by The Travel Sisters | Dec 31, 2014 | Trip Reports
Tokyo is one of our favorite cities so we couldn’t resist a quick stopover, even if it was for only two days. As our visit was during a Sumo Grand Tournament, we were especially excited to view Japan’s national sport. We spent practically the entire first...
by The Travel Sisters | Dec 27, 2014 | Flight Reviews, Trip Reports
We booked this flight using 62,500 American AAdvantage miles plus $2.50 in fees per person. Probably because it was winter, there was decent availability for award flights from Chicago to Tokyo Narita on several dates. Seats The first class cabin is located on the...
by The Travel Sisters | Aug 25, 2014 | Trip Reports
Earlier this year we visited 4 cities in Asia as part of our annual “sister trip”. Our itinerary was as follows: Tokyo- 2 days Chengdu- 2 days Taipei-6 days Shanghai-2 days We booked our first class long haul flights a few months prior to the trip but...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 16, 2014 | Trip Reports
The panda keeper experience program at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding caught our attention while researching the opportunity to hug a panda. While hugging a panda was a dream come true and still puts a smile on our face, the panda keeper for a day...
by The Travel Sisters | Mar 25, 2014 | Trip Reports
One of our favorite recent travel experiences was hugging a young panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China. We were not aware that holding a giant panda was even allowed until we read about it while planning a trip earlier this...
by Patti | Jan 26, 2014 | Trip Reports
We visited Cuba legally on a people to people tour for one week in 2012. Most of our time was spent in Havana but we also briefly visited Playa Giron, Santa Clara and Cienfuegos. Following are the highlights of our trip as well as some tips for anyone thinking of...
