Two Week Thailand Itinerary – From North to South

With two weeks in Thailand, you can get a taste of the north and the south and experience the best Thailand has to offer. Follow my two-week Thailand itinerary to discover more!

Zambia – In Which We Did Something We Swore We Wouldn’t

Inching trepidatiously towards the edge of the world's largest waterfall, I wondered how I got here. Swimming in the so-called Devil's Pool at the top of Victoria Falls in Zambia was the one activity Tim and I agreed we were not going to do. But there we were. Tim was loving it. And I… had …

Tanzania & Malawi – From the Serengeti to Lake Malawi

If you have ever heard anything about Tanzania or even Africa in general, you've probably heard about the iconic Serengeti in Tanzania. The venue of countless nature documentaries and the subject of a very famous song about rain in Africa, the Serengeti is synonymous with African safari. By contrast, you've probably heard relatively little about …

Kenya and Uganda – This is Africa

No amount of nature documentaries can quite prepare you for the awe you feel when you see an African animal in the wild for the first time. Whether it's as mundane as a giraffe or a zebra, or as rare as a rhino or a leopard, nothing else drives home that “oh my gosh, I'm …

Madagascar – Wildlife and a Wild Ride

Inspired by nature and wildlife documentaries (ok and maybe an animated feature film), we knew we wanted to visit Madagascar on our round-the-world honeymoon trip. What the documentaries don't show you is how hard it is to get anywhere. Our travels in Madagascar were a literal road trip in the truest sense of the word. …

Ancient Egypt Adventure

I'll never forget the first time I saw a pyramid in Egypt. About an hour into our drive from the airport to our hotel, I saw the unmistakable peak of a pyramid poking above the modern city skyline. Immediately, I teared up, realizing what I was seeing for the very first time. Ancient Egypt was …

Jordan – The Warm Heart of the Middle East

When you walk across a border from one country to another, it is almost always confusing. It's like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, and in this case the right hand is Israel and the left hand is Jordan. Each country has its own processes and requirements and jurisdiction. There …

Israel & Palestine – A Journey Through the Holy Land

Just a few months before my and Tim's scheduled trip to Israel, US President Donald Trump announced that the US would be relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the internationally disputed capital of Jerusalem. Symbolically, this was the US saying that they recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The problem is that Palestinians …

Sri Lanka Road Trip Adventures

Standing in the green marshes of Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, three adult elephants and one baby expertly pulled out tall grasses with their trunks. After a quick back and forth swing of their trunk, they each shoveled their bounty into their mouths. I couldn't believe our luck. Our safari jeep was parked on …

India’s Incredible Himalayas

Spiti Valley lays in a remote pocket of the Himalayas. Tibetan prayer flags hang from trees, bridges and roadside shrines called stupas. Snowy peaks dot the skyline. Villages are few and far between, and many are only accessible by foot. This isn't Tibet, however. This is India at its wildest. Itinerary: Day 1: Fly Delhi …