
Petaling Street is the main drag in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown and is (in)famous for the street vendors selling pirated DVD’s, the delicious food stalls, and the vibrant mix of tourists and locals. With little room for new items in our 32 liter backpacks, we’re not big on stuffing our bags… only our bellies! So in […]

Our entire trip around the world has been a series of “I can’t believe we get do this” moments, so you would think it would be difficult to choose just one to highlight. But nothing really frames what those moments are like more than how we ended up learning to surf in Bali. Relying On […]

Throughout our journey we have stayed in a plethora of accommodations. In South America, we were fresh into our RTW trip and trying to embrace the “true backpacker lifestyle”. To save a few extra bucks, we would cram ourselves into shared dorm rooms at hostels… But we soon realized that privacy was an amenity worth […]

I remember watching My Best Friend’s Wedding when I was 13 years old and thinking that Julia Roberts character, Julianne, had the best career ever. The opening scene showed her in a fancy restaurant in Chicago nibbling on a variety of mouth watering dishes as an esteemed food critic. As soon as I saw this […]

Tony and I spent this past month on the Thai island of Koh Samui, house-sitting a beautiful luxury villa and taking care of some amazing German Shepherd dogs. But when we weren’t playing with the pups at the beach, we were checking out some great dining spots on the island that were participating in the […]

When it comes to eating, I am both perplexed and in awe of Thailand natives. Since arriving in Thailand, I have noticed a couple common themes: Thais are ALWAYS eating Thais are ridiculously thin As someone coming from the most obese nation in the world, these paradoxes boggle my mind! But then 3 weeks into […]

Whenever I dine out, I always ask for the chef’s recommendation when I am ordering my meal, because I like to think that the chef knows best! So you can probably imagine my general enthusiasm towards set menus and tastings of a kitchen’s greatest creations. When Tony and I used to live in Boston, we […]

Budgets are boring. Projections are always wrong. Both of these statements are true, but ignore the bigger picture. Without a proper budget, you will spend too much on the little things and have no money left for food or a bed. Without a projection, you will have no idea how much to save for your travels and […]