We met Nate & Jessie (Nate & Jessie Unfold the Map) on Koh Kood, Thailand in February, 2020. We were staying at the charming Cozy House,...

Why We Travel With our two offspring leaving the nest in 2012, we decided the time was ripe to focus on escaping the dreaded Great...

Renowned for its lush tropical islands, mouth-watering cuisine, and warm and gracious people, Thailand continues to be a favoured...

The jungle drums are beating With the tales from late last night ‘cause stories bear repeating For everyone’s delight You can hear ‘em on...

Further along down the road of our one-year round-the-world honeymoon backpacking adventure in 1986-87. As we journey across the crowded...

Following our adventures in Nepal, we head across the terrai to India: the best and the worst of everything for the adventurous...

This narrative forms part of our one year-round-the-world honeymoon adventure (1986-1987). After our aborted trek into the Annapurna...

Another 6 am wake up call in order to rush down to the bus company, so we wouldn't be squeezed out of our "reserved" seating. We had the...

This narrative forms part of our one year-round-the-world honeymoon adventure (1986-1987). We break away from idyllic Pokhara, Nepal to...

In Sickness and In Health - April 1987 After the bus ride from hell debacle (Darjeeling to Kathmandu), we find ourselves in the Nepali...

Darjeeling to Kathmandu on the Bus Ride from Hell As we continue our one year round-the-world honeymoon adventure, our trip take a nasty...

This narrative forms part of our one year-round-the-world honeymoon adventure (1986-1987). We break away from chaotic Calcutta to head up...

LAST OF THE RED HOT BUS RIDES Medan was the last in a long line of crowded cities we endured in Indonesia. As if to make us even more...

This narrative forms part of our one year-round-the-world honeymoon adventure (1986-1987(. We depart Singapore, Malaysia, heading north...

This narrative forms part of our one year-round-the-world honeymoon. We depart Penang, Malaysia, heading south to Singapore. When it was...

Timing is everything in life and especially when you travel. Although we love Bangkok - it is one of favourite cities - after a...

A Tour of one of the World's Great Ancient Cities Sitting in the carriage of our tuk tuk we were moving dreamily through a thick grove...

Continuing along the south coast of Cambodia, we took a mercifully short trip from Kampot, Cambodia to Kep. Although we enjoyed Kampot’s...

After a few days in Cambodia, we began hearing about a quaint riverside town in the southern part of the country near the Vietnam border...

Sihanoukville, Cambodia, once a fun pit stop on the way to the nearby islands or travel to Kampot or Kep, was completely altered by the...