Vietnam’s New E-Visa System

Vietnam’s New E-Visa System   In February Vietnam released a new e-visa system for 40 countries. This is great news for anyone trying to get a Vietnam travel visa. We used the new system to get our visas for a month we spent in Vietnam after hearing about it from the Flight Deal’s blog, and […]

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5 Things I Hate About New Zealand

5 Things I Hate About New Zealand Here’s a controversial topic, writing about the negative sides of travel. Everyone always writes and gushes about destinations but I find the frustrations more interesting. All you hear about are the top 10 places for this or the best avocado latte you HAVE to get at this trendy […]

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Freelancing from a Camper Van

One of the best ways to see New Zealand is via campervan. It’s really impossible to take in all the sights and see the beautiful countryside by only visiting a few cities. So if we were going to do New Zealand, it had to be in a camper. Working and freelancing while traveling already presents […]

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New Zealand Astrophotography

New Zealand was an amazing place to practice astrophotography, shooting the stars. There are many great places with amazing views of the night’s sky. The arguably best place for viewing and capturing the night sky is Lake Tekapo. The lake is part of the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve which limits the light pollution and makes […]

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Eating Kangaroo

If you go to Australia and don’t see a kangaroo, have you really gone to Australia? I guess we didn’t really go to Australia then. Lauren was a bit bummed that we didn’t see any kangaroos. From the pictures we drew in our heads, there would be Joeys hopping around everywhere. We spent about 3 […]

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Sydney At Night

I decided to pack a real tripod this time around instead of trying to balance my camera on a post or the ground somewhere. I finally have more control over my shots instead of relying on what’s around. I really love night photography. I fell in love with shooting in the dark with film. It was […]

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Hookers and Drugs on La Rambla

No pictures of prostitutes today, this picture of Barcelona at night will have to do for this article. What is Barcelona’s biggest tourist trap during the day, turns into a seedier trap of sorts at night. Later in the night around 9pm, certain parts of the city begin to awaken. Barcelona as a city operates […]

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Letters Home: Bosnia and Back

  The first thing we noticed while driving into Bosnia and Herzegovina is that the nice roads suddenly end. It was my first time going through an international border by car. We had to check out of Croatia, get a passport stamp, and drive a mile down the road to the Bosnian border for another […]

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An International Tale of Grocery

For as long as I can remember, Derek has been obsessed with going to grocery stores in other countries. Just look at the excitement. I shrugged it off at first, I mean, we needed to get provisions so I always tagged along. But as most converts to things will tell you, gradually I started to […]

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