million, resembles our very own New York City I many ways. It is very similar in size and population, has many similar entertainment options, and even has its own Times Square. However, it has…

Hello, and welcome back. Karen and I have been in Japan for the last several days. Yesterday, we spent the day in Nagasaki. Having come from a career at Los Alamos, we had a great interest in visiting here. One of our biggest surprises was how wonderful the people are here. Many, many people told…

Hello, and thank you for visiting our travel blog. For the last two days, Karen and I have been in China. Our adventures took us to a port city of Tianjin, and to The Great Wall of China, just outside of Beijing. Our day started early, boarding a bus and driving to Beijing for lunch…

The last few days we have been in South Korea. We were super excited for several of our stops.  The first stop was Busan, which is a large port city of about 3.5m people. It has many temples and beaches, and an extensive world-class metro (subway) system.  We were looking forward to visiting their (world’s…

Hello friends. Thanks for checking back in.  The last few days, we have spent time exploring Okinawa and its neighboring island, Ishigaki. This was our first of many stops in Japan. Having never been before, we were very excited. Having had back-to-back excursions for the last week or so, we were exhausted, but we roughed…

Update – Since leaving Taiwan a few days ago, they experienced a devastating earthquake. While Karen and I had already left and are safe, our thoughts and prayers go out to the scores of nice local people that we had the pleasure of meeting during our visit. Thank you all for the inquiries regarding our…