Tuk-tuks are prevalent throughout Southeast Asia and are basically motorized rickshaws. It’s a slightly more expensive alternative to taking a cab, and sometimes the only means of transport around small towns. Back in January, Alison and I took a tuk tuk to a bus stop in the small city of Sukhothai before traveling onward to…
There are a lot of ways to get around this great big world of ours. Some like to hit all the hot spots, tagging all 897 of the self-proclaimed “eighth wonders of the world.” Others will literally go to the ends of the earth to place the first human footsteps on an unnamed mountain or…
Similar to Hong Kong, we had no intention of making our way to Singapore when we first embarked on our adventure. In fact, it wasn’t until a conversation we had with some travelers about a month or two into our travels that the idea of traveling to Singapore sparked our interest. Having recently visited Singapore, one…
Before we left on our trip, my uncle wisely suggested that if something bad happens, we should wait a while before telling anyone about it. This is one of those stories. Two weeks young into our adventure we found ourselves in Pai, a little hippy town in northern Thailand surrounded by nothing but miles and…
Komodo National Park and the surrounding region in and around Flores is one of our favorite places on the planet. Despite fairly easy access from Labuan Bajo (a 1 hour flight from Bali), Komodo National Park was virtually empty when we were there. Go now before the world finds out about this place! Here’s why: It’s the…
After an exhausting jaunt across Java, we were ready for some beachy downtime and some beers. Insert the Gilis, three islands just off the west coast of Lombok. There is a Gili island for everyone. Gili Trewangan for the party hardy backpackers, Gili Meno for those looking to escape everything and everyone, and Gili Air…
Java has some super cool places to visit, including cultural areas like Prambanan and Borobudur, and volcanoes like Ijen and Bromo, but please don’t try to see all of it in five days like we did! Jakarta Jakarta was our first top in Indonesia and to be honest, probably the least memorable. We had been…
If you travel in Nepal, you will most likely fly into Kathmandu and inevitably spend some time there trying to figure out what to do with yourself. Since there is very little infrastructure here and since Kathmandu is the largest city and near the center of the country, it serves as the launching point for…
Back in January, Brian and I were orienting ourselves to this new and foreign world of backpacking. Now that we have almost four months on our backpacking resume, we thought it was time to share a few things we’ve learned along the way. We had fun compiling this list (and I’m sure we’ll continue to add…
After enjoying several steaming hot showers, scouring social media to update ourselves on the worldwide events we had missed while trekking, splurging on massages for our aching bodies, and indulging in several delectable meals in Kathmandu, we decided to jump on a bus and check out Chitwan National Park. After sharing the mountains with donkeys…
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