Well, it’s certainly taken me *ages* to get around to making this video, but it’s finally done and you can view the entire footage here. I’m sure I don’t need to expand further on how amazing this day was. We had crap weather in Paihia and on our first day, but the day that we…
Category: places to see before you die
fifteen islands you don’t want to visit
Say the word “island” and many of us dream of strolling along gorgeous white sand beaches while palm trees sway gently overhead. But there are plenty of islands in this world that you probably don’t want to visit. Here are fifteen sixteen of them. Disappointment Island, New Zealand Part of the Auckland Islands off the…
travel essay: milford sound
To my right, the sun tries hard to peek through the heavy clouds. Crimsons, salmon, magenta, and gold fight for space with the grey early morning. To my left, a dense fog sits over Lake Te Anau, obscuring the mountains across the way. We speed along the lake, the roads curving seductively through the alpine…
travel essay: the tongariro alpine crossing
I awoke in the grey pre-dawn to a sky full of clouds and my spirits dampened just like the deck outside. I felt sure that my hike was going to be drab and dreary, full of wind and chills. Across the road, the lake sat still and quiet like the clouds above. The hills across…
in photos: the tongariro alpine crossing
Best viewed in conjunction with this travel essay on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
my bucket list *updated*
november 2015: i came across this post while in the process of modifying others, and i decided that it would be a fun project to continually add to it as the years go on, to see what’s changed and what i accomplished in each year. i’m adding a lot of “already-dones” this year, mainly because…
travel trends: where you’ll go in 2016
{original image from tropical beach getaways} it seems like every year people are looking for more and more adventure. iceland? so 2009. prague? didn’t you go in 2005? faroe islands? better do it in 2016 before everyone else has! (faroe islands was actually on the 2015 list…) but seriously, dear readers, lonely planet has already…
top ten: most beautiful places in the british isles
i recently read a post listing the top ten most beautiful countries in europe, and while i think it’s semi accurate, it’s biased toward central europe. and how did they determine what to consider beautiful? why didn’t estonia make the list? or the czech republic? we all know that france is pretty, although there are…
travel trends: cuba
Cuba is the hottest thing this year. With the new American embassy open as of summer 2015, it’s easier than ever for Americans to legally travel to Cuba, and the percentage of Americans who say they will or want to visit Cuba has risen 4% over the last year. Of course, people have been travelling…
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