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Top 8 Things to do in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital + biggest city in Malaysia, and turned out to be a highlight of our trip so far. We spent 2 weeks in KL, spending most of our time in an awesome bachelor apartment that we found on AirBnb. We spent much of our time working, but we did spend...
Virtual vs. In Person Communication by Oliva Van Wormer
Does the amount of communication reduce the value of the connection? Phone dead. Communication cut off, I was left with one option: engage in the world around me. The airport was quiet and clean. A Kiwi couple across from me disrupting the otherwise calm nature of my...
How to Survive Manila (and maybe even enjoy yourself!)
The capital city and the largest city of the Philippines is known for its terrible traffic, littered streets, extreme pollution, and reputation for being extremely unsafe. Manila is not our favorite Asian city, and not somewhere we would enjoy staying for a lengthy...
Our Top 10 Recommendations for Singapore
Singapore was the first stop this time around on our Asian adventures, and let me tell you, it was awesome! Singapore is clean, orderly, and ultra modern. It may be more expensive than your average Asian country, but there are also firm driving laws + rules against...
Visa Requirements for Canadians Traveling in Asia
While preparing for our trip to Asia, we spent quite a bit of time researching how long we could stay in each country, and what the requirements to enter are. One of the most confusing and complicated parts of travel is figuring out the requirements to enter and exit...
Travel Anecdotes and Accuracy
One of the problems about deciding where to travel is forming an accurate view of the safety of a city, country, or region. News, anecdotes and travel warnings induce anxiety, but how do you know if somewhere is truly safe? The only news that receives coverage is of...
Why We Started a Travel Podcast
We started a travel podcast because we wanted to continue a conversation. We were in Peru, at the end of a six-month backpacking trip in South America, and we began thinking of ways that we could keep travel alive in our lives, while sharing our experiences with other...
Bad Experiences Make Great Stories
Listen to our Bolivia Episode HERE One of the most important lessons you learn traveling is that bad experiences make great stories. Hanging around the hostel at the end of the night, you don’t tell people about the pleasant time you had at the beach. Instead, you and...
TBEx in Minneapolis
"Where are you going for Memorial Day weekend?" "Minneapolis." "Minneapolis?! Why are you going there?!" This was the standard conversation we had with friends and family in the weeks leading up to our trip to Minneapolis. The disbelief and shock expressed by those...
The Adventure of A Lifetime: London to Mongolia in a Ford Fiesta
To often in life we make sacrifices without thinking about them. We sacrifice fun for contentment. We sacrifice adventure for safety. We play it safe. We live day to day without REALLY feeling alive. Driving the same route to work every day, seeing the same people...
Creating a life without borders
I nervously checked my watch. 20 minutes until the interview. I mindlessly fidgeted with my hair as I looked over the list of questions once more. Take a deep breath, I told myself. It's just an interview. It had been over 5 years since I had talked to Carolyn, and...
Ubud & Traveling Solo
After spending 26 days with my fellow yogis by my side, it was strange to arrive in Ubud alone. This was a completely foreign concept to me, as I have always traveled with Ryan, girlfriends, or my family. I arrived prior to check in, so I dropped my stuff, changed my...
How to Buy Viva Colombia Tickets
Colombia has some of the most diverse geography in the world. From Cartagena on the Caribbean coast, to Bogotá, one of the highest altitude capitals in the world (2640m above sea level, 4th highest capital in the world), to the Amazon Jungle in the Southeast corner....
Travel for Personal Development: Find your own Path in Life
Everyone has a path before them, the path of least resistance, a way through life that won't attract to much attention. It probably looks a lot like the life of your father or your mother. By the time you become an independent adult (whether that is 18 or 21 or even...
Wanderlust Yoga Festival in O’ahu
Wanderlust festival can be found at the point where yoga retreat meets music festival. With multiple different yoga classes to choose from at 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, and 3pm, it is easy to choose 3 classes each day. Actually, it's not easy to choose between all the...
Overcoming Fear Through Travel
When we started this podcast I also envisioned regularly writing on our website, but for three months now I haven't. I have started a few times and not finished, and other times I want to start writing something, but keep finding reasons not to. I get hung up because...