I’m not a morning person, as anyone who knows me can attest to. I love music, but cannot sing. So the idea of waking up at the ungodly hour of 5:45am to make it in time for half an hour…
Krazy Kayaking
So what did we do during the day at Agonda? Well, most of the time we were good beach bums and spent the day tanning, reading and swimming, but a couple of days in we decided we were ready for…
Agonda Through the Bathroom Window
I’ve never seen the inside of so many people’s bathrooms. Seriously. If you know me, you know I need to use the bathroom a lot. Or toilet as I am supposed to say now, according to international travel language. But being…
Giving Up Our Seats to Indian Elites
Margaret Miller, a colleague of Stephanie’s from Vancouver had learned that her friend Janice Harper had been invited to the 5th Annual Goa’s International Literary and Arts Festival to present her most recent anthology “Emails from India”, a collection of…
Arambol
Our first stop in Goa was the town of Arambol. We were originally planning on going to Anjuna, but strangely, were recommended the town of Arambol instead, by someone who stays 6 months out of the year in Anjuna. OK…being…
Welcome to La Jungle
In case you were wondering, here’s the long version of how Marieke and I met. January 2014: Puerto Ayora ferry port, Galapagos Islands, 7:00am Marieke had been traveling for a week with three fellow Canadians, Jill, Jeff and Jess. I…
About Steph
Steph’s first trip was the typical “Euro-trip”, a 3 month semester off traipsing around Europe with a few girlfriends and a backpack weighing 17 kgs by the end. She learned her lesson quickly, and in future stuck to warmer climates…
About Marieke
Marieke’s love of travel began with a love of languages, majoring in both French and Russian at Memorial University of Newfoundland providing her with the opportunity to live for a semester in both St. Petersburg and St. Pierre et Miquelon.…