Work Hard. Travel Harder
The mist glistened in the bright sunshine of the day. Tiny droplets touched my face and felt refreshing. The day was beautiful. Not a cloud in the sky. It felt like I was in some sort of dream. Directly in front of me were two radiant rainbows. Where was the pot of gold or the […]
January 25, 2015 – March 24, 2015 The start of 2015 was such as blur as the first few months flew by so fast! They were filled with epic adventures, exploring places that we’ve never been, meeting new people, and a return to the western world in Australia and New Zealand after 3 months in […]
Port Douglas/Daintree National Park There they were. Hundreds of them. We hadn’t seen any kangaroos since we arrived in Australia until now. I drove up ahead to the next roundabout and made a quick U-turn. We found a driveway and pulled in the parking lot of a local bowling club (what appears to be a […]
Sunshine Coast (Mooloolaba) My eyes were bloodshot. My breath smelled bad. My hair probably looked pretty messed up. The woman behind the rental car counter told me that our rental car would be three times the cost that I was expecting due to taxes, fees and one-way charges. I just stared at her with a […]
Dec 25, 2014 – Jan 24, 2015 The month began with us celebrating Christmas in a very different way than ever before. We started the morning bright and early by walking down the street from our Volunteer house and going to a café that had strong enough wifi to Skype our families. We really enjoy […]
Pemuteran and Menjangan Island It was deja-vu. The feeling was similar to our motorbike trip through the Thailand Mountains a few months back. We both leaned to the right as our motorbike hugged the sharp, nearly 180-degree corner. We continued to ascend at the top speed that our little motorbike, which we nicknamed “Pink Lightening”, […]
Can Tho We were at the border, and it was getting hot. We had been sitting without moving for 20 minutes. We weren’t without entertainment however as we strained to look through the huge bus windshield. Motorbikes were flying by our stopped bus. When they rolled up toward the first gate crossing the road, they […]
Nov 25-Dec 24th, 2014 The month started with us participating in the wedding of our good friends Carla and Brian in the Philippines. Then the trip transitioned from heavy travel to a more stable day to day routine in Cambodia. In December we volunteered and each had our own English classes that we taught to […]
Oct 25-Nov 24th, 2014 Our 3rd month was extremely varied. We started in cold, crisp Iceland as we trekked on glaciers, went into ice caves and took in the dramatic scenery of the remote country. We warmed up a bit as we hit Germany. To our surprise, we were in Berlin for the 25th anniversary […]
We had arrived. We walked off the crowded boat, down the pier and flipped off our sandals as we hit land, the warm sand gently falling between our toes. No real roads here, just simple sandy paths. We walked down the main path following several other backpackers, past lines of huge palm trees and small […]
