By the time I wake up in the yurt, one of the friends I met on the trail last night has already hit the road, having quite a distance to cover today on his bike, and my other new hiking friend, Noam, heads off shortly after while I'm still sitting outside, enjoying the beautiful sunny morning, and t[...]
In an effort to get on the trail at a reasonable time today, I actually woke up fairly early this morning. Of course, I still need to pack my bag, but I’m trying to be quick with it. Before too long, Katy and I walk down the hall to the breakfast included at our B&B and I gorge myself on Nutel[...]
Aiguille du Midi is a large peak (3,842m) within the Mont Blanc massif that offers unparalleled views of the incredible Mont Blanc itself (4,810m)— I knew I had to see Mont Blanc up close, especially considering I'm expelling all this energy just to circumnavigate the mountain on the Tour du Mont[...]
I wake up this morning to the sound of several hundred cowbells right outside my tent. When I stick my head out to investigate, there are easily that many cows just milling about in the grass opposite my campsite, mooing and clanking their bells, but I am slightly distracted by the incredible view s[...]
Due in part to passing out early last night from sheer exhaustion, and also due to monumental excitement, I wake up at 530am this morning and go outside for a wander. The only other people milling about at this hour are mountain bunnies, and they are everywhere, just hopping about with their cute li[...]
Still adjusting to the time change a bit, I silence my 7am alarm and continue to sleep for over an hour before I finally get up and finish the last of my packing that I passed out before polishing off last night. I dig into a delicious fruit and nut loaf that my friend Jess sent along for breakfast,[...]
Stretching 2,300km along Australia's sunny east coast and comprised of more than 3,000 individual reefs, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest and most impressive reef system, making it one of the absolute best places to visit on a trip Down Under. In addition to thousands of marine species[...]
Iceland was a pretty recent bucket list add for me— it was never somewhere that I dreamed of visiting when I was younger, nothing like Egypt or Peru. But over the last few years, it seems like everyone's attention has snapped to this little Scandinavian island, and it rose similarly quickly to the[...]
Kraków has the reputation of being a beautiful city, and while we probably didn't catch it at its best due to the grey, rainy weather this week, we still thoroughly enjoyed wandering through the lively Rynek Glówny and admiring the beautiful St. Mary's Basilica. More than the beautiful city square[...]
Anyone who knows anything about Slovenia will know about Lake Bled. It’s one of the most photogenic places I’ve ever seen and I’m clearly not alone in thinking this because Lake Bled is absolutely all over Instagram. Ljubljana has obviously taken note of the popularity by scheduling hourly bu[...]
Like every single other tourist in Bolivia, we make the lengthy trek down to Uyuni to see the world famous Salar de Uyuni, a trip that requires us to sit for 4 days shoulder-to-shoulder with half a dozen other travellers in an ageing Jeep while we drive from the southwestern Altiplano to n[...]
Now preparing to bid Vientiane farewell, we try to save money by buying tickets direct from the bus station rather than the hotel. We hire bikes and pedal 8kms to the station, only to learn that the price is actually the same. In an effort to salvage the day, we ride off in search of[...]