For two weeks in January and February 2009, I went on an Antarctica cruise with my friend Amanda. Since I started blogging (and not very regularly at first) at the end of 2009, I’ve realized I have quite a few trips I haven’t written much about. I have two older posts about Antarctica here and […]
Within my travel addiction is an addiction to sunsets. I love them. My main motivation for going to Santorini was its famous sunsets, I drooled when I found out there was a place to see the sunset behind Moai statues on Easter Island, and my only disappointment on the Great Ocean Road was not being […]
Exploring Easter Island with a rental car gave us a lot of freedom and flexibility. On day one, we saw so many amazing Moai statues, beautiful landscapes, and possibly the best beach ever. I was worried day two would feel like more of the same, that we might get bored or desensitized from seeing so […]
When we were finally ready to do some serious exploring on Easter Island, Amanda and I agreed to go in on a rental car with Tamir and Susanne, the Swiss couple staying in the room next to ours. Since it’s such a small island, Amanda and I thought we’d only need one day, but Tamir […]
All I ever heard about before coming to Easter Island were the Moai statues. There are several theories of why they were built, but no one knows for sure. The mystery surrounding them just adds to the allure. But once we actually got to the island, we had to figure out how to get to […]
While Amanda and I were in Bora Bora, I worried that maybe I had seen too much. I was feeling burned out and I wasn’t excited by the new places I was seeing anymore. Luckily Easter Island turned out to be so amazing that I felt refreshed and in awe of everything again. Due to […]