food, food and yes, more food
We travel for the adventure, experience and culture (and to escape the Australian winter — because who wouldn’t trade ugg boots and grey skies for coconuts and sunshine?) We also travel for the food....
Author: Rowdy
A Beautiful, Vibrant, Resilient Culture (With Bonus Pineapple Racing!)
From the moment you step off the plane in French Polynesia (any island will do!), the culture doesn’t just greet you—it practically hugs all your senses at once. We’ve been lucky enough to set...
Magnificent Moorea
We’ve had three single-day trips to Moorea in the two months we’ve been in Tahiti, and honestly, the more often we go, the more we love it! It’s laid back, chilled, much less busy,...
Just when we thought, it can’t get any better – It has!
We’ve been pretty quiet on the travel blog for the last week or so—and there’s a really good reason for that. Just when we thought this staycation couldn’t possibly get any better… it did....
Turtle Tour with Capt B
From the very, very beginning, this trip had “delight” written all over it. Captain Benoit arrived to pick us up at the marina, and he was practically vibrating with energy and enthusiasm—from his warm,...
Who wants to swim with sharks?
Who wants to swim with sharks?Not me. Not really. Not on purpose.Back home in Australia, “swimming with sharks” usually means something has gone horribly wrong. Throw in a bunch of stingrays and suddenly this is...
POSTCARD PARADISE, RUM PUNCH, AND A LITTLE SEA SPRAY
It’s 4:30am. The kind of hour that should be illegal unless you’re catching a flight—or in our case, sailing to a postcard. The powers out sooo, no coffee, we stumble out of the villa...
Logistics, Learnings & Nightmares (aka “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”)
Ah, the romantic dream of long-term travel — sipping coconuts under palm trees, remote working from a hammock, and living your best tropical life. But first… logistics. Buckle up, friends. Things got real before...
First Impressions
First Impressions? What. A. Start. We left Australia at 11am on a Monday and somehow arrived… at 2am on the same Monday. Yep, we’ve officially cracked time travel. Take that, Einstein. Unfortunately, our new...
Tahiti looks nice
People keep asking us, “Why Tahiti?” And honestly… fair question. Because it wasn’t the original plan. Our grand idea for Year One of our “10 Countries in 10 Years” adventure was New York- where we first...