by Jenna Thomas | Jan 8, 2018 | Asia, Destinations, Europe, Personal, United States
Since we moved to Boston nearly two years ago (!), travel has taken somewhat of a backseat in our lives. At least, travel in the “big adventure” sense. We have gone on plenty of short jaunts to neighboring towns, western Massachusetts, even far northern Vermont and...
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 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 | Apr 13, 2015 | Asia, Destinations, Round the World Travel
As we bumped along in a hot minibus between Battambang and Phnom Penh, I had to wonder: did we take a wrong turn? Surely this rutted dirt road cannot be the highway connecting the country’s second biggest city to its capital. This country was once home to the...
by Jenna Thomas | Apr 3, 2015 | Asia, Destinations, Round the World Travel
Ben and I recently spent a week in Thailand, our second visit to the “Land of Smiles” after a 36-hour layover in January. It was hot, but wonderful. We ate all the mango sticky rice we could, stood in awe of the elephants at Elephant Nature Park, and found...