Author: Mrs Wander
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Our Winding Journey to the Isle of Skye
As we made our way north from Glasgow, we had marked several places we wanted to stop in this area, but it wasn’t exactly a straight line to Isle of Skye. Although, I don’t think there are any roads that are in a straight line in Scotland. It did help us avoid some of the…
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Remembering How to Cook….and Drive in the UK
After 12 new countries we finally arrive back to a familiar country, the United Kingdom! We visited both England and Scotland but only spent time in places we hadn’t visited before, so no London or Edinburgh this time. Our first week we headed to York for some chores and to see if we remembered how…
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How to Cruise Like an Egyptian
In our early stages of planning we had identified a few experiences that were top of our list and helped shape the itinerary. One of these is the Nepal Trek to Everest Base Camp (Check out Part 1 and Part 2) and another is a cruise on the Nile! We tried to get our parents…
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Making Our Way Westward to Qatar and Cyprus
After our big Nepal Adventure we planned about 5 days at a resort in Cyprus for nice warm weather to relax a bit. Kathmandu is a relatively small airport, so to get to Cyprus we would have to do a layover. Since it was one of our longer flights of the year we looked again…
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Bring on the Data! The First Four Months of Full Time Travel
We’ve finished our first trimester of travel, so I figured it was a good time to share some fun graphs and data since several of you had commented or messaged me that you’d find that interesting. Plus, I know many of you are also engineers being our former coworkers and what engineer doesn’t love a…
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Double the Passes, Double the Fun in Nepal
With conquering EBC behind us and a surprisingly good sleep above 16,000ft we were ready to take on the backside of the loop! We had two hard days left, alternating with easier days, until we started back down. Including the two passes, we were back to Kathmandu just one week after reaching the EBC! Day…
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Trekking to the Top of the World in Nepal
Well, top-adjacent. We spent a few weeks trekking in the Everest region of the Himalayas among the tallest mountains in the world. Instead of the usual trek out and back just to Everest Base Camp (EBC), we did the Three Passes Trek. We still went to the EBC, but then we were able to see…
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Beautiful Mahals of India’s Golden Triangle
While the goal of India was to slow down and relax a bit so we’d be ready to take on our Nepal adventure, a little cold decided to take hold. I think it had started affecting me the last day or so in Pune, manifesting in a bit of anxiety. It’s not easy to relax…
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Attempting to Recuperate in Chaotic India
Our intention with this year of travel was to try out “slow travel”, the idea that you spend more time in a country to feel more immersed and you actually transition into “living” there rather than “travelling”. Safe to say we had not yet done that to this point, but had already needed a few…
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The Suite Life of Korea and Singapore
I know, it’s been awhile. If you remember it was at the beginning of March that we finished our tour of Japan. We ended in Osaka because we found an overnight cruise that took us to Busan, Korea and were interested in a non-flight method of transit between countries. After spending a few days in…