Destinations Archives

Polaroid of the week: Blessed by an elephant in Hampi, India

Elephants play an important role in Hindu processions, and in Hampi we got to meet one of the rare temple elephants – Lakshmi, who has been blessing pilgrims for over 25 years.

Polaroid of the week: A castle in the Alps

It was just an average day in Europe. There we were, ‘speeding’ along the Autobahn in our rented Smart car during the hour and a half journey from Innsbruck, Austria back to our housesit in the Bavarian mountains. Suddenly, blink and you’ll miss it, out of nowhere, this castle appeared. Click here to see our Polaroid of the Week.

Jessie & Jaime cycling along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast

Reflections: 300 days on the road

300 days on the road… almost exactly 10 months of backpacking! Looking back on Day 1 arriving in Las Vegas back in April to where we are now, we still can not believe how much life, experience, adventure – and work! – we have been able to squeeze into these 300 days.

Globetrottergirls @ work in bocas del toro Panama

Reflections: 400 days on the road

5 June marked our 400th day on the road – it has been over a year now since we started traveling and while time has flown by, those first few days of nomadic freedom also seem a lifetime away from where we are now (which is Lisbon, Portugal, by the way!)

I got rammed by a buffalo…allegedly

So, I’ve got a beef with India: The cows. Find out about my painful misadventure involving a cow (or buffalo) in Goa recently…

Cycling along the Caribbean Coast in Costa Rica

Puerto Viejo: Cycling along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast

“EEEeee! This is just like Eat Pray Love!” Jaime squealed as we pedaled away from the bike rental shop on our shiny bikes to explore the Caribbean beaches of the Costa Rican coast. What we discovered were some of the most laid-back, beautiful beaches in Central America.