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Tony83

We Drove a Tuk-Tuk Across Sri Lanka & You Can Too!

We have seen and done some pretty adventurous things during our journey around the world. From trekking the mountains of Nepal, to over-landing on scooters through the back-country of Laos, we’ve done some epic things, but this was one of the best.
AdventuresSri Lanka
Tony79

Travel Photo Roulette #81: The Face of a Nation

One of the things that has made our travels so rewarding has been far and away the people we have met along the way. As we have said before, the people are the places, a credo we believe is frequently reflected in our photographs.
Photography
Steph78

How Much It Costs to Travel in THE PHILIPPINES (& Other Handy Advice)

Looking back, it's hard to believe that when we first set off with our bags strapped to our backs to travel the world that the Philippines wasn't a place we ever really intended to visit. We flew in on a gamble, thinking we'd spend three weeks and wound up...
BudgetingPhilippinesTips & Tricks
Steph77

Why We’re Going Home, Why We Haven’t Written About It & What Comes Next

A few months ago, I began alluding to (and explicitly mentioning… subtlety is rarely my strong suit) the fact that Tony & I will be winding up our trip and heading home this summer. I didn’t go into detail about why this was happening, in part because I didn’t...
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Steph73

Why Morelia is The Most Beautiful City in Mexico…that Nobody Visits

I almost titled this post “Is Morelia the Most Beautiful City in Mexico That Nobody Visits?”, but then I decided that there wasn’t any point in pretending this was a topic that was up for debate because the answer is so obviously yes.
Mexico
Steph61

On Being Cut Short

I will not be the first person to tell you that in order to live a life of full-time travel, I had to make sacrifices. Everyone who has ever decided to travel for an extended period of time has had to give up something in pursuit of that dream—whether...
Musings
Steph60

Three Years Later: Reinventing Travel & Rediscovering our Tribe

Three years ago today, Tony & I stepped onto a plane in LA and disembarked many hours later in Tokyo, Japan. It’s safe to say that things haven’t been the same since.
Musings
Steph58

Making Peace with The Traveler’s Dilemma

I have been in a tailspin lately. A downward spiral. Meltdown mode. Call it what you will, I am a hot mess. I feel at war with myself, rent down the middle, and though I have been trying my best to reconcile my personal discord, I have been failing...
Musings
Steph58

When Home Gets Hard

A rut. A funk. A slump. Whatever you want to call it, I’ve been in one for the past few weeks. I’ve felt suffocated and heavy, like my body is being dragged down under a tide of sadness and I’m too lethargic to fight my way out. Most mornings...
Musings
Steph55

Be Here Now

When we launched 20 Years Hence, we called it a travel blog because that was what everyone else with a blog similar to our own was doing and the mantle fit well enough. What else would you call a site meant to document the adventure of a lifetime?
Musings
Steph53

Feeling Blah about the Batu Caves

A surefire sign that you’ve acclimated to Asia is when spotting a wild monkey fills you with dread rather than joy. Monkeys are to Asia what skunks are to North America—menacing little scavengers that you’re best off giving wide berth.
Malaysia
Steph52

London Love

London calls to me. London enraptures me. London ties my tongue—and my heart—up into knots. It’s always been this way. For as long as I can remember, England has felt like the center of the universe, exerting a gravitational pull on me. Ever since I was a teenager, I...
England
Steph50

Pisa: More Than Just a One-Night Stand

Poor Pisa. One of Tuscany’s most popular daytrip destinations, this compact city is generally touted by travelers as being worth nothing more than a quickie. Each morning, visitors are shuttled in by bus and train, flooding the Piazza dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles) where the city’s most famous historic...
Italy
Tony48

A Man Named Apocalypse

"I could take you to Port Barton."
Apo’s characteristic accent made it sound like Fort Parton, like a lisp that instead affects Ps, Fs, and Bs. For native Tagalog speakers these letters seem to be randomly interchangeable, in a way that makes it clear they can't hear any difference.
AdventuresPhilippines
Steph48

The Shadow of My Fear

I wish I could tell you about the day I woke up and realized that I was no longer in control of my own life. The writer in me wants to tell you that story in the same way you would encounter it in a novel, with me huddled in...
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