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,...
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What a PEARLA of a day!
If you know me even a little, you know I have a deep, unshakeable love for pearls. Earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces—I basically treat my jewellery like I’m auditioning for a cameo in The Crown. If...
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...
Adventures in Grocery Hunting
One of the things we genuinely love when travelling the world—especially for extended stays—is ditching the hotel life and moving into an Airbnb like we’re trying out for Local Life: The Budget Series. I can...
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...
TOURIST TIME – Tahiti Edition
After living the life of a local (eating too many croissants – healthy ones of course – and pretending we understand French, the travel bug bit hard. So we decided it was time to...
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...
5 days in. Are we delusional or just crazy?
So here we are, on this impossibly idyllic island — think postcard-perfect beaches, palm trees swaying in the breeze, and coconuts that practically fall into your smoothie blender. Surrounded by some of the freshest,...
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...