Well, we checked another one off the list of While We’re Alive…catching sunrise from the top of Borobudur in Java, Indonesia.  We tend to be having some bad luck with these sunrise items on our list though (read: 5 Things to Know Before Trekking Mt. Batur For Sunrise, and #64 Complete – Climb Adam’s Peak), […]

It’s been about 5 years since we were first introduced to Departures, and we’ve been hooked on it ever since.  We actually have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Departures though, and like to equate it to a crack addiction.  We love every moment while we’re in it, but at the same time, we […]

Crazy right?!  Keep a look out for more posts as we gear up for our big move, change of life, excitingness times a million! On a side note, does anyone want to buy a space heater?  We won’t be needing that bad boy in the city of hot, hotter, shopping and eating. Oh, and would […]

A while back we wrote a post about various scams to look out for when visiting the island of Bali (Read: 6 Common Scams to Avoid in Bali).  Since then, a couple of videos have surfaced on YouTube showing two such scams in action. The first video shows a man pulled over by police for […]

This past weekend we were at Seattle’s Central Library attending National Geographic’s Mastering Travel Photography seminar.  After 6 hours of listening to two of Nat Geo’s best travel photographers (Ralph Lee Hopkins and Bob Krist), we came back with a wealth of information.  Here’s a list of the top 5 things we learned or confirmed […]