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…
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…
Steep Streets and Steeples in Ouro Preto
Guest post by Jonathan Baggs Escaping the Rain with our First Acai We arrived in Ouro Preto from Belo Horizonte in the mid afternoon heat. The Rodoviaria (bus station) was on the edge of town and we planned to go…
Sri Lanka revisited- Arugam Bay and Ella
If you’re wondering why I went to Sri Lanka, as I had already been a couple of years ago, it was to meet a couple of friends I had met 10 years prior traveling in Southeast Asia. There were about…
Diving in Aceh- Pulau Weh
After our ill-fated attempts at partying it up on New Year’s Eve, we decided to stick to what Pulau Weh was known for: diving. Our five days on the island pretty much followed this schedule: wake up reluctantly at about…
New Year’s Eve in Aceh
To be fair, I had read that Pulau Weh, an island off the north coast of Sumatra, was not a party place, but I figured New Year’s Eve would be the exception. After two overnight flights from Colombo to Kuala…
Climbing a Sacred Mountain at the Unholy Hour of 2am- Adam’s Peak
Buddha’s footprint, Shiva’s footprint, Adam’s footprint, apparently the path to Adam’s Peak was well traveled, and we were determined to join the crowd. Attempting to leave the highs and lows of Kandy, we bought second class train tickets for Hatton,…
Conquering Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle
Leaving Colombo was a rather stressful affair. We had arrived in Sri Lanka during a holiday and every reserved seat on every train in the country appeared to be sold out. It would take anywhere between 5-7 hours to get…
My first First Class upgrade: Maldives to Colombo
Ok, so it was Business Class, not First Class. And the flight was only an hour and fifteen minutes. But it was still my first upgrade and the half a glass of warm beer, being the first in 10 days,…
Road-tripping through Northern Argentina Part II: Salta to Cafayate
We woke up a bit tired (as usual), after our relatively late night hanging out with my friend Karina, but managed to be on the road by 9:30am. Getting out of Salta tested Eddie’s driving skills and patience, as he…