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5 Reasons Why I Hate Full Body Massage

My husband adores massages and there are not many days that go by in Bali where he is not off searching for his next $5 full body massage. I rarely go. Give me a pedicure or some foot reflexology, but I tend to avoid the full body massage. Is it a matter …

Reflections May 14, 2015

Who Are We?

Who's writing this travel blog? Who's running this crazy dream? Who's along for the ride? Get answers to all those questions and more.

Home May 20, 2014

And the Doctor said "No Cheeky Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"

We’ve had our share of great luck travelling the world. We made it 3 years and 3 months into my son’s life before his first major accident. We’ve managed to get sultanas out of his nose, tacks out of his throat and dealt with more than our fair share of e…

Israel Jul 23, 2013

Where do you pee on a speedboat? Our journey to Ambergris Caye

She had to pee. It was a 90-minute speedboat ride with at least 40 other people on board. There is no toilet. There is no stopping. We are 15 minutes from shore. She had to pee. She now was screaming and crying and drawing the attention of the crowd. She …

Ambergris Caye, Belize Feb 17, 2013

So It’s been 6 Months – Have We Learnt Anything?

Back in May we packed up our home life in Perth, Australia and hit the road. It’s now November and we are celebrating, not only 6 months of exploration and discovery, but 200 days into our nomadic journey. I can tell you that in the last 200 days I have l…

Reflections Nov 21, 2012

Travel Hacks

Along the road I sometimes have moments of enlightenment. They may not fit into the location-focused area of our blog, but they are worth noting and sharing. Find juicy pro travel tips, travel hacks to help you travel longer and better, interviews with tr…

Home Nov 4, 2012

I Just Bribed My First Corrupt Cop

I have just bribed my first corrupt cop… or rather I have accepted the suggested bribe made by a corrupt cop. Tell us your stories!

Penang, Malaysia Oct 7, 2012

The Gem Scammers of Wat Pho, Bangkok Temples

If we hadn’t read about the well-known Gem Scam we would have totally fallen for the smiling, seemingly genuine Thai man. Join us as we resist the scammers through Siam Paragon, Grand Palace & Wat Pho.

Thailand Sep 14, 2012

Fathers & All You Can Eat Cake

Thank goodness Father’s Day only comes around once a year, otherwise we may look more like the cakes we devoured then we wish to. In Australia Father’s Day is celebrated the first Sunday of September. We celebrated in Bangkok with all you can eat cake buf…

Thailand Sep 3, 2012

The Great Equality Myth

I had a crisis of conscience. How could I live in an area where the relative cost of living was so low that I could live like a king, on the backs of the lower class who made that kind of thing possible? Wasn’t that exploitation? It really made me think.

Reflections Aug 9, 2012

Dentists, Fear & Therapy

None of us sees the world as it is because we can only see it through our lens. In a sense, we're all delusional. If you believe that everything happens for a reason, you must find that reason and turn those experiences that threaten to detonate in your l…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jul 13, 2012

The Best Things In Life Aren't Things

My husband, Josh, shares deep thoughts on minimalism: "For quite some time I had an underlying dissatisfaction with the Western consumerism-driven mindset. I found it extremely self-focused, which tended to clash with my overall worldview. But this email …

Reflections Jul 9, 2012

Before the Blog

While the blog started with our new digital nomad journey, the travels did not. Here is a quick overview of where we've been and what's shaping our decisions.

Who Are We? Jun 15, 2012

The Birth of a Travel Dream

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Why did we do this? How are we doing this? Where did the dream begin?

Who Are We? May 9, 2012