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A Minion’s Look Back at 2025

ByTravelling Minion January 1, 2026 1 Comment
Like in 2024 this year a great deal of my travel has shifted towards travelling with friends and family. So all my trips this year were embarked with the purpose of experiencing travel with friends and family. I feel like I've been pretty successful in that endeavour. So without further adieu here are my 2025 travel reflections! Vietnam and Japan In February The Sister and I bring back an...

Sapporo Beer Museum

ByTravelling Minion May 11, 2025 1 Comment
It's a beautiful, bright and sunny day in Sapporo today. We're going to be meeting our friends Photos and Dessert fiend at the Sapporo Beer Museum in the afternoon. So the Sister and I have a bit of time this morning to slowly make our way in that direction. We scope out a sushi restaurant near the Sapporo Beer Museum. To get there we need to take a bus so we start to make our way to the bus...

Otaru Snow Light Path Festival

ByTravelling Minion May 4, 2025 3 Comments
We are heading to Otaru today and spending the evening there. Ever since my previous visit I've wanted to see what the Otaru Snow light Path festival is all about so the Sister and I are making it a point to check it out! By pure coincidence we discover that our friend Photos and his wife Dessert Fiend are in town about the same time we are! So we make plans to meet at the train station and head...

Wrapping up Australia

ByMinion-Chris April 21, 2017 1 Comment
This will be my last post about my travels in Australia. Thanks for joining me on this journey "Down under". It was an amazing time exploring all that Australia had to offer! If you want to read up on the whole trip you can do so here. Here are some of my thoughts after taking some time to reflect on the trip. My top 3 highlights: Highlight #1: Accidentally seeing the Southern Lights Both Photos...

Great Barrier Reef, Whitehaven Beach and Homeward Bound

ByMinion-Chris April 13, 2017 1 Comment
Sunrise at the Great Barrier Reef An early morning meant we got to catch the beautiful sunrise. There's something to be said about the calm and peacefulness of the sun rising while in the middle of the ocean. I really enjoyed the quietness and that feeling of just how small we are in this world. It's really easy to take this creation for granted, but its times like this that make you really...

Airlie Beach & Sailing to the Great Barrier Reef

ByMinion-Chris April 6, 2017 1 Comment
Hamilton Island / Airlie Beach Leaving Melbourne towards Hamilton Island/Airlie Beach meant we were on the last leg of our trip. A short stopover in Brisbane allowed Photos and I to satisfy a seafood pasta craving we seemingly didn't quench whilst in Melbourne. Arriving at Hamilton Island, we soon realized that the airport was tiny and seemed to be built primarily for the resort on the Island....