“The Most Instagrammable City in the World?”

Last year, Matador Network posted an article placing Istanbul, Turkey atop the throne as the most "instagrammable" city on the planet. In July, we traveled there to see for ourselves. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZdhamEhJij/?taken-by=theartofassimilating https://www.instagram.com/p/BZd2X8MBXjW/?taken-by=theartofassimilating Now, I'm not so sure I'd go as far as Matador Network and hand over the world title to Istanbul. As much as we …

My First Passport

There are not too many things I've held onto for 10 straight years. Therefore, this blog post celebrates the fact that I managed to keep that tiny little oh so important document with me for a decade as I gallantly traversed rambled the world over. Needless to say, it was hard giving up something that …

F.A.I.L. – Our Summer Blogging Series ’16

“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”   - Jack Kerouac  Let's get right to it.  In early June of 2016, we had an ambitious idea, the summer vlogging series. A live video adventure that would take us through 10 countries on two different …

50 – 50 Summer Vlogging Series

On ‪#‎June18‬  we begin our new #daily ‪#‎travel‬‪ experiment‬  / ‎documentary‬ titled "50-50".  ‪#‎Subscribe‬ to watch, as we try to coexist for 50 days while traveling to 10 different countries across ‪#‎Asia‬ and ‪#‎Europe‬. Each day, we'll film the highs and lows  (and everything in between) of being on the road.   Each day a new video will uploaded …

2015: The Year in Review

  In 2015 I got my first (& hopefully last) lion bite.  I also cruised around in INSIDE of a safari vehicle with a cheetah named Felix in South Africa. Also in SA I climbed Table Mountain then abseiled down it twice.  Before that, in what might stand as my wildest adventure to date, I put on a …

Somewhere over the Dunes

Our featured destination for the month of October, was Mui Ne, Vietnam. We ventured out to this former fishing village, now turned resort beach town, to explore their famous white sand dunes, as well as a little peaceful place, know by the locals as Huỳnh Thúc Kháng, or "Fairy Stream" in English. Relive our journey from …

30by30: Self Reflection, Self Preservation, & Self Celebration

30by30 SPOILER ALERT: This one is pretty heavy on the Self Celebration. 1. Got Married 2.  Ran a Marathon 3. Went Sky Diving  4. Traveled to 39 countries  Hopefully #40 is coming up soon.  5. Hiked 10K on The Great Wall of China 6. Bungee Jumped into the Mediterranean Sea By far the scariest thing I …