On February 26, 2013, James and I set out on an amazing, incredible, and life-changing one year journey around the world. Throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. we immersed ourselves in the fascinating culture, experienced many beautiful landscapes and monuments, had a lot of crazy adventures, and met and traveled with SO many […]

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After traveling for 330 days, you may have a LOT of “statistical” questions for us, such as: How much money did you spend? How many countries and continents did you travel to? How many flights did you take? And you may like to know some random facts/statistics as well, such as: Did you know that […]

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When James and I flew into the state of Queensland in Australia (on August 23rd) we were SO EXCITED! Not only were we about to scuba dive in one of the most beautiful and world-renowned reefs in the world, but we were also meeting up with our good friends from back home, Marty and Ann! […]

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There’s a quaint and charismatic little island in the Gulf of Thailand called Koh Tao, and it happened to be only an hour and a half ferry ride from our island home on Koh Phangan. This bustling little Island may be SMALL in size, but it’s BIG on diving. In fact, not only is it […]

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After driving ALL DAY on the “wrong side of the road” up to Port Douglas, Australia, we pulled into our motel/condo for the night, which ended up being a TOTAL dump! It was called the “Mango Tree” in Port Douglas, NEVER STAY THERE!  Dirty place, musty smell, gross linens, crappy shower, and we even saw […]

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