Work Hard. Travel Harder
Arriving here felt like a scene out of ‘The Amazing Race’ reality show. We had less than one hour once we landed in Siem Reap’s airport to get off the plane, go through immigration, get our Visa on arrival, then grab a tuk-tuk to downtown Siem Reap where we’d jump onto our night bus that […]
Manila After our motorbike adventures in Thailand, we were onto another new country that neither of us have ever been to. We were really excited about this stretch of the trip because we were heading to the Philippines to hang out with our good friends Carla and Brian, and most importantly, attending their destination wedding! […]
Day 4: Pai –> Tham Lod Cave –> Ban Rak Thai (Mae Aw) 84 miles The next day we both awoke feeling better. Josh’s cough had lessened, and my nausea had subsided, though not completely gone. We decided we had to move on if we had any chance of actually completing the loop around. So we headed […]
Six days. 400 miles. One small motorbike (125cc). Two excited ThumbsUp Travelers. Best. Trip. Ever. I’m sitting crunched up behind Josh and clutching onto his windbreaker for dear life as we weave and bob through the mountainous jungle terrain of Northern Thailand on our tiny motorbike- on the left side of the road. Backpack strapped […]
After pretty cold weather over the past month and a half, we were ready for some warmer weather again. Onto Asia we went! We went back to Thailand for a few reasons. First, the warm temps. Second, it was on the way to our next destination in the Philippines for a wedding that we are […]
When I think of Germany I think of lederhosen’s, pretzels, glockenspiels, schnitzel and of course, Oktoberfest and beer. What I didn’t realize though (until this trip), is that I was always thinking of Bavaria. Berlin was quite different than the Germany I pictured- I loved its uniqueness and cultural blend but I was also excited […]
It was a mistake. It was never meant to happen this way. Tension was building all across the GDR (German Democratic Republic). On Nov 9, 1989, Gunter Schabowki, an East German official announced at a press conference that East Germans would be allowed to travel abroad for the first time since the wall had been […]
Sept 25-Oct 24th, 2014 We made it through our second month, which means we’re no longer RTW ‘newbies’ right?! We started settling in to life on the road with ease, and really haven’t missed most of the amenities of a normal home life. After Portugal, this month turned into our cold stretch of the trip. […]
Every inch of Iceland is like out of a dream… a very cold dream, but it is absolutely unlike any other place I’ve ever been. It’s a land where all four elements (fire, water, air, earth) all come sputtering in their most extreme forms. So rugged and ruthless. So remote. So quiet, and yet so loud, […]
We quit our jobs to see the world, but it’s not ALL fun and games… we actually got to work in Iceland! Before we left on the trip we were planning to go to several Scandinavian countries like Denmark, possibly Sweden and Norway. Seeing the Northern Lights? Yes Please! But Iceland was always in the […]
