by Robb Hillman
When it comes to travel gadgets, all long term travelers have a few that they like to pack, and we are no exception. If you’re looking for suggestions, you’re in the right place – here are some of our favorite things we make space for in our...
by Robb Hillman
The Rules of Counting Countries This is Part Two of our Series on answering the question: “How many countries have you been to?” A critical skill for any budding (or experienced) traveler is being crystal clear on the very serious task of answering the...
by Robb Hillman
The Rules of Counting Countries This is Part One of our Series on answering the question: “How many countries have you been to?” Once you start traveling, it doesn’t take long for the first person to ask you a question you are going to get asked over...
by Robb Hillman
If you look back in the archives, you’ll find a post I wrote on one of the most wonderful yet neglected words in the English language, vim. Just as a reminder, here is the definition of the word: Vim (noun): robust energy and enthusiasm Not bad, right? I want to feel...
by Robb Hillman
We had landed on the Philippine island of Palawan into the city of Puerto Princessa. This was a one-runway kind of airport, where after landing the plane turned around and casually taxied down the same runway we’d just landed on to get back to the terminal. Apparently...
by Robb Hillman
OMG you guys, but traveling is crazy awesome. We had heard about Yi Peng, the Lantern Festival up in Chiang Mai Thailand, was happening while we were in the region and knew right away we wanted to go. We had seen a small-scale floating lantern release before when...
by Robb Hillman
The plan was to come to Thailand for a month, and to settle down in one place for a while. But since the place we were looking at was deep inland, we decided to spend just a few days at the beach first. Because beach. We flew into Krabi airport from Singapore and took...
by Robb Hillman
Here we are again, that lovely week between Christmas and New Years when you can’t help but look back at your year as you start planning for the one that is coming. The years seem to go by faster and faster as you get older, but I’m glad to say I’m at least keeping up...
