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Hello fellow drifters! We are fast approaching the end of our journey, and it’s kind of hard to believe. Luckily, we have a couple of our most anticipated places left to visit. Thailand and Japan. After the Tomb Raider-esk temples of Angkor Wat, it was an easy flight to hop on up to Thailand from Siem Reap. So, we decided to go to Phuket (against advice of many friends) for Trent’s birthday for some beach

Next stop following Singapore was Vietnam where Michele continued to take photos of Trent shoving food into his mouth. We started in the popular southern city of Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Mihn City. We immediately booked a street food tour, watched Good Morning Vietnam because who doesn’t love a Robin Williams flick, and freshened up our our Vietnam War knowledge. Vietnam, widely known for their delicious food was a perfect place to continue

We continued our New Year’s celebrations in Singapore! Let us tell you some things about Singapore. This country/city is weird. And awesome. The city itself is a mix of old traditional Singapore culture fused with some futuristic city planning designs. While we were more than excited to get to our home-stay where we got to hang out with some amazing smoosh-face pups, exploring the Lion City was pretty entertaining in its own right. It may

Is it possible to be a sweaty mess for two weeks and still have an absolute awesome time. The answer is yes. Malaysia is HOT, people. And not like 95 degree hot, but 95 degree with a 100% humidity and scorching sun rays hot. So hot in fact you might consider wrapping yourself in diapers and calling it a day. But the breathable type, otherwise you’d just feel stupid walking around in diapers. And we

Memories We invite you think about the best way to arrive into a new city. Think pleasant greetings, smiling faces, seamless entry and a general feeling that all is perfect and right in the world. The kind of travel beginnings you’d maybe find getting off a plane in Hawaii. Aloha! This does not exist. For us anyway. Want proof? Keep reading. We decide to take a redeye out of Cairo into Kenya, leaving close to

Egypt, we’ve all heard about it since we were very very young. So many movies, cartoons, books, and dreams have talked about this mysterious and ancient land. To be honest, neither Michele nor Trent ever thought they would make it here, even as they were planning this trip. It took quite a bit of research to be convinced that it was safe given the way everything is portrayed in our news at home about the

Ah Morocco, you’re like a high school relationship. I love you, I can’t seem to get enough of you, and then, I’m emotionally exhausted listening to the lyrical poetry of Jewel while simultaneously trying to figure out how quickly I can leave you. Yeah, now we’re traveling folks! If there is one word that sums up our experiences in Morocco its “dichotomy”. Dichotomy – a division or contrast between two things that are or are

Welcome to maybe our most favorite post thus far as it allowed us to rehash some of our favorite and least favorite memories! So here is our not-so-comprehensive list of European superlatives to date. Note: 1. Based only on 13 countries or 25 cities. 2. Very biased. Key T: Trent M: Michele ..obviously Food Best Food: T – Croatia; M – Spain, hands down Freshest Grocery Stores: Rome Best Mexican Food: Budapest Best Chinese Food:

This particular blog post has been like an albatross, following us around for the past two months. It turns out, when you return to the US, gumption to finish anything immediately dissipates.  Well, better late than never! From Munich we caught a cheap flight to Barcelona, easily one of the top three European destinations that we were excited about pre-travel. Barcelona alone was Michele’s ‘must’ European city.  The city was not short on places to

Prague! You sneaky bastard. Dancing buildings We knew very little of Prague before going, besides the fact that the beer is cheap. Well, in reality, we had heard lots about this lovely city, but all we really heard was; the beer is cheap. Having already skipped over a few European cities, we assumed we wouldn’t make it to Prague. Again, the 90 day visa making us speed things up. Yet, curiosity and discount airlines combined

Positano, Italy When someone invites you to their wedding in Italy and tells you there will be sailing involved, you don’t decline. You don’t even pretend to ponder. You say yes. Did we mention that the sailing was basically on a pirate ship? Initially, we weren’t sure if we would make it back to Italy during our trip (there are so many places to see and you only have a 90 day Schengen Visa to

“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brene Brown Here, in this post, you will not find talk of tropical paradises and stunning views. You will not read about hikes through olive groves to find nude beaches, nor will you read how we met other travelers and the lot of us danced and drank the night away. In truth, this post might

As this is being written, we’ve been on the road for just over 2 ½ months. Writing that down makes it look like such a short period of time, but it feels like it was closer to 2 ½ years already. Time moves pretty slow when you’re seeing new things and not settling into any one place for longer than a week or two, often less. Even with the perception of being slowed down, we’ve

“Because unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.” – Cary Elwes Full disclosure, this is being written while sitting in a ruin bar in Budapest drinking pálinka (a Hungarian liquor that Trent is convinced tastes like fig and dish-soap, Skol!). You’ve been warned. The quote “Write drunk. Edit sober.” has never been more true for us than while traveling. It’s hard to get up the gumption to wax poetic about

“Or imagine being able to be magically whisked away to…Delaware….Hi, I’m in Delaware” So, the end of our Scandinavia trip ended not with a bang, but more of a whimper. We had a friend describe Denmark as the “Iowa of Europe”, and we liked Copenhagen much more than Sweden, so… yeah. We’re still very early in our trip and learning as we go, the thing that keeps slapping us in the face like a wet

You’re only as young as you feel… that is unless you are hiking with 25 pound packs up a 10% incline for 2.5 miles, then you feel pain. Sweat and pain. Side note, Trent is considering developing an adult diaper that you can wear in a fashionable way that is mainly built to grab the sweat that builds up overtime on a hot day between your butt cheeks. Please feel free to suggest names and

Flying into Iceland at a reasonable time has its challenges. We had the option of getting in around midnight or 6 in the morning. With check-in not until noon, we opted for the latter. Having not slept on the flight (neither of us are good at this) we were exhausted by the time we landed. We rented a car and drove to Reykjavik with 3 hours of kill time. I was exhausted and could barely

We’re sitting here on our flight to Iceland, officially beginning the trip of our lifetimes and it’s safe to say we’ve had a range of different emotions leading up to this moment. Yep, we’ve had all of feels. We’ll unpack a lot of this in our first ever blog post, but one thing we have an overwhelming feel of is gratitude. Neither of us can completely grasp what we are doing, and how we become