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  • 06 2019 November

    50 Awesome Travel Blog Name Ideas

    50 77 Awesome Travel Blog Name Ideas When I was getting ready to launch my travel blog, I had a really tough time picking a name for the blog.  In reality, the name of a travel...

  • 18 2017 April

    Video: 10 Days in Patagonia with EcoCamp

    Read more about our trip here: https://thisworldrocks.com/tag/patagonia/ Learn more about EcoCamp here: http://ecocamp.travel Song: “Way Down We Go” by Kaleo http://www.officialkaleo.com/music...

  • 18 2017 February

    Wild Horse Trekking with EcoCamp in Patagonia

    Today was our first morning waking up at EcoCamp, and it takes us only one step outside of our dome to be completely in awe of the view.  EcoCamp is built on top of a small ridge,...

  • 29 2017 January

    Our Home for the Next Week: EcoCamp Patagonia

    After a 45-hour journey via Santiago, we have finally made it to Chilean Patagonia!  The final eight hours of our journey took place this morning with a flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas, followed by a...

  • 22 2017 January

    On Our Way to Patagonia: 24 Hours in Santiago, Chile

    When it comes to choosing travel destinations, I never have a shortage of methods on how to decide where I go next.  There are places I’ve dreamed about forever, places inspired by history or wonder, places I’ve heard...

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Even though it goes against my tourist instincts, we haven’t actually visited a temple in Thailand. Shocking, I know. But with our one day in Vientiane, we have rented two bikes for about $2.50 USD...

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We survived our second sleeper train of the trip and arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos early Saturday morning. Crossing the Border from Bangkok to Vientiane Our experience was a little different than other...

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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...

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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...

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Bike Tour of Bangkok

April 28, 2013

After over a week in Bangkok, I still feel totally lost all the time. The road are winding, and the addresses and street names totally confusing. I looked for a bike tour to explore the...

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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...

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