To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson When we landed in Brisbane we picked up a rental car to spend 2 weeks...
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden Shia really wanted to add Australia to the roster based primarily on her love for Koala and Kangaroo. Somehow she got her way, even though it is winter here right now. We decided against Turkey/Greece/Bulgaria (where we originally intended to end our trip)...
The more I see the less I know for sure. – John Lennon On this trip we predominantly visited places we’d never been before, but Thailand was one we loved in 2002 and we were anxious to see how it had changed. We chose to kick it off in Phuket. We’ve always heard mixed reviews about Phuket and this...
I love beaches pretty much everywhere I go. I don’t really like the waves and how they tower over me or how sand is glued to every part of my body when I get out of the water. I don’t like how the sun hits my shoulders and the sunburns it leaves or the salt that lingers in my...
Live in the Sunshine, Swim in the Sea, Drink the Wild Air – Ralph Waldo Emerson We didn’t really know what to expect when we were to arrive in Bali. At this point in the trip we haven’t done too much research on our destinations, we pick a spot, book a place to stay with decent reviews, and dive...
Packing List: Tank Top Tank Top Tank Top Tank Top Cooling T-Shirt Shorts Shorts Yoga Pants I was determined to not feel 1 drop of sweat during our tiger tour. I’m almost as bad as my dad when it comes to dealing with hot/cold weather, but I was prepared for our expedition. I must admit, I was one of...
Travel has a way of stretching the mind. The stretch comes not from travel’s immediate rewards, the inevitable myriad of new sights, smells, and sounds, but with experiencing first hand how others do differently what we believed to be the right and only way. – Ralph Crawshaw We wrapped up our visit to India in Darjeeling, however being close...
People don’t take trips, trips take people. – John Steinbeck We continued our quick pace of travel while Grandma was there, as we realized Sri Lanka was a bigger island than it appears and we wanted to see as many highlights as we could with her. Also, we recognize that we are naturally fast paced travelers, we like being...
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu And Grandma makes 5. For two weeks Grandma (Heidi’s mom) joined our pack of nomads. Chad developed his thirst for travel based on his own sincere curiosity. Heidi’s was inherited. Her Mom left the country solo at age 21 on her first plane flight...
Never blame any day in your life. Good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience, and the worst days give you a lesson. ― Sukhraj S. Dhillon We realized that our blogs show a skewed perspective of our favorite moments that occur during our lives on the road. However, interwoven with those moments are hot and dusty...