Last Few Days in Tokyo

Kura Global Flagship Store After a much needed sleep in, my day starts pretty lazily in my room. After a slow start I get an invite from my new travel friend from two nights before for lunch! Since I have no real plans today, I take her up on it and we venture out into Asakusa. We end up visiting the Kura Sushi Flagship store. Kura Sushi is a popular conveyor belt sushi restaurant and one of...

Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland I'm heading to Disneyland today! I need to wake up early to meet up with Lebron and Antetokounmpo at their hotel. There we will hop on a shuttle that will take us directly to Disneyland. We arrive about an hour before it opens and start lining up at the front gate. I didn't realize how popular Disneyland is because even an hour before opening there's already a huge mass of people...

Looking back at 2024, a Minion perspective!

2024 isn't as big of a travel year as years past. This coincides with a small shift in my travel focus. At the end of 2023 I indicated that I wanted to take more trips with friends and family. I have been immensely fortunate to check off bucket list items over the years. For this year I wanted to intentionally focus on sharing experiences with others. So every trip this year, is with the...

Travelling Minions in 2022

2022 saw the return of travel for me and much of the world! With many countries loosening their COVID restrictions, the prospect of exploring is tempting again! Airlines begin to offer deals to win back business, and tourism ads start to pop up in YouTube Advertisements again. Looking back, I realize a lot of my travel is concentrated in the back half of 2022. I suspect this is due to most...

Minion Monies: How much did my 2019 trip to Hawaii cost?

The following will be an accounting of my 2019 trip to Hawaii. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($699.67) The Flights ($414.52) To get to Hawaii, I booked a round trip Flight on Westjet between Vancouver and Honolulu. Everything is pretty straightforward for this one as we only had one set of flights to...

Minion Monies: How much did my 2022 Maui Trip Cost?

The following will be an accounting of the Maui Trip I took with several friends in March and April of 2022. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($1279.12 & 6 eUpgrade Credits) The Flights ($401.11 & 6 eUpgrade Credits) Booking a...