It’s amazing how easy it is to stay in your comfort zone while traveling in most Southeast Asian countries. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Laos all make it very easy to explore the culture for a...
Read More →After a few days in Vientiane and a weekend in Southeast Asia’s former party mecca, Alissa and I have headed north to Lao PDR’s famous mountain town, Luang Prabang. We have mixed expectations about this town. For...
Read More →After spending our first full day in Vang Vieng checking out the party ruins on the river, Alissa and I have decided to be a little less lazy today and explore the Laos countryside by...
Read More →Two years ago, Alissa and I were in El Nido, Philippines, and while on an 8-hour boat ride in the South China Sea we met a couple from Seattle who were on an extended SE...
Read More →After recently updating our itinerary to include three extra weeks in Amsterdam, Alissa and I are in full swing planning everything from when we’ll visited the recently renovated Rijksmuseum to deciding whether to book a hotel or a...
Read More →There were a lot of unknowns when we left three months ago, including our condo not being rented. However, in mid-April, we were able to lease our condo to two young professionals in Minneapolis. Leaving...
Read More →I’ve wakeboarded behind a boat before, but I had never heard of a cable ski system until today. My only preparation for trying this was a few YouTube videos and some stretching. Arriving at the man-made lake...
Read More →As I was walking down the main street of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur last week, I noticed that I kept hearing a lady repeat the same thing over and over again in perfect succession. Now...
Read More →We’ve headed north from Bangkok to the city of Kanchanaburi, Bangkok’s most popular day-trip city. We are only going to stop here briefly to do some sight-seeing before heading further west to see what remains...
Read More →A Vegas pool for every occasion During my extended travels, I have a few rules that I set with one goal in mind: SAVE MONEY. One of those rules is that I don’t gamble. When...
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