Hotel las Torres Torres del Paine, located in southern Chilean Patagonia, is a breathtaking national park known for its dramatic landscapes. The park features towering granite peaks, vast glaciers, crystal-clear lakes, and sweeping grasslands. Its iconic centrepiece is the three jagged granite towers (“Torres”) rising above turquoise glacial lakes. Despite booking almost nine months in […]
Getting to Puerto Natales Flights from Santiago to Puerto Natales depart at either 5 a.m. or 9 a.m., with no rental cars available directly at the Puerto Natales airport. This means you have to make a detour downtown to pick up a car—unfortunately in the opposite direction of Torres del Paine National Park. In […]
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 […]
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 […]
Background Last December, after three years of delays and anticipation, we set off on an Antarctic expedition to our seventh continent. This once in a lifetime trip was a 21 day expedition to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica. It exceeded our expectations in every way. Well, except for the part where we both […]
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 […]
Introduction 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 […]
We’re not exactly the type to “just chill on the beach” for days on end, so the idea of spending a full 10 days at a single resort felt like it might get a bit monotonous. We were eager to explore different facets of the Maldives, so we planned four nights in South Ari, a […]
We went to the Maldives to save money. Yes – you read that right. Wrapping up our three-month stay in Kuala Lumpur posed quite the logistical challenge. We had a looming visa deadline and needed to depart Malaysia by May 2nd. I had an important commitment in Singapore on May 15th, and the idea of […]
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 […]