There are certain cities where you arrive already knowing what they’re supposed to look like. New York has the Empire State Building. Paris has the Eiffel Tower. London has Big Ben. And Sydney has that harbor. The ...
Australia has no shortage of incredible beaches. We visited beaches in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Byron Bay and elsewhere during our trip. But if you asked our family to pick one place to go back to? Noosa. And it wouldn&...
The Gold Coast portion of our Australia trip did not go exactly according to plan. There was supposed to be considerably more sunshine. Instead, we got rain. A lot of rain. The kind of subtropical rain that doesn’t...
While staying in Surfers Paradise on Australia’s Gold Coast, we decided to cross into New South Wales for a day trip to one of Australia’s most famous beach towns: Byron Bay. On a map, it’s an easy road...
Traveling to Maui for Christmas sounds pretty idyllic. Traveling to Maui for Christmas with a three-year-old and a six-month-old? Still idyllic. Just considerably less relaxing. We spent a week on Maui over Christmas, st...
Mallorca is one of the hottest beach destinations in Europe, hosting about 9 million visitors each year. It’s a surprisingly large island, about twice the size of Maui, so there are plenty of corners to explore (fr...
While planning a solo trip to Southeast Asia, I received many recommendations for Thailands most famous islands: Phuket, Koh Samui, and the Phi Phi Islands. Koh Phi Phi Le is the pride of Southern Thailand — it can...
Some of my favorite beaches in the world are in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The North Pacific coast is home to some of the most diverse tropical beaches in the world (white sand, black sand, shell beaches, reef breaks, point...
Tamarindo is one of the most developed beaches in Guanacaste, and while these developments (often foreign investments) are criticized by locals, they have brought some incredible restaurants to town. Luckily, self-conta...
Almost every travel agent will give you the following itinerary: San Jose → Arenal → Monte Verde → Manuel Antonio. While that trip will allow you to see a ton (cloud forests, waterfalls, national parks, wildl...
