Experiencing The Mania of Manila
Out of all the natural disasters we’ve survived (fire, flood, earthquake, tornado…) coming through unscathed through a typhoon in The Philippines was of the more mild. Though it did lead us to some...
View ArticleEvo Terra Selected As Opening Keynote At Nordic Bloggers' Experience 2017
Though I'll have to find something warm to wear (see: Bangkok and Phoenix), Evo's looking forward to my first ever trip to Finland next January! I've been selected as the opening keynote for the...
View ArticleFour Wives Hangover Tour Of Palawan, Philippines
Ending TBEX on a note of overconsumption led to an epic tour by plane, van, and boat of the Philippines that shouldn’t be missed. Well, Evo’s pretty sure he should have missed it. But it does make for...
View ArticleTrain-Tripping in Vietnam
With only two weeks to spend in Vietnam, we decided to make the most of this long, thin country by taking the train. It's not your typical experience, but it did allow us to get in much more than we...
View ArticleFavorite Continental Things & German Train Christmas Nightmare
Season 2 - Episode 08 Holy cow, how did it get to be almost a year? To recap, we'll share few of our favorite things from the three continents we've visited. And just in time for Christmas, a story of...
View ArticleTastes of San Diego In A Box?
Traveling the world has its perks, one of which is sampling outstanding food from all over the world. If you've been reading our site for the year-long journey we've been on, you know how much we like...
View ArticleShEvo Guests On The Expat Chat
In what can only be describe a prescient move, our interview with Tony of The Expat Chat went live just a day after we became official expats! Recorded when we were in Australia, we covered a lot of...
View ArticleSheila vs. The World & Free Food In Fiji
Season 2 - Episode 09 Happy 2016! We still have plenty of stories from our travels around the world as well as great tales from our traveling friends. And we’ll keep them coming, though we do have some...
View ArticleBuying Drugs In Thailand & Travel Like A Rockstar
Season 2 - Episode 10 Sheila has bad luck trying to buy drugs in Thailand. Meanwhile, our traveling friend Sarah rocks out in Japan. Spoiler: no one ends up in jail during this episode.Yes, we’re...
View ArticleBangkok - Our New Homebase
10 days ago, we became Bangkokians. Which is a terrible name, but the internet assures me it's the appropriate moniker. So far, we've achieved several milestones, such as visiting IKEA ("ick-ee-yah"...
View ArticleA Full-Time Traveler’s Guide to Housesitting Abroad
Let's face it: we're a little over the standard "backpacker" age bracket. So when we decided to hit the road and needed to do it on the cheap, we made the super-smart choice of housesitting to save...
View ArticleLadyboy Level Up & Rickshaw Ride
Season 2 - Episode 11 Mention a trip to Thailand, and some moron is going to ask about ladyboys. Well… there’s a good reason for that -- there are lots of them here. So… what’s the deal with that? Oh,...
View ArticleShoeless In Siam & Scratching The Travel Itch
Season 2 - Episode 12 Why teachers can’t wear shoes inside in Bangkok, and how peer pressure can get you over your fear of travel. Make sure your socks are on straight for this episode! An unseasonable...
View ArticleOff-the-Beaten Path in Ranong, Thailand
We're now calling Thailand "home", and it's largely in part due to the four months we spent in the country last year. The first three months was in a little town you've probably never heard of: Ranong....
View ArticleMalaysian Visa Malaise & Chillin’ in Chile
Season 2 - Episode 13 With 60-day visas in hand, we’re set for a few weeks. Though the process was just that… a process. Thanks, Malaysia? Maybe we need to take off to Chile to chill out for a while....
View ArticleShEvo featured on Carey Peña Reports
Back in Phoenix, I did a lot of silly things that tended to get news coverage. That's how I met Carey Peña, an award winning journalist and all around swell gal. We stayed in contact after she broke...
View ArticleBeaches and Brews in Northern France
Just over a year ago, we started our around-the-world tour with three weeks in the Brittany area of France. And now TravelSmith has published our story about our stay there, a little over a year later....
View ArticleFeeling at home in Da Nang, Viet Nam
I'm happy to announce an affiliation with my newest publication outlet, Mekong Tourism! As a "Certified Contributor", I'll be sharing my experiences of and thoughts about the more industry-side of the...
View ArticleBeautiful Beaches 2-Hours from Bangkok!
Bangkok is loaded with luxurious pools you can lounge in and around any day of the year, sometimes you just want to escape the hustle-and-bustle of big-city life and relax on the sand with the waves...
View ArticleBeating The Bangkok Blues & Lions Made Me Travel
Season 2 - Episode 14 Vacations are necessary, even in a tropical environment like Bangkok. In this episode, we talk about how our expectations of “vacation” spots has changed over the years, and how...
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