Eating Through Nepal
Nepal was a really great food destination for us. Not only is the local food pretty much all food-allergy-friendly, but there were many dishes to choose from. Regardless of where we were – either deep in the Himalayas or in…
Nepal was a really great food destination for us. Not only is the local food pretty much all food-allergy-friendly, but there were many dishes to choose from. Regardless of where we were – either deep in the Himalayas or in…
I’ve briefly mentioned before that I am more of a mountain person than a beach person. It’s not because I don’t love the beach. Most of the time, I think of beach destinations when planning a trip. But there’s something…
Upon arriving in Guatemala, I didn’t really know what to expect. Having recently visited the well traveled tourist-laden tropics of Costa Rica, I was imagining something similar. I had read a little bit about Lago de Atitlan and spoke to…
Looking back on the five weeks we spent in Thailand, it seems like we visited two separate countries. The northern part of Thailand is rich with with mountainous terrain, jungles, cool weather, and a strong sense of spirituality, where as…
This past week, Lunar New Year has been celebrated heavily in New York City. There are typical parades and fireworks all over Chinatown, as well as little pockets of street celebrations, blessings, and offerings. Last year, we unfortunately were not…
It’s pretty awesome when you can wake up in the morning, make some eggs in the kitchen, drink your coffee while watching CNN International, and say “What should we do today, maybe go to the Acropolis again?” This was the…
Before moving to New York City, I had never lived in a city before. I grew up in a suburban area outside San Francisco, surrounded by rolling hills of undeveloped land. My college years were spent in Ithaca, New York,…
It’s not often that chances come up for us to live out lofty dreams, especially when they involve flying halfway around the world. When those opportunities actually do come up, you have to take them. The Trip afforded both of…
One of the most important things on our trip was to integrate the parts of our life that make us who we are with the new experiences we’d have on the road. Music was a big one, which was an…
It might have only been a three day trip, but it was amazing to get back on an airplane to head somewhere just for fun. I miss traveling for weddings and events, but something about a pure vacation makes me…
In the early stages of planning, The Trip was supposed to start us in Ecuador, then head down through Peru and Bolivia, and end the South American portion in Argentina. With our plans to take traveling slow, this route would…
Yogyakarta(Jogja) was a last minute addition to our trip, since most of Indonesia had been filed away in the “Matt can’t eat there so we can’t go there” category. Of course once those allergy assumptions were proven to be idiotic,…
Since our trip to Puerto Rico is coming up fast, I’ve been nonstop thinking about the beach. What to wear, what to do, what to read, what to drink. All important questions. I’ve also been thinking nonstop about my most…
There are very few places I’ve been to that have given me the feeling that modern life *really* does not exist or does not influence the daily way of life of the local people. The list of places I have…
For months, Matt and I discussed where our first post-trip trip would be. We talked about taking advantage of our young legs and doing either Macchu Picchu or Kilimanjaro. We talked about going somewhere completely off the easy US travel…
Its been about 7 months, 8 days, 2 hours and 10 minutes since we landed in JFK at the end of our round the world trip. Since we’ve been home a lot has happened. I starting work in digital media…
When first planning The Trip, we had a lot of reservations about our ability to travel too deeply or at all in Asia and Africa. Matt has a plethora of food allergies that make traveling on those continents considerably more…
One of the priorities we had for our Round the World trip was to slow down travel and see what life is actually like outside the US. We spent on average 5 weeks in each country, both to give ourselves…
There once was a little Russian mouse named Fivel who starred in the totally under appreciated kids movie An American Tale. This guy realized that the moon he was looking at was the same moon that his family was looking…
Before Matt and I took off on our first Round The World trip, we thought alot about what it would mean for our future if we made the choice to travel. We also thought alot about what it would mean…