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Budgeting for a Year of Travel: The Final Numbers
Budgeting for a Year of Travel: The Final Numbers
Well… only 11 months in the end. We returned to Australia on Jan. 31, 2018 after departing on Mar. 1, 2017 - 336 days on the road, 92% of a…
Reed Johnson
Feb 1, 2018
Last Month of Travel: New Zealand Summer Road Trip
Last Month of Travel: New Zealand Summer Road Trip
New Zealand in the summer feels to me like a cross between Hawaii and Alberta/British Columbia. As we crisscrossed the country over the…
Zoe Nagara
Jan 29, 2018
Long days and wild weather in Patagonia
Long days and wild weather in Patagonia
I’m writing this from the rooftop of Hotel Vendaval in the little port city of Puerto Natales on our final day in Patagonia. If you search…
Zoe Nagara
Dec 13, 2017
From 0 to 15,000 ft
From 0 to 15,000 ft
Over the last month, we’ve alternated weeks between extreme beach chilling and hanging in the cloud forests, eventually making it to one of…
Reed Johnson
Nov 28, 2017
National Park tour of the USA
National Park tour of the USA
I’m about to get booted out of the USA. Apparently popping up to Canada doesn’t reset (or even suspend) my 90-day visa free travel period…
Zoe Nagara
Oct 17, 2017
First month in the USA: New England, Denver, New York, Chicago
First month in the USA: New England, Denver, New York, Chicago
‘Til this year, the only US states I’d visited were New York and California, not what you’d call the real America, so I’ve really been…
Zoe Nagara
Sep 2, 2017
How to do Paris and London without blowing the budget
How to do Paris and London without blowing the budget
Paris and London can be notoriously expensive cities to visit. Indeed, during our week in Paris we recorded the highest average cost per…
Zoe Nagara
Aug 7, 2017
La Casa de Mari V en Málaga
La Casa de Mari V en Málaga
Visiting Málaga felt a little like going back home. After 12 hours on the night bus from Lisbon, we jumped in our Benz and headed to to La…
Reed Johnson
Jul 17, 2017
Top 10 everyday inventions from around the world
Top 10 everyday inventions from around the world
Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze. Sure, our eyes widened at the sight of the Colosseum in Rome, the ceiling of the Sistine, the…
Zoe Nagara
Jul 15, 2017
Abcoude
Abcoude
Disclaimer: I’m writing this a few weeks since we stayed in Abcoude, so forgive me if a few of the details are incorrect.
Reed Johnson
Jun 27, 2017
From touristy Rome to cool and unassuming Lisbon
From touristy Rome to cool and unassuming Lisbon
We’ve fallen into a pattern of staying in a place for a week, then flying/driving/catching the train to a new destination every weekend…
Zoe Nagara
Jun 23, 2017
Chasing art, beauty and the good life through Amsterdam, Venice, Florence
Chasing art, beauty and the good life through Amsterdam, Venice, Florence
One event I was keen to catch in Europe was La Biennale di Venezia. Not only is it the event on the art world’s calendar, but in 2017…
Zoe Nagara
Jun 3, 2017
100 reasons to love Berlin
100 reasons to love Berlin
There’s really only one reason I can think of to not love Berlin, so we might as well get it over with. It’s a little chilly. Flying in…
Zoe Nagara
May 18, 2017
Travel Issues Pt. 1
Travel Issues Pt. 1
There are a few things that make spending a year moving from country to country in rapid succession difficult. The most difficult by far is…
Reed Johnson
May 4, 2017
Packing list for long-term travel
Packing list for long-term travel
Things to consider: Which seasons are you packing for? Trade-off between packing light vs. enjoying creature comforts? Traveling alone or…
Zoe Nagara
May 3, 2017
The other side of Thailand
The other side of Thailand
Having read The Beach many years ago, I’ve always associated Thailand with a few scenes — the bustle of backpacker bars on Khao San Road…
Zoe Nagara
Apr 25, 2017
Budgeting for A Year of Travel
Budgeting for A Year of Travel
tl;dr The cost of traveling to a place makes a the biggest difference in your daily spend.
Reed Johnson
Apr 17, 2017
Friends and food in Hong Kong
Friends and food in Hong Kong
We dropped into Hong Kong for 5 days to eat food with friends. The city was as fast-paced, hilly and expensive as ever. The food did not…
Zoe Nagara
Apr 14, 2017
A week in Taipei — chasing nature in the big city
A week in Taipei — chasing nature in the big city
We flew into Taiwan with little in the way of purpose or expectations. It was a city in Asia neither of us had been to, it was reasonably…
Zoe Nagara
Apr 6, 2017
Taiwanese Fish Dumplings
Taiwanese Fish Dumplings
The other day we had fish dumplings in Taipei. Neither Zoe or I had ever had fish dumplings before and they were mind blowing, they…
Reed Johnson
Apr 5, 2017
A day of silence in Ubud
A day of silence in Ubud
28.08.17 — the streets are still for Nyepi, the first day of the Hindu new year. Across Bali, the island’s 4 million residents (and…
Zoe Nagara
Mar 28, 2017
Island Life
Island Life
We’re currently on a small island to the east of Bali called Nusa Lembongan, where ‘island life’ is more than just the wifi password at our…
Zoe Nagara
Mar 15, 2017
Goodbye Bondi. Hello World.
Goodbye Bondi. Hello World.
Sad goodbyes in Bondi, two days feasting in Melbourne, four days walking through the gardens of Singapore, and here we are in Canggu, Bali…
Reed Johnson
Mar 7, 2017
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