Backpacking Southeast Asia (SEA) is practically a rite of passage for travelers these days. SEA is a traveler’s dream: cheap, beautiful, easy to navigate, and ladened with friendly travelers and locals alike. The hardest part about planning your backpacking trip is choosing where to spend your time – unfortunately, trips can’t last forever (for most, […]
Summiting Mt. Kinabalu (& Why You Should Do It)
When we began planning our two-month Southeast Asia trip, I knew I wanted the journey to begin and end with something big. For the beginning, something to set the tone for the rest of our time, to celebrate all that lay ahead. It didn’t take much research to reveal the perfect starting point, the adventure of all […]
3 Reasons to NOT skip Malaysian Borneo on your next Southeast Asia Trip
When I first began researching spots for our Southeast Asia trip, Borneo wasn’t even on my radar. For years, destinations such as Hanoi, Siem Reap, and Chaing Mai had come up in conversations with fellow travelers or floated their way on to whatever travel guide I was skimming that week. It wasn’t until I began looking […]