This is not the most practical activity to do on your travels, but if you want a keepsake that you are truly invested in then give Cork & Canvas a shot. It’s a fun night out that is a little different if you are not the artsy type. It was a big step out of …
Cork and Canvas Review: Inspire Artistic Flair with Booze (Kinda) Read More »
What remains of HM Pentridge Prison is just a shadow of its former self. The 170 year old jail has slowly been gentrified and turned into housing and commercial buildings. The skeleton of the prison walls are mostly still intact and are woven into these new developments in a way that merges nostalgia and modernity. …
To the north-west of Hanoi is the mountain getaway destination of Sapa. An area very different from most of the Vietnamese countryside you will find along the traditional journey from Hanoi to Saigon in the south. Rocky, mountain roads are flanked by deep valleys with walls covered in rice terraces and scattered villages. The mostly …
24 Hours in Sapa: Stunning Mountains, Rice Terraces… and Fog Read More »
Of all the road trips that Anh and I have taken together, it was our six days on the road in Turkey that I could easily say was the biggest screwup. It would be easy to say that we were cursed on this trip, and had a string of bad luck. But I know that …
A black sand beach, full of broken up ice that sparkles like a sea of diamonds. Doesn’t sound real, does it? We had to go see for ourselves that it was not only real but that it would sparkle just as much in person as it did in the carefully curated photos we had found …
The Stunning Diamond Beach in Iceland & Famous Icebergs of Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon Read More »
With Iceland being a modern European economy, there was one major thing we noticed was missing after covering hundreds of miles on our road trip through the south of Iceland. We did not see a single McDonald’s! Yeah I know, if you are eating McDonald’s while traveling you are missing out on the cultural immersion …
There is No McDonalds in Iceland! But Will it be back? Read More »
A road trip around Iceland has been at the top of my must-do list for many years and I went into this trip with such high expectations. Now as I look back at our experience I can say that it far exceeded those already lofty expectations and simply blew them away! I have been in …
Our Detailed Six Day Iceland Road Trip Itinerary With Maps Read More »
We have put together a list of information that we wish we knew before planning our Iceland road trip. I use the term planning loosely. We just figured things out while on the road and used free WIFI wherever we stopped to eat to plan the next leg of our journey. No landmarks or recommended …
What You Need to Know BEFORE Planning Your Iceland Road Trip Read More »
The villages of Cinque Terre offer a welcome break from the big cities in Italy. These small seaside villages offer unique scenery and diverse activities. Everything from beachside relaxation, and snorkeling, to hiking mountainous terrain. You can really set your own pace here and we have written this post to help prepare you to get …
Cinque Terre – Our Detailed Two Day Itinerary (And What We Would Change) Read More »
The issue of chismis (or gossip) in the Philippines is the issue that I found to be the most confronting when I was new to the country. To this day it still gets my blood boiling. All of what I encountered took place at work, but the claws of this issue reach into every community …
Chismis: Is Filipino Gossip a Stain on its Culture? Read More »
