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πŸ—ΊπŸ“Mapping Your Next Adventure

Published 4 months agoΒ β€’Β 4 min read

Happy Aloha Friday!

Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between...

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This week I've got an exciting collaboration with Michelle at Intentional Travelers as she gears up for the relaunch of her Google Maps Travel Hacks course, a step-by-step system to help you travel with confidence.

You may know that I'm also a huge Google Maps fan since it's part of my own strategy to avoid tourist trap restaurants when I travel. I love how Michelle's course fills in additional ways to make the most of your maps especially with driving, since I'm usually focused just on the food πŸ˜‹ and not thinking about navigation.

There will be an exclusive early bird discount available when the relaunch opens next week, including a chance to win your own custom Google Map made by yours truly ($59 value) and some other great bonuses. I'll send a quick reminder about it when the relaunch opens, with all the details.

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Destination Inspiration ✈

  • Anyone else hooked on Severance? 🫣 If you're missing the show now that the season is over, Moon Guides has a list of 6 filming locations in the Hudson Valley, the Catskills and Newfoundland that you might recognize. (Feel free to reply and tell me what you thought of the finale!)
  • Emily Lush shares her latest guide for Western Georgia, all about the 'Monument Route' – the drive from Kutaisi to Zugdidi and all the wonderful mosaics, memorials, monuments and monasteries you can see along the way. Her guides are so helpful and her photos are always stunning. If you’ve never been to Georgia (the country) you will absolutely want to after this.
  • For Italian food lovers, Chicca's Cooking Club is having a FREE Flour Gnocchi Class next Saturday, April 5th. The live masterclass will be held 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET / 7:30pm Italy from Bolgheri, Tuscany. I missed the last one (on tiramisu!) and watched the replay - it was so inspiring to see this group of home cooks going through the recipe together. Highly recommended!

Make a difference β˜€

  • Earlier today there was a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand, causing buildings to collapse and sadly many reports of deaths and injuries. As usual, World Central Kitchen has mobilized to partner with chefs and organizations on the ground to provide nutritious meals and comfort to the survivors and first responders. Read more about their emergency response and consider a donation to help support their efforts worldwide. (They are also currently mobilizing for the flooding in South Texas and mourning a volunteer killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.)

Feeling LuckyπŸ€

  • Canon USA is running a Life Through Your Lens sweepstakes. Enter by 3/31 for a chance to win the EOS R7 RF-S18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM Lens Kit + the RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM and RF28mm F2.8 STM lenses. Details here.
  • ANA Airlines is giving away a trip to discover lesser known parts of Japan. Enter by 4/3. Details here.
  • Win two general admission tickets to the Hawaii Food and Wine Festival this fall by voting for your fan favorite in the Hawaii News Now Kitchen Scraps TV show. You can vote to enter once per day until 5/11.

Have a great weekend!

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Malia Yoshioka

Malia Yoshioka is a freelance Food & Travel Writer and ESL Tutor from Hawaii. She's slowly eating her way around the world, 43 countries and counting so far! Get behind the scenes news, travel tips and the best food stories from around the web in her weekly Savor the Journey newsletter.

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