
One of my favorite things to do when planning a vacation is to go to Flickr or Google Images and search for the city I’m visiting. I use the photos as a guidebook – sometimes they’ll show the most common tourist sites or sometimes there will be hidden gems. If you’re not already planning a [...]

Don’t like bats? Perhaps this picture will change your mind: It’s an Australian Flying Fox Bat, aka Fruit Bat, aka Megabat. I saw thousands of them earlier this week in Cairnes, Australia and I think they win the award for cutest bat ever.

When I think back to the winter I spent backpacking around Eastern Europe, I remember the smell of mulled wine, the sight of kids sledding down manmade hills at Christmas markets, and the wonderful feeling of stepping out of subzero temperatures and into a warm museum. Europe is beautiful in the winter and the cold [...]

Check out this photo we captured of the hot pools in Hells Gate on our recent trip to New Zealand: (Don’t worry, we’ll tell you more about Hells Gate in an upcoming post.)

Coromandel Peninsula in pictures. Photos of our favorite sites in Coromandel including Hot Water Beach, Hahei Beach and Cathedral cove.

If you’re not lucky enough to be in Thailand or Australia to ring in the New Year, these photos will help you celebrate vicariously from afar. From Mexico and Sweden to Argentina and Japan, here are our picks for New Year’s Eve photos from around the world.