Sri Lanka is an incredibly beautiful country and we have especially loved hopping from beach to beach in the south. I know there is more to discover in Sri Lanka, national parks, UNESCO sites, temples and cultural gems. But we haven’t really done any of that. When the beaches look like this, it’s pretty hard…
Sri Lanka was one of two places that I had whittled down from many to be my ‘must-sees’ for this trip. I wanted to arrive in Colombo bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to storm the island and take it all in. Instead, we arrived pre-dawn at five in the morning and were mighty thankful…
The quest for A.101, should you take it, involves many a challenge. It will be physical as you will embark on a ten kilometre trek. You will encounter hills and overpasses. It will be mental; you will come across omens. The heat and sun will be unrelenting. Traffic and decaying infrastructure will block your path.…
Antalya is Turkey’s ‘biggest international sea resort’ and a pretty good hub for many places in the country. We opted to stay there because we had the time and because it would provide a last chance to breath in the Mediterranean before moving on. We didn’t have any grand plans and so hadn’t built up…
We stayed in Fethiye because we wanted to. Truth. While we only stayed for a short time, we definitely got a good amount of beach action in. We did one day at a rocky beach in Fethiye and the next in Oludeniz, a short minibus ride away. This stop had ancient ruins to offer, but…
Ahhh autumn. Crisp mountain air, shortened days with leaves crunching under your feet. It’s May and this is Bariloche. This is the time of year when tourism isn’t so big here. In the summer people come for the white water rafting, kayaking and hiking. In the winter, it’s all about the skiing. For us lazy…
Ask anyone, and they will have a favourite city…or maybe even a few. The latter case is true for me. My favourite city (thus far) in the world is a three way tie between Montreal, Paris and New York. There are so many other cities that are valiant contenders just a slight notch or two…
Santiago has been perfect. I would even hazard to say that it is my favourite city (so far) in South America. It’s not as though we’ve taken advantage of everything there is to see and do here. But the city just has a feel to it that we love. I am sure our love…
We’ve learned a lot in our travels. About the countries, their histories, their food. But it doesn’t feel as though we’ve changed. We’ve made new friends, but I don’t think we’ve had any major revelations that have changed who we are at the core. Perhaps we’re more enlightened about the way of things in the…
I truly believe that it is important to try new things. It is so easy for us to just sit back and do what we always do and not force ourselves to go out on a limb. If Ewan and I hadn’t crawled out from our comfort zone, then we wouldn’t have had three months…