Our first big city on our road trip: Las Vegas! Go big or go home, right? Before this we spent most of our time in national parks – fourteen to be exact. All the parks in Utah, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona. Before we got to Vegas, Zach and I both agreed to gamble … Read more What Happens in Vegas…
We have officially been living out of our car for two weeks now! I would say we are homeless but our car has become a very cozy home for us over the last couple weeks. I never thought I would couple the words “love” and “living in our car” together, but I do love it … Read more Grateful for the Simple Things
If you don’t know Zach, let me give you a tidbit of information that will give you some insight into his personality. He is a researcher. And do not read that word and take it lightly. I mean true researcher of all things. Not like the scientific kind with labs and tests and such things. … Read more The Journey Across the Laos-Cambodia Border
Meet “King Kong.” (He’s the one on the lower right.) At least that’s what he told us to call him. He was one of our guides for a trek we did in Laos. He is 18 years old and just graduated from high school. He wants to go to university, maybe to study business or … Read more Touched by Laos
(Well, we really only trekked through Chiang Mai, but Trekking Through Thailand has the whole alliteration thing going for it.) While we were in Chiang Mai, we passed tons of travel companies that offered treks through the jungle, and we thought it would be a perfect way to experience Thailand! And, in the way that … Read more Trekking Through Thailand
At this point we have been in India for about two weeks – halfway into our journey! I should preface this by saying I would not change a thing. We came to Bangalore first to meet up with Zach’s parents who have been coming every year for the past five years to teach at the Business … Read more When Life Attacks You with Lemons
On our way to Bangalore from Dallas, we decided to make the most of the long trip and add an extra long layover in Dubai, so that we could see a new city. Plus, the plane ticket was cheaper that way! Here is our itinerary to help future travelers: 11:45am On the ground in … Read more 15 Hour Layover in Dubai
One thing I have learned more than anything is I need to keep an open mind while traveling. With the things we encounter, the different standards, the people, the different viewpoints. And sometimes that is very hard for me to do. On one level I think I am so good at it – to a … Read more The Pains of Keeping an Open Mind
When they say red lights they literally mean red lights. I don’t know what I envisioned. Is it red for stop? For hell? For love? For all of the above? This is what I thought as I walked down the cobbled road puzzled by the women staring back at me through thin glass while I … Read more Red Light District
There’s no way around it – people know Amsterdam for its prostitution and drugs. We learned that people used to interpret the 3 X’s of the Amsterdam emblem: as floods, fires, and plagues. I think in the modern world it could be interpreted as drugs, sex, and parties. (Of course, we learned there’s a lot … Read more The Elephant in the Room
