I am so happy to be back biking again in Seattle. There are so many different trails to explore and I have been enjoying getting back to all my favorite routes. I have tried biking in many different places in the world (although not as much as I would like to) but I really believe…
Refuge of Hope
I have talked a lot about our struggles to slow down our travel. We have conflicting desires on our travel strategy. On one hand we want to see the whole world and our bucket list is so long that we are always eager to see everything and keep moving on. On the other hand, we…
Day Trips from Bucerias Mexico
One of the reasons that we travel, is to explore new towns and beaches. We are staying in one town for several weeks, so we feel a little guilty that we aren’t on the road every day finding new things. But one of the reasons we are here, is to have a break in the…
Bucerias, Mexico…Again?!?!
Why do we keep coming back? In early 2021, we were one of the first people to get the vaccine so we were able to travel again. We spent a month “Working from Home” on the beach in Bucerias Mexico- just North of Puerto Vallarta. I wrote about it here when this blog was mostly…
Our travel planning Oobeya board
About 20 years ago, the boss came to me and said we needed a visibility room. I reserved a room and set up our first project room. We put all of our goals on one wall, all of our deadlines on another, all of our projects on one wall, and all the metrics showing how…
Places that punch above their weight
Being from Seattle, I always smile when I see something from my city in a different part of the world. Our city of just 800,000 people (3 million in metro area) has a lot of athletes, artists, musicians, movies, buildings, and companies that are recognizable all over the world. I saw a lot of Nirvana…
Birding goes great with traveling
Birding is fun!! I feel like it is like Pokémon hunting for adults. Gotta Catch them All!! But each new continent and country opens up more Pokémon to find. What a perfect hobby for world travelers. I have always had bird feeders and enjoyed identifying the birds with our small collection of bird books. I…
Gili Air, Indonesia
We had 9 lazy lazy days on the island of Gili Air for our last destination on this trip. Gili Air is about the size of our Stretch Island in Washington state. On the first day we walked the entire 3.4 miles around the perimeter which is the exact same as my kayak trips around…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
As we struggle to figure out the best pace of travel, we made another mistake by only allowing 3 nights in Malaysia’s biggest city, Kuala Lumpur (KL). We know that after 9 weeks on the road, we have 2 things we are not fond of – 1) travel/transit days and 2) trying to see everything…
Penang, Malaysia
Yes we are still on an island but it doesn’t really feel like it. Penang has 2 long bridges that connect it to the mainland and it is a big city. Over 1 million people depending on how you define the “metro area”. The tourist area is the old town of Georgetown and we stayed…
Langkawi Island, Malaysia
After 4 nights on the island of Langkawi, we still don’t really know what to think of it. After 6 weeks in Thailand we were ready for a change, and Malaysia is certainly a lot different from Thailand. In Koh Lipe Thailand, they were selling pot plants at road side stands, but most of the…
Koh Lipe Thailand
Out last week in Thailand! We are sad to be leaving but also excited to see a new country. We saved the last island for one of the ones we were most looking forward to – Koh Lipe. It is just a little bit bigger than our Stretch Island in Washington State and that means…
Shoeless in Koh Lanta
People are often amazed when they learn that we are traveling for months with just carry on luggage. We pack only what we need and if we need to replace something, the theory is that you can “buy anything we need, anywhere”. I am beginning to understand that is not always true. We have gotten…
Ao Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand
We actually weren’t super excited going to Krabi. We put it into our itinerary to break up a long travel day between Thai islands. It sounded like a tourist town on the beach with a lot of hustle and bustle. It was…. but it is also a very beautiful area. Sunsets were amazing and the…
Koh Samui, Thailand
Another week, another Thai Island to discover. Koh Samui is a lot bigger than Koh Tao. Samui compares to the size of Vashon Island in Washington State. Samui is another place where tourism is relatively new. The first roads and tourists didn’t come until the 1970’s. We wanted to find a place near the big…