We spent one day this week with the elephants at the Elephant Nature Park north of Chiang Mai, an elephant sanctuary which is home to over 30 rescued elephants.

There is just something we can’t resist about the Caribbean – this Polaroid pretty much sums that right up!

Our NYC2NOLA road trip this summer did not quite go as planned thanks to hurricanes, detours and nearly derailed idealism. Luckily, we found Asheville…

We tested out the ENO Doublenest hammock for two and absolutely love it – it’sa leight weight, quick dry, super easy to set up hammock – perfect for travel!

When we heard about Finca Filadelfia, a coffee farm near Antigua that apparently makes some of the best coffee in all of Guatemala, we decided to take a tour of the farm and learn how high quality coffee is grown and processed, plus how to serve it up right.

Now that we have booked our flights to travel the one place we have always wanted to go most, I wonder this week if all this housesitting, sun and sand has made us soft. Read on to find out our next travel destination…

The Aztec performers on Mexico City’s Zocalo are an interesting sight – dressed up in traditional costumes, they dance here every day – a major tourist attraction.

Our Hotel Tip of the Week series offers accommodation tips from around the world. All are places where we have stayed in and personally recommend. This week: Casa Roa in Mexico City.

We were greeted by ‘tropical depression’ Matthew within 12 hours of our arrival to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, a small island off the coast of Belize. This was our first severe storm since setting off on our trip.

With the extreme weather of Hurricane Irene and the opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr.memorial, we have had an interesting NYC2NOLA Road Trip day in the U.S. Capital.