The Ultimate Guide to Extended Travel – Almost Available!
After more than a year writing my first book about all things extended travel, the editing process is almost complete. Soon enough it will be available on Amazon for you to get your hands on!
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It’s All Ruined! Puno to Cusco – Peru
Puno is a great introduction to Peru. The main city on the Peru side of Lake Titicaca, Puno thrives with local activity in the main square, at the market and on the streets. Being quite similar in culture and lifestyle to western Bolivia, we didn’t notice many differences of being in a new country, but one thing that stood out was the people. read more…
Taste of the Yucatan: Tulum, Holbox, Cancun – Mexico
With not much time left in our journey through Latin America, we breezed through Belize on old school buses and crossed the border at Chetumal, Mexico. We only had 12 days to spend in Mexico before flying out of Cancun to the U.S. and we didn’t have a plan or a Mexico guidebook. read more…
Rio de Janeiro: Sand, Skin, Soccer, Sugar Loaf – Brazil
For days on end, we sit at plastic tables belonging to the beach huts, drinking caipirinha cocktails and watching all the action on the famous Copacabana Beach of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Shiny black and bronze bodies fill the beach and mosaic beach boulevard, riding bicycles, running, sunbaking, swimming, read more…
Roadtrip Around the Republic – Ireland
Well, yes, to answer your most obvious first question, Ireland really IS as beautiful as you’ve imagined. On our short road trip around the southern part of the country, we saw so many amazing landscapes, that we can’t wait to come back and see more of the Emerald Isle. Being such a small country, it is easy to see a lot even if you only have a few days, so we made the most of it, read more…
Diving into Honduras
Going from Nicaragua’s capital of Managua to the capital of Honduras named Tegucigalpa, can be an easy, seven hour trip on Ticabus’s direct coach service. But the bus only left at 5am the day after we we wanted to leave and we thought as ‘seasoned travelers’, we could do it on our own by local bus and spend even less than Ticabus’s $20 fare. read more…
A Taste of the Canary Islands – Tenerife
As the plane descended over the Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, just west of Morocco, we looked down at the mountainous island, the barren rock faces glowing red in the sunset. Spanish villages dotting the hillsides spilled down to the ocean, where beach resorts lined the coast.It was unusual for us to be arriving in a place that we didn’t have a guide book for and knew little about, read more…
Welcome to Canada, eh? – Vancouver & Victoria
For years, we have heard so many wonderful things about Vancouver and Victoria. From Canadians we met traveling, to tourists who merely whisked through the cities during a cruise ship holiday, everyone loved these places. So our expectations were high, especially after spending 33 long hours by bus from Northern California. read more…
9 Days in Nicaragua
We’re just in time to catch one of the frequent buses running north from the border (of Costa Rica), after a hassle-free entry into Nicaragua. As we drive along the west side of giant Lake Nicaragua, two volcanic peaks appear on the water, topped with small tufts of cloud. Eighties American music sung in Spanish blasts from the bus radio as we pay about 80 cents read more…
Exploring the ‘craic’ in and around Dublin – Ireland
Cead Mile Failte – A hundred thousand welcomes to Dublin! Though you actually won’t encounter much of the ancient Gaelic language being spoken in the modern capital, you will sure find plenty of craic in and around this fantastic city. The craic, pronounced ‘crack’, simply refers to good conversation and good times,something which is a real part of the Irish experience. read more…
