• what’s in our bags: central america

    well it’s been 3/4 of a year since the last time i packed my bags from home and while the process is the same, the nuances feel considerably different.  looking back to what i packed for hokkaido, japan sends a…

  • The Carry On Wardrobe

    Before we left Sapporo, we shipped our large suitcase and snowboard bag back to Vancouver. It will take about 2 months for our bags to get to Vancouver. Surprisingly the cost to ship our bags back was a lot less…

  • last minute planning, or lack thereof…

    t-minus 96 hours until i fly out to meet haha and friends in hokkaido and i’ve decided to drop the size of my carry on from a limit-pushing 49 liters to a more manageable 41 liters.   the asian in me…