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Our recent visit to the Northern Territory coincided with the annual Jabiru Mahbilil Festival, a one-day celebration of cultural diversity and community. We only spent a little bit of time there during the day but there were plenty of family […]
Category Archive: Travel Blog
Photo Essay: Oman’s Grand Mosque
Although I’ve visited Malaysia many times before and even walked past the As Syakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur’s City Centre, I’ve never actually been inside a mosque. So when we were taken to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, the […]
Sunday Spotlight: North Wales
North Wales was never a region Jess dreamed about visiting, but somehow she ended up there. Brent and Jess had been traveling through Europe for 3 months and, as Canadians, they then needed to spend 3 months outside the EU before they could re-enter.
Great White Shark Cage Diving In Gansbaai
Duuun dun. Duuun dun. The theme from Jaws is stuck on constant rotation in my head as I step on board Slashfin, a purpose-built boat made for shark cage diving. Here I am in Gansbaai in the Western Cape of South […]
Burger Wars: Finding The Best Burger In NZ
You may have heard of Fergburger, an extremely popular gourmet hamburger restaurant in Queenstown, New Zealand. But do they serve the best burger in New Zealand, or even the world? It was our goal to locate the best burger restaurant […]
5 Tips For Future Round-The-World Travelers
We’ve interviewed over 20 fantastic travelers in our #rtwsoon interview series which focuses on those about to embark on long-term travel. The final question we ask them is always the same: If you could give just one piece of advice […]
Hello Harriett – A Four-Week Old Baby Giraffe
At the beginning of December 2012, an adorable giraffe calf was born at the Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. We were unaware of this when we ventured to Orana but as we approached the Rothschild’s giraffe habitat, the two […]
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo
The second thing on our Sydney Wishlist was to go to Taronga Zoo, a zoo that we’ve surprisingly never been to before. On our most recent visit to Sydney, we were determined to rectify this and set off for the zoo early […]
