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Should You Visit Japan?

2/27/2017

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Yes, you should. The end.

Shortest post ever! JK LOL

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Health and Long-term Travel: Eye Surgery in Japan

2/20/2017

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We had planned our Japanese trip like this: six days in Tokyo, then six days in Kyoto and Osaka. It didn’t quite work out like that.

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Japanese Public Toilets: Women's Edition

2/15/2017

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You’ve read my Squat Potty post, right? The one about the porcelain (if you’re lucky) hole in the floor where doing your duty requires planning and preparation? Well, in Japan, all those horrible memories can be neutralized by the wholesome goodness that is the Japanese public toilet.

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Hong Kong Airport: Mother and Child Toilet Reunion

2/13/2017

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Where was this cute setup when I had toddlers?

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Mangosteen

2/9/2017

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My first taste of mangosteen was not my choice. We were walking along a street in Shanghai and passed a vendor with two big baskets of these little plum-sized fruits. He had opened one and was offering passers-by tiny sections on a toothpick. We stopped and asked what they were, and he stuck a piece in my mouth! Unasked! Cheeky! If it had been durian I would have spit it out and slapped him, but lucky for him it was delicious--sweet and slimy like a banana, but in tiny sections like citrus fruit.

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Asaph

2/6/2017

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Sometimes you don’t do things because you want to, you do them because the people you love want to do them.

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Jerusalem: My Kind of Town

2/2/2017

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I had expected to like Jerusalem. As someone who has been going to church for 50 years, I’m familiar with the material. I just didn’t know how much I’d like it.