Stories

Moving to Australia from the UK offers a lot of advantages – a more laid back lifestyle, a better climate, gorgeous sunny beaches and (depending on your industry) better job opportunities. In so…

Jade and I became online friends over seven years ago through secret Tumblrs we both maintained. We’ve been IRL friends for more than five, having traveled all over together: California, Florida…

Quintana Roo, Mexico‘s eastern-most state, is the tourist hotspot of the country. It even recently changed its timezone so that tourists could enjoy an extra hour of daylight in the evening. Tha…

“Ya llegamos!” The excitement of the small child filled the cable car as it approached the final station. “We’re arriving! We’re arriving at the bike!” I love momen…

I was born and raised in Montreal and it is rightfully a hot tourist destination — it has great food, lovely views, a fun party scene, and is easy to get to. So I thought I’d put together …

After ten years of full-time travel, you’d think we’d be better at it. But time and again, we make stupid mistakes that cause stress and cost money — and often, these errors could ha…

I first met Alvin Starkman at a lecture in Oaxaca about mezcal and its origins. Alvin spent well over an hour explaining the nature of artisanal mezcal production here in Oaxaca, as well as the differ…

New Zealand is an amazing country, full of natural sights to see and adventures to experience. It’s larger than you might think (similar in size to the UK and Italy), so don’t plan to do t…

Although our visit to Ukraine didn’t start well, we still believe that Ukraine is a great country that is well worth a visit. OdessaOdessa is a beautiful city, compact and full of echoes of form…

This month I learned that if you found a tiny plastic Baby Jesus in your slice of Rosca de Reyes (Three Kings Cake) on January 6, that you were firmly in charge of bringing your entire family a haul o…