March 12-19, 2016: Island Hopping in the Andaman Sea

I can’t even begin to describe how excited we were for this particular portion of our trip as our adopted son/little brother, Ryan, was coming to meet us!!!!! Continue reading

March 9-11, 2016: Temple Hopping in Bagan!

Bagan is one hell of a special place and a great city to round out our two week visit in Myanmar. Continue reading

January 1-13, 2015: The Visayas (Mostly)

As amazing as Japan was, we were so excited to get back to warm weather!! But as soon as we stepped foot off the plane in Manila, we very quickly regretted it, only partially due to the fact that it was 93,572ºF and 100% humidity. We very soon came to realize how much of a shit-hole Manila actually is.  Continue reading

December 24-26, 2015: Kyoto, Part 1

Ahhh, Kyoto. Such a magical city. As the former Imperial capital of Japan, Kyoto is home to over 2,000 religious sites – 1,600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines – as well as palaces, gardens and architecture, all intact. It is one of the best preserved cities in Japan. Continue reading

April 14-15, 2015: Gainesville + Naples (Florida…)

Made a quick stop in Gainesville to check out the University of Florida‘s beautiful campus  on our way down south to Naples… Florida, not Italy, obviously. That would be impressive. Continue reading

March 29-30, 2015: Grand Canyon

Though we lived only 7 hours away from the world-famous Grand Canyon for the majority of each of our lives, neither of us had ever been there. It was about time that we paid it a visit! Continue reading