We showed up in Asia as the dumbest guys in the hostel room, assuming we could continue streaming Netflix, WatchESPN, HBO Go, and all the other media comforts of home while travelling outside the US. A few of the below messages quickly put us in our place and we realized we’d be without them for…
Halong Bay is one of the “must dos” in Southeast Asia. Located in the Gulf of Tonkin, the bay is famous for abrupt karst rock formations caused by millions of years of geomorphology (thanks google) that jut out of the sea beautifully and randomly. The rock formations and resulting caves are uninhabitable and have thus…
Let me preface what I’m about to share with you by saying that I really enjoy surprises. I think you could probably place me in the upper tier of “surprise lovers.” However, two out of the three surprises listed below certainly made me question my love for surprises in a very big way. Surprise 1: Ho Chi…
Unless you’re in the field of nutrition and dietetics, you probably aren’t aware that the month of March marks National Nutrition Month and March 14th is actually Registered Dietitian (RD) Day. No, March 14th is not a national holiday and yes, the banks are still open. Don’t worry, for all the non-RD folks out there…
Cambodia is a case study on how good we have it in the U.S. From 1975-1979, ~25% of their population was killed (2 million people) by the ruthless Khmer Rouge regime through a combination of mass murder, disease, and starvation. Along with 2 million people, the Khmer Rouge also killed the Cambodian (also known as…
Beaches & Backpacks 