Things learned through 8 months of travel
Things learned through 8 months of travel Note: this was written in 2015. I’ve kept this older post on the blog because it really captures the changes you go through when you first start …
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Why Smartwings sucks. And how consumers are getting fleeced by the airlines.
Smartwings review Announcing our next destination: Croatia. We’ll be flying Bangkok – Prague in late March, staying a week in Prague, and from there flying down to Split, Croatia. But this …
Why Vientiane is worth a visit
Why Vientiane is worth a visit Vientiane gets no respect from Western travellers. We saw many travellers, mostly backpackers, at the Thai consulate getting their Thai visas or lounging around the …
We’re not on Holiday! Differences between vacationing and travelling explained
Differences between vacationing and travelling Our recent one-week stay in Siem Reap Cambodia was fun. We would get up early and be picked up by our tuk tuk driver for our almost daily excursion to …
Photos of Nong Khai, Thailand. You’ll see why we love this town…
Why we love Nong Khai We’ve been in Nong Khai a little bit over a month now. We love this town. I’ve previously written about Bangkok and Hua Hin and how they weren’t for us. We were …
Looking back at 2014 (a.k.a our year in photos). And our hopes and dreams for 2015.
Looking back at 2014 (a.k.a our year in photos) 2014 was like two very different years in one as we went from conventional life in Montreal (the first 6 months) to living a life on the road. I don’t …
The Top 10 Places To See in Provence
Travel Guide to the Top 10 Places To See in Provence France is a big country, with lots of fantastic things to see. I used to live in this wonderland called La Provence, a region situated in …
Why Vernazza is the best town in the Cinque Terre
Why Vernazza is the best town in the Cinque Terre. Vernazza, one of the 5 villages in the Cinque Terre, is idyllic in many ways. In other ways it is another example of rampant tourism. Geographically …
Photos of Faces and everyday life in Cambodia
Photos of Faces and everyday life in Cambodia Our week in Siem Reap was fascinating and very rewarding. A one hour flight from Bangkok, you can’t help but be struck by the differences when you …