Newlyweds on an adventure to explore the world above and underwater
G’Day Mates, As you might already know, Patrick and I have made it to the only country in the world that measures its distances in road kill roos, or really the only country with kangaroos both dead and alive - Australia! Coming to Australia, we were really excited to be in an English speaking country [...]
Guest post by Patrick: I try not to collect material things. In a few ways I’ve failed. Sharks teeth, yes. Camera lenses, double yes. But otherwise, I really try not to. The ideal version of myself avoids the mass-consumerism that defined the 90’s and eventually caused the housing crisis. I don’t always live up to that [...]
Oh Rurutu, how I love thee! You know how every travel magazine has those lists that seem to come out each year with a title that reads something along the lines of “Best Islands You’ve Never Heard Of”? Well, Rurutu is so unheard of that it slips through every single one of those lists, and [...]
Ia Orana, You may have noticed that this post has taken a little longer than usual to get up on the blog - part of that again, is the internet (or lack there of), but a more burdensome and truthful part of it is that I have found myself having difficulties writing about Fakarava and [...]
Bonjour! Or as Patrick likes to say: ‘Bonjourno!’ … to French people. You’ve probably noticed that we’ve been a little absent lately - a part of that is the slow internet connection on our second island destination, but the primary cause for our absence is that we have spent the last week almost entirely underwater! [...]
Ia Ora na! So if you’ve been following our Instagram, you know that we have made it to our very first destination, Mo’orea! Mo’orea is a BEAUTIFUL French Polynesian island only a ferry ride away from Tahiti, covered in lush mountainous rainforests and beaches (think Jurassic Park and/or Moana). For the most part, the island [...]
If you’re reading this right now, then you have made it to our blog, and our very first blog post at that! Welcome! We are assuming that 99.999% of our readers will be our friends and family, so we feel comfortable saying thank you. Thank you for showing interest in our 9-month trip around the [...]
The Extended Honeymoon 