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Steph14

Driving the Tequila Trail

If there is one certainty in life, it’s that drinking and driving don’t mix. And yet, when in Mexico—especially when tequila country is practically on your door step—all the rules seem to go out the window...
AdventuresFoodMexico
Steph36

On Grand Expectations & Grand Canyons

I’ve always been one of those people for whom the anticipation of things is something I enjoy nearly as much as the object or activity in question. I love planning and I love dreaming, and for me, by drawing out the build up to something good, I’m able to...
AdventuresUSA
Steph38

¿Say “Qué”? Adventures in Learning Spanish in Mexico

I am pretty sure that taking Spanish lessons is a rite of passage (akin to a freshman hazing) that every long-term traveler in Latin America goes through. It seems like every blogger I know who has spent any chunk of time in this part of the world has wound...
AdventuresMexicoMusings
Steph24

Minds Blown in Moab

One of my favorite things about traveling is when we find ourselves somewhere that defies all attempts to describe it. Often these places are impossibly beautiful, but they also tend to be incredibly foreign and unabashedly unique as well. I always hold a special place in my heart for...
AdventuresUSA
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
Steph15

O Leopard, Where Art Thou?

Like every traveler to Tissamaharma (a name that trips up the tongue rather than rolls off of it, resulting in it being more frequently referred to by its diminutive, Tissa), we trundled into town to see about some cats. Positioned such as it is, Tissa acts as the staging...
AdventuresSri Lanka
Tony16

Loop De Loop in Thakhek, Part 2

It was the second morning of our journey around the Thakhek Loop. The sun was barely up, my belly was full of delicious mini French toasts (how something so delightful could be prepared by our most definitely not-delightful hostess remains a mystery) and the road was calling.
AdventuresLaos
Tony24

Loop De Loop in Thakhek, Part 1

’ve always loved motorcycles, motorbikes, scooters… pretty much any motorized, two-wheeled transport. When we were planning our trip years before we ever left the comfort of our home for the first time, I always imagined what it would be like to ride through the exotic S.E. Asian countryside on...
AdventuresLaos
Steph16

Better off Red: Celebrating Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur

It’s true that I liked Kuala Lumpur a heck of a lot better the second time around, but if I’m being 100% honest with you (and I’m always 100% honest with you), part of why we spent as much time in the city as we did was because of...
AdventuresMalaysia
Steph24

Charmed (& Swindled!) At Sri Mahamariamman Temple

Having spent over a decade of my life on university campuses attempting to ascend the ivory tower of higher learning, I can assure you that most of the stereotypes about academia and its disciples are more fact than fiction.
AdventuresMalaysia
Steph26

Marvelous, Magnificent Mulu

Stepping out of the pint-sized airport in Mulu is like being vaulted straight into a nature documentary. We’ve already been on Borneo for about two weeks, but it isn’t until we’re walking the 1 kilometer stretch of road from the airport to the grounds of the national park that...
AdventuresBorneoMalaysia
Tony19

A Wild Ride on the Kinabatangan River

Borneo. Although few people can locate it—the world’s third largest island and home to three different countries—on a map, the name alone conjures visions of a vast, unexplored jungle where wild animals and indigenous tribes mingle beneath the dense canopy of the forest. Borneo is a haven for sundry...
AdventuresBorneoMalaysia
Steph14

Into the Blue: Diving Sipadan

Walking down the wooden jetty into Semporna’s harbor, I couldn’t help thinking what a difference 180º can make. Behind us lay Semporna, a shantytown so grim and gritty, it can only be likened to an angry red inflammation on the otherwise flawless cheek that is the northern Borneo coastline....
AdventuresBorneoDivingMalaysia
Steph46

Adventures with Durian: A (Sort-of) Photo Essay

There comes a time during every traveler’s foray through Asia when one is eventually confronted with Durian. Travel through this continent for any length of time and sooner or later, you’ll turn a corner and smell something so fetid and foul it will nearly knock you off your feet....
AdventuresFoodSingapore
Steph36

Putting the “Gorge” in “Gorgeous” at Taroko Gorge

When it comes to the rain, there is no escaping it. Nearly every day since landing in Taiwan, rain has been dogging our every step. Fleeing as far south as Tainan bought us a brief reprieve, but now that we’re back up in the north, the miserable, cold drizzle...
AdventuresTaiwan