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...
by Ben Thomas | May 2, 2015 | BenThere, Destinations
By now everyone is (or should be) familiar with the tragedy in Nepal. At around mid-day on April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the middle of the country, leading to massive destruction in the Kathmandu Valley and beyond. Jenna, my sister Kristin,...
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...
by Jenna Thomas | Mar 31, 2015 | Destinations
Camping seems to be one of New Zealand’s national pastimes. You can barely drive ten kilometers without passing a DOC campground (government-run) or a “Holiday Park” similar to KOA back home. And during the summer, they’re so busy that you often need to book a spot in...
