“Oh my God, STOP!!” Lisa shrieked as yet another cute Australian animal appeared on the road in front of our rental SUV. This time it was a koala, eyes gleaming…
House-sitting: Stay for Free and Feel at Home on the Road
Imagine staying at a cool Airbnb… but it’s free… and there’s a cute dog! This might sound too good to be true, but it actually is possible through house-sitting. Getting…
Tramping the Milford Track
A number of years ago, Bryan purchased a Lonely Planet coffee table book titled Amazing Journeys, Amazing Adventures, or something like that. One of the entries was titled “Tramp the…
Delight to Despair in Doubtful Sound
The last part of our New Zealand trip was a visit to Fiordland National Park. We returned our Jucy campervan at the Queenstown airport – fortunately they were not too…
Exploring New Zealand’s South Island
We spent a total of 6 weeks in New Zealand: 9 days in Auckland, 3 weeks in a campervan, and a week and a half in and around Fiordland National…
Travel Cooking 101
So far, our trip has involved lots of cool wildlife encounters, diving, and other nature-focused activities. But aside from all that, we also have to eat 3 (or more) times…
Campervan Chaos: What We Learned from 3 Weeks of Van Life
When we went to New Zealand, we decided to do the cliche campervan road trip. We chose a basic campervan from Jucy (i.e., the smallest, cheapest model), which had a…
Fakarava: A Tale of Currents, Sharks, and Cheese
If we told you our time on Fakarava involved diving in heavy currents with tons of sharks, a fall off a bike, hundreds of mosquito bites, and eating some cheese…
French Polynesia: Six Weeks in Paradise
If you’re anything like we were before we started planning this trip, the words “French Polynesia” might not mean much to you. But perhaps the words “Tahiti” or “Bora Bora”…
What Have We Gotten Ourselves Into? (The Overseas Journey Begins)
It did not take Bryan very long to start screwing up the French Polynesia trip. 45 minutes, to be exact. It was 5:30 AM and we had just left the…