Our take on the ever popular The Hype Many consider Torres del Paine in southern Chilean Patagonia the world’s most beautiful national park. Its spectacular landscape boasts soaring mountains, enormous glaciers, and iceberg-filled lakes. The park’s pièce de résistance is the three granite towers from which the park takes its name. What’s the best …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype Heron Island is a coral cay 80 kilometers off the coast of Queensland (Gladstone) on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Unlike Cairns, you don’t have to take a long boat trip to visit this natural wonder of the world because the resort is right on the …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype The mountain gorillas are the stuff of legends, made famous by conservationist, Dian Fossey, and brought to life by the film, Gorillas in the Mist. There are fewer than 900 gorillas left in the world today due to poaching, disease, and habitat loss. Rwanda has prioritized …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype Paro Taktsang (also known as the Tiger’s Nest) is the most popular site in all of Bhutan. Most itineraries to Bhutan save the best for last and end with a 4 to 5 hour hike to Tiger’s Nest. As legend has it, Guru Padmasambhava flew to …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype The Taj Mahal is one of the world’s most well-known and iconic architectural masterpieces. It’s also the world’s greatest symbol of love, built in memory of Shah Jahan’s (favorite) wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Reality We met our main guide for the trip, Nirmal, and …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype Ever since Chef’s Table came out with its first episode on Massimo Bottura, there’s been a ton of hype around Osteria Francescana. So last year, we planned to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary with a trip to Emilia Romagna and dinner at Francescana. However, right …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype We are checking off a lot of bucket list items on this trip – Trolltunga, Osteria Francescana, Kilimanjaro, etc. However, the Viking Line cruise from Stockholm, Sweden to Helsinki, Finland topped my list. Uncle Billy professed his time on the cruise as “the most fun night …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype We had been inundated with Instagram photos of #trolltunga for quite some time now, so it became an absolute must do on our RTW trip. But is the 28.0 kilometers (14.4 miles) worth it?