Sometimes there are places that just exceed all of your expectations, that blow away everything you were expecting, that you end up loving without you really even foreseeing it happening. Santa Barbara was one of those places for me. To explain more why it’s such a novel thing that I… Read more
On a trip to Southern California for a quick weekend escape, we drove up the coast from LA to Santa Barbara, with stops along the way in Malibu and Ventura. I’d only ever been as far as Malibu and Nick had never made that drive along the Pacific Coast Highway,… Read more
A week ago, Nick and I made a weekend trip down to New Mexico for a quick holiday. I’ve been wanting to make it to the American South West for a while and as someone who loves desert landscapes, New Mexico was high on my list. Since we only had… Read more
A couple weekends ago, Nick and I drove up to Seattle (which is only a 2.5 hour drive for us) and spent the weekend in the city. I was taking my certification exam up there all day on Saturday so we drove up Friday after work and spent a lovely… Read more
Siem Reap was a mixed bag for us. On one hand we loved seeing the temples and exploring the area.we had amazing food and the longer we were there, the more we liked it. But there are definitely things I wish I would have known before going, so here are… Read more
About a year ago on an Alaska flight to somewhere, I think it was Hawaii but I don’t really remember, Nick and I came across an article in the in-flight magazine about a winery in Eastern Washington built to mimic SouthWestern design. For some reason, it really struck me and… Read more
One of the nice things about traveling a lot is that you see so many different types of places: beaches, the tropics, cities and small towns, rainy places and sunny places and you realize very quickly how different each part of the world really is. I know very well how… Read more
The last day of our trip ended in Bangkok, a city that as I mentioned yesterday, I really fell in love with. We arrived in Bangkok on Friday afternoon around 1pm from Cambodia and spent the rest of the day out exploring the city. From our hotel on Sathorn Road,… Read more
To be totally honest with you, I didn’t think I’d like Bangkok or Thailand in general. I didn’t really have any interest in traveling there prior to this trip and frankly, the only reason we ended up going through Bangkok was because it had the best flight connections for us… Read more
On our second day exploring Siem Reap, after a very early start to the day to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat, we spent the rest of the afternoon at our hotel, resting and cooling down. About 3 in the afternoon, we headed back out, grabbed a tuk tuk and… Read more
Looking back at our time in Cambodia and as I am writing these recaps, I have a hard time describing my feelings on our time there. On one hand the temples were amazing and totally worth seeing and experiencing, the food was some of our best on the whole trip… Read more
Getting back into our day by day trip posts as we made our way from India to SE Asia, we spent most of day 5 of the trip traveling. We started early that day in Udaipur flying on Jet Airways (which was great & I would highly recommend it) to… Read more
I wanted to reflect on some of our favorite moments there first. For me, reflecting back on the things that meant the most to me through our travels is a way to hold on to what I learned from each place and how each location affected me, both physically and… Read more
Our fourth and final day in Udaipur, India was filled with relaxing walks around the grounds of the incredibly gorgeous Oberoi Udaivilas where we were staying, spending time by the pool, delicious Indian cuisine and an elephant ride on a 50 year old elephant. After arriving at the fantastic Udaivilas,… Read more
After a few hours in transit on day 2 of our trip in India, we arrived in beautiful Rajasthan. Our 45 minute drive into Udaipur from the airport provided some gorgeous views of the landscape of the area, crowned with mountains and adorned with lakes. Udaipur ended up being one… Read more