A Husband and Wife Travel Around the World
Our trip this past January started off heavy on the hostel stays. Between the incredibly cheap prices of hostels in many South American cities and our early enthusiasm to rough it, we were in and out of hostels almost every week. But this hostel momentum eventually faded and the last half of our trip has […]
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9 men are skinning a just-killed cow as their children run around the carcass screaming and playing tag. The carcasses of dead goats are scattered around the small field, all in varying stages of the butchering process. The wives of the men are carrying the freshly cut pieces of meat, organs, and heads back to […]
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As you might have noticed, our travel style has slowly shifted from roughing it in co-ed dorms to now mostly staying in private apartments or houses… apparently our ability to rough-it is a limited resource. When we booked a shared apartment through Wimdu.com near Coogee Beach (pronounced could-gee for you Americans), just east of Sydney, […]
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I am not what you might call, an “art aficionado.” My art vocabulary mostly consists of insightful phrases like: “I like it” or “weird” or the more high-brow “not for me.” Insightful, right? Despite my lack of expertise, what got me curious about doing an art tour in Sydney was that the tour (led by Scott) […]
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I always struggle when ranking my favorite cities for other people, not because I don’t have them, but because my experience in a city is uniquely my own. The littlest changes to what you see or do can dramatically impact your final verdict. Did it rain the entire time and you never got beyond the […]
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Relationships are about compromise. Relationships are about open communication. Relationships are about respect. BLAH BLAH BLAH. But they’re also about who has the upper hand… and Meg has always held her SCUBA certification way above my head. That is why when presented with the opportunity of spending 3 weeks on the tiny island of Gili […]
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Petaling Street is the main drag in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown and is (in)famous for the street vendors selling pirated DVD’s, the delicious food stalls, and the vibrant mix of tourists and locals. With little room for new items in our 32 liter backpacks, we’re not big on stuffing our bags… only our bellies! So in […]
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Our entire trip around the world has been a series of “I can’t believe we get do this” moments, so you would think it would be difficult to choose just one to highlight. But nothing really frames what those moments are like more than how we ended up learning to surf in Bali. Relying On […]
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