Our Story
This is our journey and our story. Here we share articles that follow our personal adventures around the world. You won’t find any “how to’s” or “5 reasons to travel” posts here. This is only blogs about our experiences and life on the road. Want to know what we’re up to right now? Read stories about our travels here and also subscribe to our Facebook, YouTube, Instagram & Twitter.
Moving To Yangzhou, China
After travelling the world for 16 months, we weren’t ready to go home and settle down, but we needed a bit of a break from backpacking. Making the decision to move to Yangzhou, China and sign a 1 year contract teaching English was a no-brainer for us. After backpacking through this massive country for about ...
By:
Taking A Timeout From Travel
Our 16 month world trip was coming to an “end”. We were finishing up our travels through China and making our way down to Hong Kong, where we would be flying out to Vancouver. So many thoughts go through a traveller’s mind when they reach the end of a long trip and are going back ...
By:
Go To Myanmar Before It’s Too Late!
“This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about.” -Rudyard Kipling, Letters from the East (1898)- Things are changing everywhere in the world, but perhaps this global metamorphosis can be best portrayed in Myanmar, where tourists are flooding in as the travel barriers are being broken down. With every government sanction dropped ...
By:
Tunxi, China: Visiting The Ancient Village
Arriving in the ancient town of Tunxi was a breath of fresh air, literally! Backpacking in China can trying at times. Beijing and Shanghai are massive, polluted cities with populations of around 20 million people. Tunxi is much smaller and has less than 100,000 people living there…it really felt like there was no one around. ...
By:
Yerevan, Armenia – A Budget Backpacking Couple In The Caucasus
After 5 great nights in Tbilisi, a beautiful city well suited for backpackers, we hopped on another bus and headed to the neighbouring country of Armenia, to the capital of Yerevan, which is a great digital nomad destination. The bus ride there was ridiculous and the driver was a madman. I was feeling car sick ...
By:
Shanghai, China: Skyscrapers & Smog
We were so excited to arrive in one of the biggest cities in the world, Shanghai. Meaning “by the sea” this massive city was a popular trading port for years in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Shanghai is not exactly a budget backpacker’s ideal destination but it is doable on a budget. We took the ultra-modern, ...
By:
