Week 117 Day 673 Noli, Italy 44.2061° N, 8.4133° E One of the day trips a we took from our Tuscan Villa was to the beautiful medieval city of Siena. Siena is a small city made up of 17 districts or neighborhoods. Twice a year on July 2nd and August 16th, those neighborhoods compete in an epic horse race called …
2 Days In Scotland
Week 112 Day 648 Northern Ireland 55.2037° N, 6.5232° W Our Euro Trip has commenced and we are quickly making our rounds to Scotland, Amsterdam, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, and Iceland before we head back to the states. Europe may be small, but we are quickly confirming that we hardly have enough time with the few select locations we picked. We’ve …
Tiger Kingdom, Cruel or Cool??
Week 90 Day 618 Chiang Mai 18.7953° N, 98.9986° E The first things I thought about doing when we decided to come to Thailand were 1. Pet Baby Tigers 2. Ride an Elephant So you can imagine my disappointment when I started reading up on these activities and learned there is so much controversy surrounding the treatment of the animals …
Elephant Rides and Kuang Si Waterfall – Day Trips from Luang Prabang
Week 80 Day 561 Luang Prabang, Laos 19.8833° N, 102.1333° E Luang Prabang is a town you could spend days just chilling in. Since we’ve been here, we’ve quickly fallen into a relaxing routine. Even though we could have spent weeks here enjoying the food and napping, there are also some awesome day trips you can sign up to do …
Buyer Beware: Hidden costs #morefuninthephilippines
Week 76 Day 530 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 10.7500° N, 106.6667° E Prelude: This post was actually written about a week ago, but given that the WIFI in the Philippines was so bad I couldn’t upload any photos. We have now been in Vietnam for less than 6 hours and Tom has already used more bandwidth in that …