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[10 Aug 2009 | Comments | 741 views]
the Goodfishies guide to packing, leaving & relocating across the world

We fish have traveled a fair bit since the first day we teamed-up a few years ago. We won’t call ourselves travel professionals quite yet, but we are getting really good at packing (and re-packing) our entire existance into backpacks, suitcases, duffel-bags & boxes and moving to a new place. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. Trust us!

Anyway, here’s a how-to on dropping new roots…

East Asia, Video »

[9 Aug 2009 | Comments | 1,461 views]
The Great Wall of China - Simatai

If you are heading to China, you HAVE TO see the Great Wall of China! We hiked the Great Wall on our recent trip to China and it was easily the highlight of our entire trip.
The Great Wall is very long; however, the most popular section of the Great Wall is near Beijing. The most well-known section is called “Ba Da Ling” (八達嶺). It is the closest section to the city and it’s always packed with tourists. The Badaling section has been completely renovated and rebuilt. Apparently most of …

General, Hong Kong »

[1 Mar 2009 | Comments | 3,283 views]
the Hong Kong Survival Guide!

Hey everyone! We spent 6 days in Hong Kong taking pictures, eating foreign food and getting elbowed in the face. Hong Kong is an amazing, international, beautiful city - We had a fantastic time, but realized after even a few days of arriving that keeping your sanity in Hong Kong demanded a certain zen-like mind control.
Not to worry! We at goodfishies.com have compiled a simple 3 step program to safely get you through your trip to Hong Kong called the Goodfishies.com Hong Kong Survival Guide.
STEP 1: push.
STEP 2: …

Featured, Taiwan »

[21 Jan 2009 | Comments | 1,525 views]
Happy New Year 2009 from Taiwan!

Last year we welcomed the coming of 2008 at Zojoji Temple, at the foot of the Tokyo Tower in Japan. Thousands of balloons were released into the sky at the stroke of midnight, with Tokyo Tower lit up proudly in the background. It was a spectacular way to welcome the new year!
Well, this year we welcomed 2009 at the foot of Taipei 101 in the heart of Taipei, Taiwan. At the stroke of midnight, fireworks shot from the 4 corners of the tallest building in the world. …

Japan »

[21 Jan 2009 | Comments | 2,649 views]
Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama is a beautiful waterfront city on the very outskirts of Tokyo. Some of the Tokyo subway lines actually reach as far as Yokohama, which tends to create some confusion among tourists that maybe Yokohama is part of Tokyo. It’s not. And if you spend even a short time in Yokohama, you’ll notice that although it’s located right on Tokyo’s doormat, it marches to an entirely different beat.
Yokohama is probably most famous (among Japanese people) for it’s Yokohama Chinatown. It is said to be the largest …