For today’s Traveling Tuesday I was inspired by the somewhat humorous onion article, “Historians admit to inventing Ancient Greece”. While this article is probably only worth your time if you are bored, it did get me thinking about the our encounters with the Ancient Greek world. First I should say …
Tonight is the beginning of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. As I have been preparing for this holiday it has caused me to reflect on the religious celebrations, religious icons, and religious devotion we have seen around the world. For my traveling Tuesday post today I thought I would take …
For today’s installment of travelling Tuesday I will talk about our first encounter with a tropical beach. Sihanoukville Cambodia! I did not think that I was a “beach person” but Sihanoukville, in particular Otres Beach, proved me wrong. There was powder white sand, bath-warm water, and miles of free …
This week I will talk about a small but beautiful town. Gudvangen, Norway. We came here as part of “Norway in a Nutshell” which is one of the cheesiest names for one of the most awe inspiring activities. “Norway in a Nutshell was 3 trains, 1 bus, and one ferry …
One of the most common questions we get asked is “How did you manage to do this?”. The second most common variation is “What was your budget?”. It all started with financial preparation. We did two major things during the lead-up to our trip. Saving We saved about 50% of …
On October 14th we landed in Beijing. Our original intention was to tour China, Tibet, Hong Kong and Angkor Wat with Sarah’s mom and aunt and then hit Thailand and maybe another country before leaving in February, just long enough to reset our Schengen visas. Instead we spent 187 days …
Sarah and I were in Bali and had decided that we would like to climb Mt Rinjani, and active volcano on the next big island over, Lombok. We (possibly erroneously) determined that we needed to go with a guided tour and decided to use a company called Rinjani Fun Trekking. …
In the last 4 weeks we… Wound our way around the Cordillera Sky Loop in northern Luzon where we enjoyed incredible views, went caving, hiked mountains, met mummies, enjoyed a local festival and generally enjoyed being in the mountains. Hiked up Mt Pinatubo, the volcano that erupted violently in 1997, …
Sarah and I were excited to come see the rice terraces of the Philippines, and in particular those in the remote mountain village of Batad, reachable only by foot, either with a 2 hour hike or a more expensive ride and then a 45 minute hike, details here: http://www.alexinwanderland.com/2013/05/16/rice-terraces-of-batad/ …
The Kitchen If you’ve ever set foot in a Thai restaurant you may have guessed that one of the best things about Thailand is the food. Everywhere you turn there are tantalizing aromas leading to delicious flavors. So our friend Johan and I signed up for a Thai cooking class. …