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Bike Touring Outdoor Adventures

A day in the saddle

Now that we have a few weeks and over 600 miles of pedaling on the Underground Railroad under our belts the routines are kicking in, and the days have taken on a sort of routine that we thought you all might be interested in learning more about. Each day starts with a freshly made cup …

International Travel Travel Lifestyle

35 Life Lessons from the Road

Some lessons travel teaches us are true life lessons like how to treat people, and what to expect of strangers. Other lessons are more travel specific.  This post shares 35 lessons we learned while travelling for a year. We hope you can learn from us so you don’t find yourself without toilet paper after a spicy …

Zebras
Africa International Travel

Wondering where the lions are?

Well Mr. Cochburn they are in the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania! This is also where you are more likely to see the very endangered Black Rhino. Throw in the Oldepei (Oldevei) gorge where ancient human remains were found and it’s obvious why Matt and I chose this adventure in Africa. Like the Jordan blog, I …

Gorilla Fashion 101
Africa International Travel

Gorilla Trekking: A How to Guide

We had such an incredible experience trekking the Mountain Gorilla’s in Uganda and feel like everyone should experience this. So, I thought I would write a “how to guide” to help you plan your own trip (and gain an understanding of our experience). 1. Learn about the mountain gorillas Even if you don’t want to …

Africa International Travel

Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy

Whale sharks are large fish that are neither whales nor sharks. They are plankton feeders. When I say large I mean really, really, really big! We have always “just” missed the opportunity to swim with the creatures, and always swore we wouldn’t let the opportunity pass in the future. Imagine our excitement when our Lonely …

Taking Salt out of Hell
Africa International Travel

Highway to Hell: The Danikil Depression Ethiopia

I was flipping through our Lonely Planet guidebook on Ethiopia and read about an interesting location in the NE of the country: The Danakil Depression. Perhaps what caught my eye was the statement: this is probably what Hell looks like! We both thought this sounded like an adventure and were lucky enough to join in …

Africa International Travel

Walk like an Egyptian

Egypt! What a place filled with a lot of OLD stuff. It was about surreal to actually find ourselves standing near these ancient structures that are a piece of our collective history..we both kept pinching ourselves because it just didn’t seem real! We started our tour of antiquities in Cairo and were blessed to spend …

Africa International Travel

We gotta get out of this place!

“No we can’t leave tomorrow, it’s too lovely here” ~ Matt It needs to be scientifically confirmed, but I do believe the gravitational pull of the earth is stronger in Dahab Egypt. It can only explain how Matt and I got stuck in this fantastic little town. Somehow, we were able to leave…perhaps this is …

International Travel Middle East

Alia the Camel has 10 humps

Or just one hump and a really bad temper? Not sure. I don’t think I really did anything to piss her off but she made lots of noise and was somewhat ill tempered. But I do know she only had 1 hump…one uncomfortable hump. I will share more about Alia the camel a little further …