Category: STORIES
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A Life Plan
Recently I came across a quote by Professor Joseph Campbell that says: “We must be willing to get rid of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us” Joseph Campbell For several days I have been thinking of how much truth is there in it. Our Dreams…
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Where Dreams and Nightmares Collide
Should I write? I have been intending to write about the purpose of our trip to Portugal since February 2020 but something inside me stopped me every time I laid my fingertips on the keyboard. Thoughts rushed into my head and mixed feelings invaded my heart. Should I write about it? Where do I start?…
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A Place To Reflect And A Promise To Keep
The Need for a True Vacation Fethiye, South of Turkey was our choice for a restful and quiet vacation. For those who are familiar with our travel stories, they will notice that this is the first time we used the word “vacation”. The word vacation meant to us spending a laid-back time at some fancy beach resort while eliminating any other distraction. As opposed to our habitual…
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Palawan, The Calm Before the Storm.
Less did we know that our trip to Palawan would be our last as a couple. In 2014, we spent a magnificent New Year’s Eve in a Bedouin tent in the midst of the Wadi Ram desert in Jordan (read our article 10 things to see in Jordan), we thought it would be cool to…
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South Coast of Sri Lanka
For the past 9 days we’ve been exploring the central region of Sri Lanka rich in heritage and legacy, passing through Kandy, Sri Lanka’s cultural capital and wandering across the tea plantations in Nuwara Elia, heading south to observe the wild life at Udawalawe National Parks and finally reaching the south coast. Our next stop…
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A Luxurious Stay, a Bank and a Life Threatening Safari
During the 6-hour drive from Adam’s Peak to Udalawawe, we kept the ladies busy by searching online and choosing a hotel of their choice. As mentioned, we had to keep our promise of luxurious stay after all what we’ve been through during the past 2 days (Rain and mud at Nuwara Eliya, and a budget…
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The pilgrimage, Adam’s Peak, Sri Lanka.
Due to the poor conditions we were put under during our hike to towards the Lover’s Leap waterfall, the ladies demanded some kind of luxurious hotel experience to make up for it. We had been in worse conditions before, but after a couple of hours hiking and being expose to some rough wet weather conditions…
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Nuwara Eliya Tea Factory, Sri Lanka
Remember that guy, the gardener from Helga’s Folly in Kandy, we called him later on “the good Samaritan”, who accompanied us to the local market claiming that we could get the best quality tea for the price locals pay? Well the moment of truth had come! We were heading to the source of all Tea:…
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Pinnawala, Sri Lanka and the peer pressure
Have you ever had that feeling of not wanting to do something but because everybody is doing it, you did it anyhow? that’s called peer pressure! Well that was exactly what I went through during our visit to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. In my eyes the elephant is such a wise and rational creature. I…
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A Lesson at The Royal Botanical Gardens
We stopped near the Bamboo trees. Our guide looked at us and asked, “Do you notice anything special in this area?” we looked at each other and wondered. We had been to some better-looking corners of the garden, so why would he ask us now? Some of us took further steps and even grabbed a…
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Kandy, home of Buddha’s tooth
We took off our shoes, put them in a safe box at the entrance and followed the guide into the building complex of the Temple of The Tooth in Kandy. After yesterday’s friendly encounter in Kandy’s city center with the gardener from Helga’s Folly, we hoped for more pleasant interactions with the good-hearted people of Sri Lanka. The Temple of…
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Sri Lanka: Trust the locals
We spent the night at the Cinnamon Lodge in Habarana, which was simply a 5-star experience in the heart of nature. Morning harmony We enjoyed a morning walk across the lakes and mingled with the gardeners who were generous enough to guide us around and provide us with some insight about their chores maintaining the…
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Sri Lanka, it makes you wonder
Those who are familiar with our travel stories and adventures know that we don’t seek a destination. Instead, we explore, and we communicate with people, we cherish those brief acquaintances and we make sure to make the most of our journey. Leaving Negombo In a 12-seater minivan, we took off from Colombo to Negombo heading…
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Exploring Sri Lanka in a Mini Van with friends.
Tragedy hits Sri Lanka Two and a half years have passed since we traveled to Sri Lanka seeking new adventures. While recalling the smallest details of our trip, writing them down and composing this blog post, the shocking terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday happened. It was reported all over the news that nine suicide bombers…
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Welcome to Miami
Riding our last miles to Miami Welcome to Miami! You guessed it! Our last stop was Miami. We rode our last 230 miles (375 km) to Miami thinking that our journey was reaching its end. We reached Miami late in the evening to find out that our booking was wrong. Instead of booking for June…