Reviews

When we returned to Patong Beach, Thailand, we found At Home Boutique Hotel, a relatively cheap hotel closer to the beach and mall than our last place. It was just what we needed after staying on Phi Phi...

As much as I stared at them, the price on the Bose QuietComfort 20i Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones wasn't coming down. I had returned to my local Best Buy in Utah to debate this purchase for the...

Over the past seven months, of the five pairs of underwear I packed, I've mostly used just three of those pairs--my ExOfficio Give-N-Go Boxers--and for good reason. ExOfficio, (visit them...

We were excited when we made the decision to stay on Ko Phi Phi, Thailand, the island that is the jumping point for the popular day tour of Maya Bay where The Beach was filmed. We heard that hotels can get...

We needed a place to stay the days leading up to New Years Eve in Thailand, but so many hotels were already booked up for the holiday. Fortunately, we found Krabi Cinta House in Krabi Town that was affordable...

I finally lived out one of my dreams of staying in a bungalow right next to the beach at Pine Bungalow in Krabi at Klong Muang Beach, Thailand. It was exactly what I was envisioning and was super happy that we...

Grand View Hotel in Patong Beach, Thailand, was a wonderful place for us to stay with the white sand beaches and lively Bangla Road just a 20-minute walk away from our hotel. Close enough to the action, yet...

Our time in Pokhara was mostly spent in our hotel room due to a bad case of giardia after our first trek in Nepal. We couldn't have asked for a better room to be sick in as we laid comfortable in our beds with...

Mark and I spent a total of 20 days at Elbrus Home in Kathmandu. It was our first point of arrival in Nepal where we left many of our belongings to go trekking. A month later we returned to pick up our things...

After being forced to move from our first hostel in Istanbul (police shut it down), we looked for an alternative that was close to the tourist attractions and in a safe neighborhood. World House Hostel was...

It may not be worth doing a review for Magic Bus Hostel in Istanbul considering it was shut down by the police. It's a place we want to remember though, so here are some of the details about it. For a full...

After a long ferry ride returning to Athens from Santorini, we stayed in Hotel Niki in Piraeus that was close by the ferry port. The ferry didn't arrive until well after midnight, so we thought it would be...

Hoping to reduce weight I chose the Eagle Creek Pack-It Specter Quick Trip toiletry bag to pack my hygiene kit for the year. But for the remainder of this review I'll refer to it as the Quick Rip!...