There is no doubt that Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This wasn’t news to me at all, but I had thought that I had seen how beautiful Cape Town could be. I thought I had seen it all. I was very wrong. One morning, after breakfast at The […]
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Hot Air Ballooning in South Africa
I absolutely love to fly. It’s my favorite activity and it doesn’t even matter the conveyance. I love long airplane rides – seriously, bring them on – helicopters, hang-gliders, microlights, whatever you got – bring ’em on. But there is something truly special about a hot air balloon ride and something even more special about […]

Visiting the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Favelas are supposed to be what we would call ghettos, slums or townships. They are a large part of what Rio is known, and often feared for. Visiting the favelas of Rio, especially the largest favela, Rocinha, is a very special experience. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio, and is located about […]

Buying Custom Suits in Thailand
I’ll admit it – I absolutely hate buying clothes. And the worst type of clothes to buy has to be suits which need to be measured and altered and usually involve more then one visit to the store. I find the whole ordeal zero fun mostly because of how tedious the process of finding something […]

Vacation Where You Live: New York City Food
Now that our baby girl is five weeks old, it was time for her first vacation: New York City! It wasn’t a real vacation, since we live in NY, but rather it was a test for other trips we have planned this year. Vacationing where you live is a nice excuse to eat only in […]

Blokarting in South Africa
On a recent trip to South Africa my un-ending quest to find new and original adventure activities introduced me to something I had never heard of before – Blokarting. Blokarting is basically land sailing. That doesn’t sound like it makes much sense but basically we’re talking about very low, very light, go-kart with a very […]

Extreme Adventure – Heli Hike Fox Glacier in New Zealand
I’ve been lucky enough to do some pretty amazing things in my life. But I can safely say that nothing even comes close to a Heli Hike on Fox Glacier on New Zealand’s South Island. The day before we had begun our adventure in Christchurch and spent the day driving Arthur’s Pass from the east […]