https://grrrltraveler.com A Female Solo Travel Blog | It's not a vacation until you survive it! Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:57:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://grrrltraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/favicon.gif https://grrrltraveler.com 32 32 https://grrrltraveler.com/cherry-blossom-season-in-japan-things-to-know/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:59:20 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=59125   Cherry Blossom Season in Japan : Things to Know When Planning your Japan Trip After witnessing cherry blossom season in Korea, I didn’t think Japan would surprise me much. I was wrong. It is every bit as special as seeing them in Korea and at times, moreso. But planning my Japan trip during cherry...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/10-must-try-japanese-sweets-sakura-season/ https://grrrltraveler.com/10-must-try-japanese-sweets-sakura-season/#comments Tue, 14 May 2019 00:38:10 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=59343 10 Must Try Japanese sakura sweets & snacks   Sakura sake Kit Kat, anyone…?  How about Limited Edition Coca Colas, edible sakura, bamboo ice cream… the list of must try Japanese sweets goes on. I was in the Kansai region to experience Cherry Blossom Season in Japan. Initially in my video, I quoted 10 must...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/10-must-try-japanese-sweets-sakura-season/feed/ 18 https://grrrltraveler.com/top-10-cherry-blossom-spots-of-kyoto-osaka-nara/ https://grrrltraveler.com/top-10-cherry-blossom-spots-of-kyoto-osaka-nara/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:35:49 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=59102   Cherry blossoms (aka sakura) in Japan- is it on your bucket list? For a long time, I thought sakura season in Japan was just travelers hype. I mean, I did not discount the rare occasion to celebrate cherry blossom (aka sakura) beauty. I just thought– yeah, cherry blossom flowers. I’ve seen them in Korea,...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/top-10-cherry-blossom-spots-of-kyoto-osaka-nara/feed/ 6 https://grrrltraveler.com/pushkar-camel-fair-guide-camels-royal-horses-touts-pushkar-india/ https://grrrltraveler.com/pushkar-camel-fair-guide-camels-royal-horses-touts-pushkar-india/#comments Sat, 13 May 2017 07:52:40 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=50826 Documentary video of Pushkar Camel Fair in Pushkar India This post contains affiliate links. I highly recommend trip insurance on your adventures. Use this trip insurance finder tool to find an plan based on your budget! Check out affordable U.S. trip insurance. The Pushkar Camel Fair is a Rajasthani festival that was on my bucket list...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/pushkar-camel-fair-guide-camels-royal-horses-touts-pushkar-india/feed/ 1 https://grrrltraveler.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-guide/ https://grrrltraveler.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-guide/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:48:47 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=49635 Phuket Vegetarian Festival | Documentary Video . . The annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival occurs on the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (often, around October)  and spans nine days, where participants – usually of Chinese ancestry-  undergo a strict vegetarian diet during the period. Various gory spectacles, perilous events and parades taking place, from sword piercings, fire walking, etc…...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-guide/feed/ 5 https://grrrltraveler.com/lantern-floating-hawaii-2/ Wed, 29 May 2013 15:54:48 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=37121 https://grrrltraveler.com/video-hawaii-loves-spam-jam-festival-waikiki/ https://grrrltraveler.com/video-hawaii-loves-spam-jam-festival-waikiki/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:48:36 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=36616 There's no doubt, Hawaii has a love affair with Spam. Growing up, our kitchen was always stocked with cans of it, as were my friends and their families. Fish and chips, hush puppies, maccoroni and cheese?... Those never flew in Hawaii. Instead, we have Spam.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/video-hawaii-loves-spam-jam-festival-waikiki/feed/ 6 https://grrrltraveler.com/hawaiis-korean-festival/ https://grrrltraveler.com/hawaiis-korean-festival/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:24:57 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=31837 Hawaii’s Annual Korean Festival was hot, yet so coooool. Being back from Korea, I’ve had my moments where I miss Korean culture and food. I spent a year entraining my life, mind and tastebuds to adapt, accept and love all the spicy foreignness of that culture; inevitably, I got Korean-ified.  Now it occasionally, rivals my...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/hawaiis-korean-festival/feed/ 8 https://grrrltraveler.com/mochi-culture-in-hawaii/ https://grrrltraveler.com/mochi-culture-in-hawaii/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:52:23 +0000 http://travelerdiaries.wordpress.com/?p=2140 State-wide fireworks on New Year's Eve are an annual ritual in Hawaii adopted from the Chinese tradition of playing of "firecrackers" as a symbolic act of chasing evil spirits away and inviting good luck, fortune and prosperity. Meanwhile, the Japanese community adds flavor to New Year's Day celebrations with mochi...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/mochi-culture-in-hawaii/feed/ 5 https://grrrltraveler.com/ny-fashion-week-09/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:04:01 +0000 http://travelerdiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1434 Designers, fashionistas, models, wannabes ... and me. Sometimes finding your GRRR in traveling simply requires finding the energy and means to attend some of the more highly-publicized (and velvet-roped) events in your city. ]]>