VISIT HALONG BAY You might have your entire vacation to Vietnam planned out — hotels, transport, tours, etc. — but before you throw that hard-earned money at a...
VIETNAM PHOTO GALLERY: PART 2 We ended our Vietnam road trip with a nice rest on the beach in Nha Trang before continuing by train to Danang and the beautiful town of Hoi An....
VIETNAM PHOTO GALLERY: PART 1 Part of our time in Vietnam we spent road tripping from Biên Hua — near Ho Chi Minh in the south — up to Hội An with Britnee's father and...
9 SURVIVAL TIPS FOR TRAVELING WITH YOUR PARTNER It’s not easy being with your partner 24 hours, seven days a week. Trust us, we know. We’ve been doing it for 245 days so far. Why would we...
YOU LIKE VIETNAMESE FOOD? THAT DEPENDS… If you’d asked me three weeks ago whether I liked Vietnamese food, my answer would have been an emphatic "YES!" However, after a few weeks living...
4.8 GEAR REVIEW: EAGLE CREEK PACK-IT CUBES The more round-the-world packing lists I read while making my own, the more I realized I might actually need some help organizing my backpack....
CAMBODIA PHOTO GALLERY On our first visit to Cambodia, we followed the well-worn tourist track starting from the temples of Angkor outside Siem Reap. Making the most of a...
CAMBODIA’S NIGHTMARE: THE KILLING FIELDS Upon reaching the end of a heartbreaking tour at the Killing Field of Choeung Ek, visitors are left with a final thought: Genocide has happened in...
CAMBODIA’S CROWN JEWEL: ANGKOR WAT One of the most life-altering events in my life was a visit to a Steve McCurry photo exhibit while I was working as a jet mechanic in San Diego....
THAILAND PHOTO GALLERY By the time we left Thailand, we couldn't believe that two whole months had passed. The first month we spent relaxing and exploring a number of...
4.5 GEAR REVIEW: SEA TO SUMMIT X-BOWL This was one of the last items we picked up before leaving — the Sea to Summit X-Bowl. It was almost an afterthought, a head-slapping "duh" moment...
4.5 GEAR REVIEW: PATAGONIA R2 FLEECE JACKET Let me introduce you to my Patagonia R2 fleece jacket, or my "monkey jacket" as Britnee calls it. A fleece jacket so light, so warm and so damn...
BEACH BUM LIFE IN THAILAND A few days ago on Ko Phi Phi, I listed my day’s activities in my journal: sleep in, eat brunch, go to beach, shower, peanut butter and jelly...
