It is easy to visit a new country, city, town, village and stick to the well worn path of visitors gone. You go scale the famous structure, view the painting, pay your respects to the cathedral. I ha...
Our go at the Shit [INSERT PERSON TYPE HERE]‘s Say phenomenon, Shit Backpackers Say.
Border crossings. Never a dull affair. In this post I recount a particularly long day we spent getting into Honduras from Guatemala. The photos are taken with a lomography style four lens camera. I w...
It’s been a little while since we were out getting amongst the hostel style of living. In fact, exactly one year since we were both working in one! Time flies. Just did a spot of reminiscing an...
The challenges we have faced recently regarding myself gaining a visa to live in the US with Jess seemed to stretch out for an age. Thankfully, the hard part is behind us now and we can start buildin...
Things have been a bit barren for us on the blog post front lately to say the least. In truth, it wasn’t high on the priority list over these full-on couple of months for us both. All the recent acti...
I got this snap back a few months ago out when I was working by the Melbourne Airport. Driving home one day I saw the plane approaching and started wishing I could take a photo. Then I remembered I c...
Some more snaps taken around suburban Melbourne of the graffiti scene. See our Under the Bridge – Melbourne Graffiti post for a better look at some of the talent in a scene that divides opinion...
Something I love about cities that doesn’t necessarily appeal to the general travel crowd is their gritty, raw side. The places that will never grace any travel brochures, and are generally hid...
One of my favorites places to go to as a child was Carpinteria State Beach, just twelve miles south of Santa Barbara. You can get camping spots there for pretty cheap and my parents would load up all...
Along the small stretch of the Atlantic coastline that belongs to Guatemala, sandwiched between Belize and Honduras, the mouth of the Rio Dulce stands as the most dominant feature. It extends inlan...
Quite a while back, we did a post on the Giant Kite Festival – Guatemala in Sumpango, a small town not too far out of Antigua. We took the little lomography four lens camera along, and it was o...
When Jess was here a little while back, we ducked into the Melbourne CBD to take a few snaps of some iconic Melbourne scenes. The one icon in particular that stands out in my mind as “bloody ...
Thanks to Mark at Migrationology for getting us on board the My 7 Links project. The initiative was kicked off by Tripbase with the goal to “unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavo...
Followers of our blog would know how special Guatemala is to both of us. So, when we received this video from Counterpart International, we were blown away to see the huge success their program is ha...
Its time we gave a word-up on the way the Clouds like to get around whilst they are out and about in the world, living the dream. Transport is an inescapably huge part of any travel adventure. Instea...
Wine. I wasn’t a fan not so long ago. My taste-buds just weren’t up for it. They showed no ability in picking up the subtle flavours, the hints of fruit, oak and spices. “Give me something cold, wet ...
The increasing popularity of Guatemala as a tourist destination has made it increasingly difficult to get those off-the-beaten track experiences. I remember back in 2004, on my first visit, searching...
Melbourne is sometimes known as the sporting capital of the world. We Melbournites passionately follow anything that even resembles a competitive event. Two snails slithering side-by-side? An audienc...
Followers of our blog may have noticed that there hasn’t been too much of a blog to follow of late. Do not fret faithful fans, for the mini-break wasn’t intentional, we have just had other things to ...
We are throwing our hat into the well populated ring on articles describing ways you can be economically efficient on your travels. Hopefully at least some of these techniques will be new or differen...
On our recent wine-tasting trip to Solvang, we stopped for an ad-hoc history lesson at the Santa Ines mission. As an Australian, my knowledge of what went down during the colonization of the “Wild We...
It’s a question that every traveller has asked themselves at one time or another. “Where to next?” While our circumstances mean that we probably won’t be doing any major long-term travel adventures j...
chops, Slang. musical ability on any instrument, especially in playing jazz or rock; technical virtuosity. Plan B has chops of the vocal variety. The UK hip-hop artist’s last offering, “The Defamatio...
After a few months apart on different sides of the world, we recently reunited in Jess’ home city of Los Angeles. To mark the occasion, we got away for a couple of days to indulge in a spot of wine-t...
Wilson’s Promontory, or “The Prom” as most Aussies know it, is one of the most pristine and beautiful locations in the state of Victoria. The National Park contains the most Souther...
I recently got along to Geelong, the second largest city behind Melbourne in my home state of Victoria, with some mates. It had been a while since I had been through and it was great to see some upda...
On those long voyages around the globe, there always pops up a bit of free-time between outings here and there. To fill these voids, we like to watch trash television in order to stay up-to-date with...
It’s a pretty obvious fact that when you are out gallivanting through the wondrous world, you need somewhere to rest your weary bones come nightfall. Accommodation can be simply just a place to sleep...
So, you’ve bought your round-the-world tickets, or are jetting off to some exotic location that no-one you know has ever heard of (I can still tell people that I lived in Honduras for a year and they...
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