Discovering Chiang Mai – A Tour of Ancient Ruins We decided to extend our stay in?Chiang Mai an extra day before heading to Pai. ?We had met up with an old friend of Macrae’s who was in Thailand for a week with some friends the night before and were invited to join them to watch […]
There’s Beauty and Adventure in Chiang Mai?For Free We’ve been on what you might call a shoestring budget. Sure we want to see all that we can, and often times you have to pay in order to do it, but with trying to maintain a strict budget, we sometimes have to forgo some of the […]
NOTE: The Wangfujing Night Market is no longer operating. Closed in 2016, the area is now being repurposed. Here’s what you would have experienced: Wangfujing Street Night Market – Fried Insects Anyone? We were incredibly happy when we ended up meeting up with our fellow travel blogger/adventurer, Emily, back at the hostel after our […]
Beijing was one interesting experience. Over the week we were there we went through a wide range of feelings and experiences. Our favourite part of our time there however, were the times we simply walked around and explored the culture and the city. We learned 10 things you need to know before you go to […]
The Beijing Zoo: Elephants and Tigers and Pandas, Oh my! Still adjusting to the time difference, we were up pretty early one morning and decided to venture out to the opposite end of the subway system to where we knew there were a few tourist attractions. Since the zoo opened early, and Carolann loves elephants, […]
[no_toc] The only thing harder than climbing the Great Wall is ordering dumplings. Our first full day in China had us learning many a lesson about the tourist scene here in Beijing. The learning curve is steep and it is definitely not without stumbles but we managed to navigate our way to, and from, the […]
We?touched on three of the common questions we’ve received when describing our decision to travel full-time: “What about money?”, “So, you are quitting your job?”, and “What about your apartment and things?” There are two additional questions we seem to receive quite frequently as well and we will attempt to answer them now. What […]
We recently read this quote by Charlotte Eriksson: ?Find what makes you happy and go for it with all your heart. It will be hard, but I promise it will be worth it.” She basically summed up what we?ve been attempting to express to every person with whom we?ve discussed our plans. We found what […]
We only recently made the firm decision to alter our life as we knew it, quit our 9-5 jobs, start a blog and travel. Even in these early phases we?ve had our ups and downs.?We’re sure once we are on the road we will experience a new set of difficulties, probably ones that are much […]