During our travels, there have been mornings when I’ve ventured out as a #SoloExplorer…generally because @funkstop wants more time to snooze under the covers! Usually this means wandering through the streets with my camera, sitting at a cafe and people watching, or window shopping at local shops (I can spend hours doing this!). In Beijing,…
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Dealing with the Paparazzi in Beijing
When Rahim and I landed in China, we had no idea that we were going to become instant celebrities. Everywhere we went, people stopped to ask if they could take pictures with us. It was as if we had entered Bizarro World. Some people told us that it was the novelty of a new ethnicity,…
And the award for our new favourite airline goes to…
Air Nippon Airways! Hands down! Our entire around-the-world trip has been organized through ANA’s mileage rewards program. We’ve had 8 stops, 2 open-jaws, and 5 24-hour stopovers, all with countless adjustments due to our on-the-go planning. For a trip like ours, (well for any trip really), the airline could make or break the overall enjoyment…
How to Ride Into a Sunset
I’m not exactly sure how it happened. One minute it was 4:00pm and I had turned back to my Lonely Planet to read another chapter on exploring Myanmar and the next minute Rahim was rushing through the door exclaiming that it was 5:00pm! Oh no! We had planned to leave our hotel by 4:30pm so…
Tour Review: Maya Bay Sleep Aboard Tour
It’s 6pm and we’re not on a beach we are on the Beach! That’s right the infamous beach from That Movie! So what’s the big deal right? Well the beach is not actually open to tourists after 5pm. How did we do it? With Maya Bay Tours! They have a package tour called the Maya Bay Sleep Aboard Tour which starts out on…
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