Fall in Korea seriously brings its A game. The once-verdant landscape transforms into near-neon hues in a South Korea autumn—jazzy yellows and shocking oranges, swaggering reds that make your heads pleasantly…
A Sapa trek with the hill-tribes in Vietnam will take you through the scenic Hoang Lien Son mountain range near the Chinese border. We’ve talked about the tremendous beauty of Sapa…
Trekking in Sapa, Vietnam and a hill-tribe homestay among the remarkable rice terraces nestles itself firmly at the top of any Vietnam travel itinerary. With verdant rice terraces cascading up mountain…
Monumental in both size and reputation, Machu Picchu brings it big in the drama department. This UNESCO World Heritage site packs its Incan legacy into an extraordinary landscape flying 2,430 m…
Teaching English abroad in South Korea isn’t always the most fun thing in the world—even on the stunning Korean island of Jeju, with its island beaches, mountain hiking, green tea plantations, hidden…
The largest city in Sri Lanka’s Hill Country and a UNESCO world heritage site, Kandy, Sri Lanka boasts stunning colonial architecture and several sacred Buddha sites. About a 3-hour train ride from Sri Lanka’s…
Starter budget travel cameras will help anyone capture their experience without spending a whole lot of money. I’ve written a little about finding the balance between capturing the moment and experiencing the moment…
As the saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Apparently in the city of Dambulla in Sri Lanka, this humble adage applies also to elephants. We learned this for ourselves…
Tucked away beneath prodigious Sri Lanka palm tree groves, hidden from the main shore of Mirissa, you’ll find what was once the area’s hush little locale. It’s known as the Secret…