Oh hey blog, remember me? I didn't totally abandon you, just took a little holiday break at home in the States. Three weeks, lots of exciting Christmas presents, and an extra ten pounds later, I hopped on a plane to London and remembered something about being a coconut. That's ...
It’s Holiday Time in Chiang Mai!
After four and a half months on the road, spending every night in a different hostel bed and just about every waking minute with Danielle (I love you, but aaahhh), it felt oh so good to return to Chiang Mai and rent an apartment for an entire MONTH! I've lived in Thailand before, ...
Hitchhiking in China
Leaving Central Asia, we knew we were in for a bit of sticker shock. Food and accommodation in China can be quite cheap, but transportation? $40 for twelve hours on a smoke-filled bus. Not ideal. So when Will, our new Chinese backpacker friend, mentioned that he was ...
Uzbekistan, Maybe We Don’t Hate You
So I know you all must have been waiting on tenterhooks to hear if Samarkand redeemed Uzbekistan for us a little bit (of course you were). Actually, it kind of did! The sites in Samarkand are much more spread out, so we saw a few faces that didn't belong to Western tourists. ...
Khorog, We Love You
I think it's time to come clean with you guys. Some of our stories, particularly the dialogue, haven't happened exactly as we've told you. You see, since coming to Central Asia, everything has been in Russian. While Sasha and Danielle have learned quite a bit, most of our ...