Trial run: backpacking and couch surfing!

Trial run: backpacking and couch surfing!

  This past weekend we decided to take advantage of our weekend trip to Vancouver Island for the Victoria Marathon (#VictoriaMarathn) to try a few new things. First, we wanted…

Belize: Caye Caulker

Belize: Caye Caulker

  After 3 nights on Ambergris Caye we boarded the Belize Express water taxi bound for Caye Caulker. A very efficient 30 minute boat ride delivered us safely onto the…

Belize: Being vegan

Belize: Being vegan

  We picked Belize as the starting point for our adventure partly because we thought it would help us ease into the change in foods available to us to continue…

Guatemala: Antigua

Guatemala: Antigua

  After a harrowing overnight bus ride from Flores to Guatemala City (“Guate”), we connected with our “collectivo” or shuttle bus and completed our journey to Antigua. The trip through…

Croatia: Dubrovnik and Mljet Island

Croatia: Dubrovnik and Mljet Island

  After 5 gorgeous (but expensive!) days in Rome, we boarded our friendly EasyJet flight bound for oceanside Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. Arriving at sunset gave us a spectacular vista…

Belize: Crooked Tree to Corozal

Belize: Crooked Tree to Corozal

  After braving two nights and two days in the less than stellar Tillett’s Village in Crooked Tree, we made our way to the border town of Corozal, just south…

Comrades (ultra) Marathon 2014

Comrades (ultra) Marathon 2014

  “The Comrades Marathon is the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon run over a distance of approximately 90 km | 56.1 miles between the capital of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of…

Guatemala: Spanish school and a wonderful 2+ weeks in Panajachel / Lake Atitlan

Guatemala: Spanish school and a wonderful 2+ weeks in Panajachel / Lake Atitlan

  We were thinking about how to summarize the 16 days in Panajachel in a way that would be interesting and short enough so as not to discourage readers from…

Australia: Bibbulmun Track four-day hike

Australia: Bibbulmun Track four-day hike

  “The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s great long distance walk trails, stretching 1,000km from Kalamunda in the Perth Hills, to Albany on the south coast, winding through…

Canada: Squamish50 (miles): a race report

Canada: Squamish50 (miles): a race report

Squamish50 Race Report (and a little more) August 10th – the day of our first 50 miler arrives, can’t quite say “dawns”, since the alarm goes off at 3:35AM, and…