Many Hollywood movies are filmed on sets that appear to be real locations, but Jim Carrey's film The Truman Show was filmed in a real location that they pretended was a Hollywood set. That location, which is called Seahaven in the film, is actually Seaside, Florida, along the state's Emerald Coast (or 30A) and it's one of the most influential and charming towns in the world.

We've been stuck in The States for almost 2 months and eating almost every meal at home. And because food culture is such a big part of our travel adventures, we're all getting a little bit hangry for some of our international favorites.We're not even sure we can make it a couple more weeks until we're back in Southeast Asia, but luckily we just heard about a relatively new filipino restaurant that's just a few minutes' drive from our house. So, of course, we had to come see for ourselves.

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From huge barbecued squid to tiny fried crabs, we’re about to devour another iconic Asian city. On our current trip’s last full day in Southeast Asia, we’re exploring the food, culture, and people of Indonesia at the annual, month-long Jakarta Fair. This IS the Indonesian capital AND the most populous island in the world, so we’re searching for the most highly-recommended sites and bites that represent the vibrant flavor profile of this captivating city. Let’s get to it.

For our last day in Cebu, we’re making our third attempt at swimming with the Philippines’ iconic whale sharks. After canceling our first excursion last year and then coming up empty handed in Donsol a few months ago, we’re really hoping that the third time’s a charm as we head into Oslob this morning.

We're officially back in the Philippines and we're on the southern tip of Cebu. We came back to cash in some rain checks from adventures that we missed on our first trip to the island last year. We are about to go to canyoneering through the rivers, waterfalls, jungles, and—you guessed it—canyons of Alegria.

We’re at Hong Kong airport but not for long because we’re about to hop on a 3-hour flight to take us to Cebu City (one of our favorite places in the world). Then we have a 3:45 minute drive to get us to the southern tip of the island where we’re gonna have an incredible few days at the Fantasy Lodge.

We’ve just finished a phenomenal jaunt through the coast and jungles of Bali, but now we’re leaving Indonesia and heading back to our favorite destination of the Philippines to complete a few Cebu adventures that got caught in the chopping block last year. But it’s not a straight flight and we’re taking two days to get there, so we’re gonna find a way to spend the night in Hong Kong… without leaving the airport, without booking a hotel room, and without causing a kiddo meltdown.

We’re spending the week with our friends from mom duty in an epic Bali jungle villa but really feel like getting out into the surrounding jungles. So, we’ve booked an entire day of family friendly adventure that we hope will give us a new perspective on Ubud.

We’re about to spend 4 days exploring the local scene, adventuring through nature, and kicking back in our private, 6-bedroom villa situated along one of the world’s newest UNESCO world heritage sites.

We just spent 24 hours in the world’s best airport but now we’re flying to the Indonesian island of Bali and this trip is FULL of surprises. Like a last-minute upgrade to a $4,000 a night cliff’s edge villa, to some very special friends making Brooklyn’s 12th birthday one she’ll never forget.

We’ve flown into and out of Singapore’s legendary Changi Airport several times, but always during the wee hours when most of the magic of the Jewel complex was closed for the night. But that streak ends today because we’re spending the next 24 hours next to the best planet!

What’s it like to vacation amongst the Hawaiian Maui homes of celebrities like Jeff Bezos, Jim Carrey, and Oprah… while staying in a $5k per night oceanside villa and searching for the actives that make this island so appealing? We found out.

Our year of Pacific island hopping continues and today we’re all jumping OUT of our comfort zones and DOWN the face of multiple waterfalls, deep in the rainforests of Maui. At least, that’s the plan… but will Brooklyn and Colt be “repelled” by this adventure?

Tokyo is home to some of the most fascinating spectacles in existence and one of those is here at Tsukiji: the largest fish market in the world. In the wee morning hours you can find individual tuna selling for as much as $3 million. But we’re not that hungry or that rich, so we’re in search of other delicacies, like the famous fugu fish, which, with a toxin 1000 times more deadly than cyanid, can kill you just by touch. Will our gastro-adventurous family risk eating it just for bragging rights?

We're bullet training through the birthplace of ninja to meet back up with our favorite fellow filming fam: MomDuty! And while we're sharing a mountainside Nagano chalet for the weekend, we figured we might as well put all four kids through a little ninja training themselves.

After a few great days amongst the historic charm of Kyoto, we've traveled 50km southwest to the bustling Japanese metropolis of Osaka. Known as "Japan's Kitchen," it's no wonder this city's famous for its fantastic food scene. So we're tightening our shoelaces, loosening our waistbands and spending the entire day walking from bite to bite to see which parts live up to the hype.

It’s our second day in Japan's historic city of Kyoto and we’re about to pack five thousand years’ worth of authentic sites and bites into just a few hours. From samurai tea to shinto shrines. From alleyway foods to dancing geisha. And all from our home base at the Four Seasons Kyoto.

After spending our first night in Japan in a cramped robot hotel in Tokyo’s Ginza district, we took a cross-country bullet train to class things up significantly: We’re spending two nights at the five-star Four Seasons Kyoto, where we’ll soak up their 800-year-old family-friendly luxury and devour our first bites of true Japanese sushi. But... why the long face?

We're leaving Tokyo on a 2-hour trip to Kyoto, at speeds above 300 kilometers per hour, without leaving the ground. We're doing it by taking the world-famous Shinkansen bullet train between cities. And we booked their first-class "green car" to see if it's worth the extra cost.