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Cape Town: Our Beginner’s Guide 23 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm
Cape Town. You may come for beauty, but you’ll leave with a story. Cape Town, a city we had heard so much about over the years, but for so many reasons never took the opportunity to visit – until rec...
Exploring Berlin: Virtual Tour Week and a Giveaway 19 Aug 2013 | 02:41 pm
This is about Berlin, chunky quotes, something new we’re trying this week, and a few giveaways to tie it all together. Berlin. A city we love, a city we’ve chosen as a base. As we dig into Berlin and...
Ladakh: 9 Memories of Deep Himalayan India 15 Aug 2013 | 05:39 pm
Ladakh: a place we had dreamed about for well over a decade, a visit packed with expectations. What made this place remarkable wasn’t quite what we expected. Ladakh, lost in layers. Imagining Ladakh...
Buddhist Temple at Likir Monastery, Ladakh [360-Degree Panorama] 11 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
While traveling, we often find ourselves focused on the present. This is a good thing. Then, something helps us appreciate the history, the roots of where we happen to be. This too, is useful because ...
Stay Open, Stay Safe: 5 Unconventional Travel Safety Tips 8 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
For all our readers that ask around the question, “How do you balance safety and openness on the road?” A few thoughts. The U.S. State Department Travel warnings are shaking the news once again. Appa...
Crossing Gongmaru La Pass, Ladakh [360-Degree Panorama] 2 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags greet us as we reach Ladakh’s Gongmaru La pass. All the residual fatigue from climbing up to 16,800 feet/5,130 meters seems to evaporate once we’ve reached this place, ou...
Finding the Good Way: How to Meditate While Trekking at 15,000 Feet 30 Jul 2013 | 01:43 am
This is a story of our re-discovery of a few of life’s truths amidst a seven-day trek in the Himalayas. “One foot in-front-of-the oth-er.” Through my head coursed a glacial cadence whose stitched sy...
Trekking Ladakh: On Top of the World in the Himalayas [360-Degree Panorama] 26 Jul 2013 | 01:18 am
Five days into our Markha Valley Trek in Ladakh, India. We were on our way to Nimiling, a summer hangout for local shepherds (with their flocks of sheep, goats and cattle/yak hybrids called zos) and t...
Inspiration to Dream, Motivation to Do, 44 Chunks of Wisdom: A WDS 2013 Recap 20 Jul 2013 | 01:59 am
This is a story of advice and inspiration and quotable quotes. And how, at the end of the day, the only way our quotes live is if they help spur others — and ourselves — to action. Oh, and it’s about...
Flight 447: We Cannot Penetrate This Weather 14 Jun 2013 | 03:03 pm
This is a story about how when you hear penguins at 20,000 feet, there’s a good chance you’re in deep sh*t. “Ladies and gentlemen…the weather situation in Srinagar is very bad…flights are being diver...