Well, maybe none of the photos I took would actually ever make it as postcards. Over Christmas my dad offered to switch cameras with me - his DSLR for my point and shoot - a bit of a downgrade for him (academics never have many practical smarts). At any rate, I'm still getting ...
New Blog, New Travel plans for 2014!
As many of you know, Danielle and I decided to go our separate ways for some solo traveling in the spring, before reuniting this summer in Israel. We had planned to continue blogging together on The Roaming Coconuts, however we quickly realized that sharing a blog from different ...
Battle and Downs: The South of England
Oh hey blog, remember me? I didn't totally abandon you, just took a little holiday break at home in the States. Three weeks, lots of exciting Christmas presents, and an extra ten pounds later, I hopped on a plane to London and remembered something about being a coconut. That's ...
It’s Holiday Time in Chiang Mai!
After four and a half months on the road, spending every night in a different hostel bed and just about every waking minute with Danielle (I love you, but aaahhh), it felt oh so good to return to Chiang Mai and rent an apartment for an entire MONTH! I've lived in Thailand before, ...
Hitchhiking in China
Leaving Central Asia, we knew we were in for a bit of sticker shock. Food and accommodation in China can be quite cheap, but transportation? $40 for twelve hours on a smoke-filled bus. Not ideal. So when Will, our new Chinese backpacker friend, mentioned that he was ...