We arrived in Buenos Aires and decided to “settle down” for a month. We rented an apartment and are working on finishing up some online projects and finalizing our travel plans for South America. Knowing which way to turn is never easy. We already had two big changes in our plans, mainly from a lack […]
Exploring South Africa’s Cape Peninsula
We spent over a week in Cape Town with rain every day. Not the small showers of rain that you can slip out in between and grab a bite to eat, but the constant downpour of rain where all you want to do is stay in your PJ’s and climb under the covers. Our last […]
Driving The Garden Route: Moontide Guesthouse
Wilderness, South Africa–which ranks as one of my favorite city names–is known for its endless beaches and water sports. We weren’t in search of any crazy water sports on this trip, only a few days of peace and quiet to experience the natural beauty of the garden route while catching up on some R&R. When […]
Shark Cage Diving in South Africa
I have always been intrigued by Great White Sharks. These massive fish can get as large as 6.1m and weigh 1 ton. I am always planted on my couch during “Shark Week” and I have always wanted to see them up close! On our drive down the garden route we teamed up with Great White […]
Driving The Garden Route: Kleinbosch Lodge
We left Cape Town (and 5 nights of “suite” luxury) and started our drive down the Garden Route. Our first stop was Stellenbosch, a university town that is known for their wines and rolling countryside. We had spent a week relaxing in Cape Town and were ready to take a breath of fresh country air […]
Bites and Sites in Stellenbosch
After drinking too much of the endless wine options in Stellenbosch and waking up with berry jam all over my clothes, I decided it was time to find out what else the town had to offer besides wine. A city that boasts of its grape vines had to have more to it. We enlisted two locals, […]
The Best 4×4 Car Hire in South Africa
When you are looking for a car to drive through sand trenches, over tree limbs and reverse from charging elephants you’d better make sure that you trust the person handing over the keys. We got lucky. By lucky I mean we did hours of research into South African safari companies, and the details we were […]
When A Hostel Becomes A Home
Most hostels are treated as stopover points. They have bad reps as dirty, loud and frequented by a “certain clientele”. We checked in to Lub d Siam Square and the gal at the desk did a double take and asked us to confirm that we were staying for 14 nights?! 2 weeks in one hostel […]
Temples, Monkeys and Condoms: A Trip to Chiang Rai
There are times when you travel and you want to do it yourself to seek out the adventure. Then there are the times where you need to pass over the steering wheel and put someone else in charge. This was one of those times. Our parents were visiting us, we had one day left in […]
Cooking Thai Style in Bangkok
Once again, Thailand is convinced they can teach this city girl to cook. Silom Thai Cooking School in Bangkok offered to host Josh and I along with Josh’s parents at their all-day cooking school. This time they weren’t just asking me to stir and fry. I was in charge of beheading and deveining shrimp and […]