Rarotonga The final destination of our 2016 travels!!!! We spent our last week reflecting and basking in the sun one last time on a tropical island. Looking to get off the beaten path we decided to venture to the South Pacific Island of Rarotonga. Rarotonga is one of the 15 islands that make up…
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New Zealand The South Island We took a flight from Gold Coast, Australia to the New Zealand South Island city of Queenstown. New Zealand consists of two primary regions, the South and North Island. Both islands offer different landscapes, climate and culture. They do however have something in common, awesome locals known as “Kiwis”. …
Australia G’day mate! After 3 months of travel through Asia we had arrived in a new part of the world. We would spend more than two weeks exploring by car the vast Australia landscape, the sixth largest country by total area in the world. We camped and slept in caravan parks along the…
Siem Reap, Cambodia We made our way West from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam over the border and into Cambodia, where we would spend a very quick weekend exploring the city of Siem Reap and its surrounding ruins and temples, met up with Bigsy for a few drinks (a friend we met during our stay…
Thai Beaches & The Andaman Sea After a quick visit to Cambodia we flew to Thailand to kick off 9 nights of Thai beach hopping. We started in Bangkok, flew to Phuket, took numerous long boats and ferries, and eventually spent the majority of our time scootering around the island of Koh Lanta and…
Vietnam Located on the South China Sea, Vietnam is well known in Southeast Asia for its beautiful beaches, rivers, and bustling cities. It’s a place, like so many, with a difficult history defined by years of war. Originally colonized by the French, it is one of the few remaining communist countries in the world…
Chiang Mai, Thailand From Myanmar we made our way to Chiang Mai, a quick pit stop to the city in the mountainous Northern Thailand. Chiang Mai is known in Southeast Asia for having some of the best local street food and markets. As a result, we ate and shopped our way through the city,…
Myanmar During our trip we often get asked vague questions by fellow travelers such as “what’s the best place we’ve been?” or “best thing we’ve eaten?”, questions that are very difficult for us to answer! However every once in a while we travel to a destination that distinguishes itself from another (based on our…
Nepal Kathmandu & The Himalayas We departed the desert landscape of Dubai and headed for the mountains. Our goal, a hike amongst the most imposing and towering mountain range in the world, the Himalayas. Just how tall are the mountains in the Himalaya range? To put it in perspective: the highest elevation in the United States is…
Dubai From the quite countryside of Sri Lanka to the bustiling metropolis of Dubai! Like Singapore, Dubai was a city that would be a hub for us prior to departing for our next bigger adventure, so we decided to make a trip out of it. Located in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is an…