Category: Travel
5 Things I Hate About Buenos Aires
It’s time for another edition of “5 Things I Hate…” This time we do Buenos Aires, Argentina! Now while BA is an incredible city and we’d go back anytime there are a few silly things that annoyed me. There’s a lot to love in the beautiful city and the steak and wine alone are reason to visit. But like with all places there are some negatives that you may or may not share with me, some silly and some serious gripe. Here we go… […]
Advanced Flight Search – Crazy ITA Matrix Searching
In a previous article, I gave an overview of what we use to find cheap flights. A lot of our searching centers around Google’s ITA Matrix. It’s an incredibly powerful tool that I have been slowly learning how to take more advantage of it’s features, every time I flight search. […]
Bathing With Hungarian Strangers
There are a lot of geothermal springs bubbling up around Hungary. The country has taken advantage of these in the form of elaborate public baths, no doubt a leftover from the days of Turkish occupation. Going to the bath is a highly social activity in Hungarian culture meant to heal any ailments and provide an […]
The Lombok Taxi Mafia
Touts and overzealous taxi drivers are a common staple in many travel destinations worldwide. Some are worse than others and Indonesia is no exception. It’s worse in the more touristy areas for obvious reasons. Throngs of tourists, fat with cash arrive at the airport or ferry port and need transportation. In Indonesia it’s best to […]
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 […]
Corlears Bar Stiffed Us
Are you looking for the bar Corlears NYC? Sadly the bar doesn’t exist anymore and neither does their website. I don’t know why the bar closed down, I liked their Jam Session cocktails. I can tell you why their website doesn’t exist anymore, I took it down. That’s because they never paid us for the […]
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 […]
Work from: Te Anau, New Zealand
Another work from shot where we share our most recent office location. Some are glamorous and sometimes you’re on a park bench because that’s the closest place to be able to use your spark wifi! Location: Random small park on Town Centre Street, Te Anau, New Zealand Wifi Connection: Pretty poor. Attempting to use a Spark Hotspot, […]
How to find the Instagram sea cave in Pula, Croatia
On the Hunt for Pula’s Sea Cave After seeing some incredible photos on Instagram of a random sea cave in Croatia, we knew we had to find it. By scouring comments, talking to locals, and hunting on google maps, we figured out an approximate location and we went on the hunt… Part of me feels […]
9 Essential Items for a Campervan Trip in New Zealand
9 Extremely Useful Items for a Campervan Trip in New Zealand If you’re planning a trip around New Zealand in a campervan, here’s a list of essential items you might not have thought to pack. We spent about a month between the North Island and South Island and picked up a few things along the […]
The wifi sucks in New Zealand and here’s how to deal
The need for wifi Without a connection to the world wide web, we are useless. The internet is not only essential for planning while the road, keeping in contact with family/friends, but most importantly, it’s how we make our living. Missing an email even for a few hours can lead to a missed project. Not having enough bandwidth […]
Hunting for Hobbits
A trip to New Zealand wouldn’t be complete without doing something Lord of the Rings related. Whether it’s climbing Mount Doom or hunting down filming locations, you’re bound to come across some part of the movie that was filmed in the amazing countryside. The easiest place to picture yourself in middle earth is Hobbiton. After […]
Patting Pigs
An unexpected surprise in Coromandel After taking a wrong turn trying to get to the other side of the Coromandel Peninsula, we ended up on a gravel road through some low mountains. I was a bit worried that our camper van wouldn’t be able to make it. I was still getting comfortable with Frank, (we […]
The Hissing Rhinoceros Beetle
While trying to get some work done in Airlie Beach, we were sitting outside when a giant rhinoceros beetle came drunkenly flying in. It was buzzing around everyone’s heads and making people scatter in a hurry. It came to a halt on my computer and didn’t like being poked. […]