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North America

Belize: Belize City and Placencia

Our time in Belize was primarily in the southern portion of the country, near Placencia. Here we relaxed at our beachfront bungalow and took a scuba diving lesson.

Emails from the Road

Email: Greetings from the Kalahari Desert

We are currently crossing the Kalahari Desert. The distance from Windhoek, Namibia to Maun, Botswana is 896 km and will take nine hours.

Africa / Around the World / Train Journeys

Cosmos: Tanzania and Zanzibar

After two days on the train, we finally arrived in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. We splurged and stayed one night in a very nice Holiday Inn. After that we went to Zanzibar for three days.

Emails from the Road

Email: Greetings from the Golden Triangle

We are currently on a bus back to Chiang Mai. We’ve spent the last week in the north near where the boarders of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) and Laos meet.

Emails from the Road

Email: Greetings from Southern Thailand

We are currently flying from Ko Sumui to Bangkok. The Ko Sumui archipelago is located in Southern Thailand. We spent three days on Ko Pha-Ngan mostly eating, sleeping, swimming and reflecting on our trip.

Around the World / Asia / Train Journeys

Cosmos: Southern Thailand

We took a 12 hour all night train from Bangkok to Surat Thani, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. From there, we boarded a ferry for a five hour trip to Ko Pha Ngan.

More about Darren and Sandy

Read about Darren and Sandy to learn more about their early years of travel and motivations for their global adventures.

More About Darren and Sandy

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