Travel nut, fitness junkie and dog lover
Artwork deserves it’s own post, especially given the marvelous restoration of the above piece (Hubs and I bartered for the one with the black background). A bit of a backstory… … More One-of-a-Kind Art Restored
Perhaps we should have started taking malaria medication for this trip given what the name of this town means. Fingers crossed we do not come down with malaria. … More Mto Wa Mbu… "River of Mosquitos"
So the title of this post surely leaves many unanswered questions, but we’ll get to that later. Anywho… Hubs and I flew from the States to Nairobi, Kenya on 26 Oct 2019, excited to finally be on vacation again. … More Hyenas… Your ‘Friendly’ Serengeti Campsite Companions
While the husband and I are not cool enough to drop our lives and careers in order to travel the world, what we are able to do is plan for retirement within the next ten years before either of us hits 50. … More Experimentation with St. Croix, USVI
The money flowing through Qatar is obvious before you even land at the airport. From the sky, you can see the intricate, man-made island. The skyscrapers litter the city scape. … More Doha, Qatar… Epitome of Opulence
Our final island of the trip was the smallest… Thinadhoo. This was the smallest island of the three, and one that sustains almost entirely off of tourism. … More Jaunt Through the Maldives (Pt. 3): Thinadhoo
Fuildhoo, the second island we stayed on, happened to be Athif’s home island. We certainly learned a lot about it because of that! One immediate difference we noticed upon arriving on Fulidhoo was how non-commercialized it was… … More Jaunt Through the Maldives (Pt. 2): Fulidhoo
As a means of escaping the November cold in Virginia, and just because the Maldives looked amazing, we booked a tour of some local islands of the Maldives on a whim. … More Jaunt Through the Maldives… (Pt. 1) – Maafushi
June 2nd, 2018 started after a night of wonderful sleep at the Penzion Berc (thanks for the suggestion, Petra). About 1130 in the morning, Irina came to perfect my hair. … More HITCHED!!! …In Bled, Slovenia
Eventually, we made it to Piran, which we discovered to be a bit different than expected. We were not exceptionally impressed with the coastal town, but we will admit that may partially be because it was rainy and dreary during our visit. … More Coastal Town of Piran & the Quaint Joy of Šenčur
