Category: Travel

Tips by Kim It’s been six months since Brian and I shoved everything we own into our backpacks and set off to see the world and I still haven’t published our packing list. This is mostly because I am…

Useful Tips by Kim Travel pack I’ve carried the Osprey Porter all around the world. I’m a fan of a travel pack instead of a backpack because you can unzip it like a suitcase. Digging through a…

“One of the most important reasons to travel is to know what it feels like to be a foreigner.” – A.A. Gill Since traveling to India I frequently think about a group of Indian men…

Read part one about our trek to Machu Picchu. On day three we awoke to gray skies and low clouds but our spirits were high because our hardest day was behind us. Day three was what…

No one knows why Machu Picchu exists. It may have been built as a resort for Incan royalty or as a retreat specifically for the king. It may have been a holy place. Historians do…

Brian and I did not plan to visit Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. We’d heard amazing things, of course, but the expense concerned us. We didn’t want to blow our budget at the very beginning of our…

We hadn’t planned on hiking Half Dome but when I saw it with my own eyes, rising 5,000 feet above the Yosemite Valley, I thought, I have to go up there! When I enquired about…

Brian and I touched down in Puerto Vallarta after two easy flights. I’m terrified of flying and am often convinced that each flight I’m on will be my last. As I sit white-knuckled in my…

Maybe it’s not fair to write this post from New Jersey. Because NEW JERSEY. Guys, have you ever been here? I am not wildly in love. My love affair with America has been on a…

A visit to Multnomah Falls is the classic Portland tourist experience. It’s perfect for out-of-towners looking for a touch of the Oregon wilderness without having to, well, travel too far into the Oregon wilderness.  As a Portlander (read: person who lives…