by Ben Thomas | Aug 3, 2015 | Asia, BenThere, Destinations
This photograph is the most incredible picture I have ever taken, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the photograph itself. Objectively, it’s solid. It is not the greatest. It was taken with nice enough light. I like the selective focus, especially...
by Jenna Thomas | Jul 31, 2015 | Destinations, Europe, Round the World Travel
Logarska Dolina. For me, just thinking the words conjures up a misty mountain valley, carpeted with emerald green meadows and hemmed in by icy gray peaks. White Alpine-style lodges dot the valley floor, adorned with red flowerboxes. Cowbells ring, sheep munch on...
by Jenna Thomas | Jul 29, 2015 | Destinations, Europe, Round the World Travel
The sun set over the distant Alps, the sky glowed orange and the lights of Ljubljana came winking on below us. From our hilltop perch, with the solid castle walls behind us and the city spread at our feet, we could hear a band begin to play and that was it; I was in...
by Jenna Thomas | Jul 17, 2015 | Destinations
Our Instagram account might be full of beautiful landscapes and awe-inspiring vistas, but here on the blog, I try to keep it real with the sometimes-less-glamorous side of full-time travel. So it’s no secret that after our time in Morocco, we were a little...
by Ben Thomas | Jul 16, 2015 | BenThere, Destinations, Europe, Round the World Travel
*A Quick Disclaimer: This post is going to detail the complaints of someone currently in the midst of traveling around the world for 2015. I want to acknowledge straightaway that yes, I do realize how lucky I am; No, I would not trade doing this for anything; Yes, I...
by Jenna Thomas | Jul 8, 2015 | Asia, Destinations, Europe, Round the World Travel
Six months on the road, and we’ve stayed in countless hotels, apartments, guesthouses, and campsites. By now, we’ve figured out our favorite amenities (Jenna: baby kittehs | Ben: views) and the things that can instantly ruin a place (sewage smell coming...
by Jenna Thomas | Jun 23, 2015 | Africa, Destinations, Round the World Travel
We spent almost a month in Morocco and to be honest, I think a week or ten days would have been perfect. Everywhere we went, people stopped their conversations and stared at us, even in big cities where I’d expect tourists to go unnoticed. Men gave Kristin and I...
by Jenna Thomas | Jun 12, 2015 | Africa, Destinations, Round the World Travel
Our near-month in Morocco was, at times…hectic. In fact, it may be the first country to which I have no desire to return. For one thing, we saw just about everything I wanted to see. But more significantly, we felt hassled and harassed almost every place we...
by Jenna Thomas | Jun 9, 2015 | Africa, Destinations, Round the World Travel
Over nearly a month in Morocco, we rode camels, explored the souks and medinas of Marrakech and Fes, drank mint tea, haggled with shopkeepers…in short, did everything you’d expect to do there. But by far, the best times we had were spent hiking in...
by Jenna Thomas | May 15, 2015 | Africa, Destinations, Round the World Travel
All aboard the struggle bus, first stop Casablanca. Five months into our round-the-world adventure, Ben and I still consider ourselves newbie travelers, albeit newbies who have a pretty good grip on how to get around. All throughout Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, we...
