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After the excitement of the Serengeti, Zanzibar, and villages near Kilimanjaro, Tanzania is hard to beat.  Our Oasis Overland group crosses over into Malawi, and after a long day on the road, we spend our...

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Alissa and I have some sort of unwritten rule to visit as many islands as possible on our trip.  During our route planning for Africa, I had one island paradise in particular on my list:...

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During my six years working at CBS I constantly changed the wallpaper on my computer’s desktop.  It rotated between either a Milwaukee Brewers schedule or a favorite travel photo.  For some reason, I always kept...

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Six Must-Dos in Sri Lanka

January 3, 2014

1. Go whale watching Nearby whale migration routes have created a popular whale-watching industry. Most trips even claim a 95% chance of seeing a whale. Check out Dan’s post about our experience whale watching. 2....

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After a rainy weekend in Brisbane, we are ready for some sun! The forecast for the week looks better and we’ve seen enough of the city, so we spontaneously added a week in Gold Coast, about an...

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Sydney’s Coastal Walk

February 9, 2013

We’ve been in Sydney for two days, and most of our time has been spent exploring the beaches. With some help from TripAdvisor and our Airbnb hosts we found the Coastal Walk, a 6 km trail from Coogee Beach to Bondi...

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Alissa and I are always on the look-out for our next beach destination.  We put together a list of beaches that are either on our list of favorites or must-visits.  Let us know which beaches...

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Alissa and I had been searching for a budget destination to get away to this Winter so that we wouldn’t have to dip into our round-the-world trip savings account. We either needed to go somewhere...

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Located on the tip of Palawan, El Nido remains a beach town paradise left undisturbed by big tourism, corporations and hotel chains. El Nido is our last stop on our tour of Palawan Island.  I...

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