South-east Asia was by far the best value for our money. Nice rooms could be found for as little as $13 a night and a delicious meal for $3. The area was rich in history, had a unique culture, spectacular landscape and some of the world’s best beaches. If you could only choose one place … More Journey of the South-East Asia: The final-results

I am grateful that we were able to see as much of New Zealand and Australia as we did, however, I wish we had spent a little less time in this area. Both New Zealand and Australia are in a sense just like home. The main purpose of our trip was to see and do … More Journey of the Oceania: The final results

Our time in South America has come to an end and I am sad to leave but excited for our next journey. Overall we were pleasantly surprised with our experience. South America seems to have an unfair bad reputation as someplace not worth going. There is so much to offer and we found the people … More Journey of South America: The final results

After about four-months in I can honestly say that there really wasn’t anything major that we wished we had with us. In fact, we were grateful we only had 50-liter packs and always looking for things to eliminate. The only major thing we changed out is that we both did not like our choice of … More Journey of Packing: Four-month update

Rushing home with my newly acquired backpack I thought, this is huge, I’m going to get everything I want in there. How naïve I was as to what would actually be able to make it into that coveted space. We decided on the Osprey Aura and Osprey Atamos both in the 50-liter as our large … More Journey of Packing: The Nightmare