Juuuust kidding…. Sorry mom. Snuggling my nephew, Maddox, is the closest I will get to having a baby for a while! But being able to say this phrase would save me so much hassle… And I realized this last week when Tony and I grabbed a pre-dinner drink at a bar in Boston. Here is […]
“The world is not as dangerous as you think,” was a common refrain from us when talking to our friends and family back in the states. This is COMPLETELY true… for the most part… most of the time. The only place on our travels where we ever felt aggressively unsafe was La Paz, Bolivia, one […]
We try our best to travel modestly and be budget-conscious 90% of the time. But we also are true believers in conscious spending. In other words, we like to prioritize how we spend our money. If we can save money where we can, then we can splurge on things that we place at a high […]
334 days of travel. $36, 774 spent. 14 countries visited. So what was the cheapest country? What was the most expensive? What were the biggest surprises? I know these are your most burning questions because you all told me. It basically comes down to everyone wondering how to travel the world on a budget. In […]
If a 36 ton Humpback whale jumps clear out of the water only a few feet away from you, but you were stuck inside napping and missed it… did it really happen? Based on the sounds from my sailing companions: A resounding YES. We were cruising up the west coast of Kauai on a 65 […]
In order to fully appreciate how we came to be sitting at a bar in Cusco with a big baggie full of Cocaine in front of us, you have to go back to when Meg and I lived in Miami. Because Meg was always traveling during the week for her job as a Business Management […]
Tony and I just completed our trip around the world and as we are reconnecting with friends and family from home, I keep getting asked the same question: “Did travel change you?” Relaxing in Gili Air Indonesia – Instagram: @LandingStanding In short: Nope! I am still the whacky girl that left on a jet plane […]
The island of Kauai has an intense relationship with water… and not just because it is surrounded by it. Water defines the island. Every third car you see on the road has at least one surf board strapped to the roof and every other garage has a canoe parked inside. As small as Kauai is […]