Since I left home for my Great Escape, I’ve been doing monthly roundups of my adventures filled with anecdotes, private little moments, and thoughts that are found nowhere else on this blog. As this site is not just a resource for other travelers but also my own personal travel diary, I like to take some time to…

After my fun stay at the Grand Mirage capped off my previous trip to Bali, the same company that owns the Grand Mirage invited me to come check out their brand new sister property. Samabe hopes to take the all-inclusive concept so popular at Grand Mirage and brings it to the luxury level. After living for…

White water rafting is one of those things that I love but just don’t actually do very often — along with Stand Up Paddleboarding and a whole host of other interests that I don’t actually put into practice all that often. So you better believe I jumped at the chance to review Viator’s Jungle White Water…

Just like with my first trip to Indonesia, I capped off my most recent one with a week in Bali. It was sad to say goodbye to Gili Trawangan, however I can’t deny that I was excited for some of the finer things in life. The finer things in life being, obviously, warm water showers, a…

Greetings from Brooklyn, where I’m currently struggling through a crushing case of jetlag and post-travel exhaustion. I will miss Asia as I move on to this next stage in my travels, but I won’t really miss the thirty six hours of door to door travel that it takes to get there. Our final few days in…

This week both Anders and I said a sad goodbye to Gili Trawangan. Soon, I’ll be headed back stateside and he’ll be on his way back to Denmark. But first, we have a week in Bali to ease the pain! While this is in part a work week for me — I’m doing research for some…