Asia

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…

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…

Today we visited Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The Philippines was originally named the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao islands, but was renamed in the 1500s by explorer Ferdinand Magellan after King Philip II, and has since been known as the…

Over the last several days, our travels have taken us to the largest archipelago in the world, Indonesia. While it is comprised of some 17,500 islands, its 265 million residents only inhabit 6,000 of them. Our journey took us to…