Frugal February: Saving Money For Travel

In 2011, we dedicated an entire month to saving money for travel in what we called the Frugal February project. And although February this year has come and gone, we still stick to many of the same principles in order to save money for travel. To commemorate Frugal February, we’ve [...]

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Our Sydney Wishlist

Settling back into normal day-to-day life comes with the constant urge to ditch the job and apartment all over again to travel the world for a second time. Unfortunately circumstances and financial resources aren’t in our favor so we need to scale back those plans and look closer at amazing [...]

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Feeding Lions – Up Close And Personal

In all honesty, previous animal encounters we’ve had have been fairly tame. Sure they’ve been fantastic fun but they haven’t been truly adventurous. We’ve hand-fed giraffes in Seattle, interacted with beluga whales in San Antonio and rode Icelandic Horses in Iceland. The most extreme thing we’ve done is gone swimming [...]

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Penguins + Architecture = Oamaru

Many who road trip around New Zealand’s South Island go directly from Dunedin to Christchurch or vice versa without bothering to check out what’s in between the two cities. We were fortunate enough to have a night to spare so we spent it in Oamaru, located 90 minutes northeast of [...]

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#rtwsoon Interview: Dan & Alissa – This World Rocks

Our first #rtwsoon interview for 2013 is with Dan and Alissa, a US couple who commence a round-the-world trip in one week. This pair launched their blog This World Rocks two weeks ago and after three years of saving, they’re finally ready to take on the world. Dan and Alissa’s plans [...]

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Taking On The Steepest Street In The World

Baldwin Street, located approximately 3.5 kilometers northeast of Dunedin‘s City Centre, is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest street in the world. So naturally when we were in town, making our way to the top of this tourist hotspot was near the peak of our to-do [...]

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