So, you’ve decided you want that dream tropical island wedding? You adventurous little soul, you! Well, get excited. Get pumped. This is going to be one of the best adventures of your life! You’re putting your hard-earned cash into the most epic group holiday imaginable. Oh yeah and there’s a wedding too, lol. So come on then.. let’s get to planning! O.K.… Read more →
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Wilderness Walks: Hiking the Kalalau Trail to Hanakapiai Beach
When I read that the Kalalau trail on Hawaii’s oldest island, Kauai, was listed as one of National Geographic’s World’s Best Hikes, I had already decided it was a must-do on our itinerary. We had heard that Kauai was less developed than the other Hawaiian islands and much better suited to those travelers wanting to be closer to pristine nature, untouched beaches and mountain ranges… Read more →
10 Reasons Why You Should Have A Destination Wedding
Hiya lovelies! So as you know, we said our “I do’s” last month (eek!) and the level of detail that went into planning that wedding was nothing short of epic. I tell no lie. It was stressful as hell sometimes with the language barriers and long distance communication delays between Thailand and whichever country we were living in at the… Read more →
14 Reasons Why You Should Work Overseas
When people tell me they’d like to work overseas – just like I do – I ask them why they aren’t already doing it. Predictably, they give me a list of almost scripted reasons why they can’t go. The obvious ones. Lack of money, career progression, and so on. I know these reasons well. I heard them rattling around in my… Read more →
Day 6: When Aurora Found Us “Off The Grid”, 10 Winter Days in the Yukon
Our last night on the Wheaton river had finally come. I wasn’t quite ready for it. I’d gotten used to ‘off the grid’ life. Storing perishable items in a cooler on the front porch had become normal. I was okay with not having phone reception. In fact, the lack of electricity meant that my mobile battery was always dead anyway, so it didn’t really phase me… Read more →
Day 5: Until the Fog Clears, 10 Winter Days in the Yukon
It was killing us. The few times we found WiFi, our Instagram and Twitter feeds were full of Aurora sightings. We couldn’t figure out why we were so unlucky. Why weren’t we seeing them too? According to the Weather Channel, the fog in the air was due to the recent, abrupt changes in Weather. When we first arrived in Whitehorse, it was the… Read more →
Day 2: Snowmobiling, 10 Winter Days in the Yukon
After two failed attempts at seeing Aurora Borealis, our Northern adventure was in serious need of a little excitement and adrenalin. We needed to get things moving. So it was time to get skidooing! A skidoo, as Canadians call it, is more commonly referred to as a snowmobile. It is basically a motorbike built specifically for snowy terrain equipped with… Read more →
Day 1: The Cabin, 10 Winter Days in the Yukon
Wild. Rugged. Majestic. The first words that come to mind as our Boeing 737 Air North aircraft descends to land in Whitehorse, between huge mountain peaks, on the only stretch of tarmac visibly cleared of snow. This is “The Yukon”, a far-removed territory in Northern Canada that I’ve heard so much about. A place, I’ve been told, where people return… Read more →
Sunset, Moonset at Elfin Lakes Shelter (Timelapse)
Timelapse of Elfin Lakes Shelter. Melting snow, getting drunk and doing time-lapses in great company. There is nothing i’d rather be doing on a Saturday night. The skies were perfectly clear on such a bitter cold night. Read more →
Wilderness Walks: Snowshoeing to Elfin Shelter
Imagine a place so well-hidden that you need to wear snowshoes and trek 22km (return) through treacherous mountain peaks, heavy snow and potentially erratic weather just to experience it? It exists. In the middle of the mountains, far from the hustle and bustle and petty worries of the world, sits a solar-powered, propane heated cottage with all the furnishings one could desire after… Read more →