Wanaka was the last stop before the South Island highlight of Queenstown, and I mostly just expected it to be Queenstown-lite: quieter,...

The activity I had probably been most looking forward to in the South Island was exploring the Franz Josef Glacier. It was totally unlike...

After working at Electric Avenue for one month as well as having saved money from my vineyard and data entry jobs, I took off for the...

My favorite part of Thailand was easily Chiang Mai. In fact, up until we flew back to spend our last five days there, I had considered...

Our final stop in Vietnam was up north. Not as far north as I'd have liked to go (I'm coming back for you one day, Sapa!), but far enough...

Phong Nha wasn't even on our radar until a fellow traveler in Ho Chi Minh suggested it to us. It's an up and coming tourist spot known...

Hoi An is known as being the tailor capital of Vietnam. If you want custom-made clothes, this is the town to get them in. It's also a...

The biggest rush job I have ever done traveling was sadly Vietnam, but Dalat especially. Since we were going to be away for two months, I...

Vietnam was the last new country on our two month trip around Southeast Asia, and after only four days, I decided it had a lot of...

Imagine a poor, developing country with stray cats and dogs wandering the streets, kids running up to you and shaking bowls or trying to...