One of the top destinations to visit in Taiwan is Taroko Gorge in Taroko National Park. The gorge runs between steep mountains, up to 3000m high, with a small river running through it. While doing our research, we realized the…
Dark Days in Jiufen
Up early as we were still on Canadian time, we had a leisurely breakfast from 7/11 (actually really good coffee including lattes for about $2, which would quickly become a staple), we walked to the main train station in Taipei…
Getting to Taipei
Lessons Learned from Brazil Last year, Marieke and Jon showed up a day late to Brazil, due to weather getting out of Newfoundland and Montreal. This year, they decided to lower the chances of that by building in two overnight…
Carnival in Salvador – Saying Farewell to Brazil With The World’s Biggest Street Party
Our adventures in Brazil come to an end with the world’s largest street party in Salvador.
Chapada Diamantina National Park
Guest post by Jonathan Baggs One of the places I was really interested in visiting in Brazil was Chapada Diamantina National Park. The park is known for its steep, rock face cliffs leading to deep valleys and there are lots…
Fernando de Noronha- Paradise on a Budget?
Catching up on blog posts from our last trip…Taiwan ones coming soon! Where? When initially planning our trip, one of the big questions was around Fernando de Noronha- should we go? Located about 350 Kilometres off the northeast coast of…
Historic Olinda, Downtown Recife, and Suburban Shopping
Spacious Apartment After our little house in Pipa Beach, we moved into a ridiculously large apartment just outside of Olinda and Recife. Olinda is the historic, somewhat rundown part of the larger region of Recife, while Recife is the central…
Pipa Beach
Little House in Pipa Despite considerable beach time already, we were still ready for more. The easy two hour journey from Natal turned into one of our worst, as we had to take a small, non-air conditioned bus in extremely…
Broken Canoes, Dune Buggy Photoshoots and the Southern Cross
Guest post by Jonathan Baggs I’m interested in astronomy, so one of the things I really hoped to do when we were in Brazil was see the Southern Cross constellation. Whenever we’d been able to see the stars I was…
Love Tunnels and Dead Sandals in Icarai
Getting to Icarai de Amontada After the bustling tourism scene of Jericoacoara, we were ready for a quieter scene. The fishing village/small beach town a few hours east, Icarai, sounded exactly what we needed. Like all great places, it wasn’t…