Scenic view of Santiago, Chile and the surrounding mountains

One Day in Santiago, Chile

  Arriving in Santiago I splurged on a car service from the airport to avoid dealing with roaming charges and figuring out Spanish Uber after a 12-hour flight.   Thirty minutes later, we pulled up at the Sheraton. It was nearly 5pm, and we were both craving burgers. After checking TripAdvisor, we found a well-rated […]

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Departure Day

Background Last year, Andy was sitting in the car ready to go at 11am (even though our flight didn’t depart until 5pm). This year was a little different.   I had a last minute work trip to Tokyo. I’m not a frivolous work traveller. I really needed to be there. The only problem was that […]

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Manta ray swimming gracefully in dark ocean.

Snorkelling with Mantas in Baa Atoll – Kihaa Resort in the Maldives

In August, I had the opportunity to travel to India for work. While planning my itinerary, I noticed that the Maldives were just a short flight away from Bangalore. We’d been to South Ari and Baa Atoll before, but August is whale shark and manta season so we couldn’t resist. This is how we wound […]

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Exploring Malaysian Borneo – Danum Valley

This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Kota Kinabalu  Sepilok Kinabatangan Lahad Datu Danum Valley <– You are here Getting to Danum Valley Our journey from Lahad […]

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Exploring Malaysian Borneo – Lahad Datu

This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Kota Kinabalu  Sepilok Kinabatangan Lahad Datu <– You are here Danum Valley Our travel itinerary required an overnight stay in […]

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Exploring Malaysian Borneo – Kinabatangan

This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Kota Kinabalu  Sepilok Kinabatangan <– You are here Lahad Datu Danum Valley Getting to Kinabatangan Nature Lodge The journey from […]

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