What’s a whale shark you ask?  It’s the world’s largest fish.  They’ve been known to grow to over 41 feet in length.  But keep in mind, it’s not a whale: it’s a fish.  And it’s big.  Despite being part of the shark family, they pose no danger to humans.  Mostly  because they don’t have sharp teeth being that their diet consists of algae, plankton, and krill.  They are also have &#91read more]

Since Mike and I arrived in Cancun tired from trip preparations and going away parties, and with no plan or schedule, we did what anyone would do in our situation… we hit up the beaches! Isla Mujeres Our first full day in Cancun found us walking almost an hour from our accommodations to catch a ferry to Isla Mujeres.  It pretty much rained off and on all day (it is &#91read more]

We made it!  Ashley and I are writing this post from Alex’s house (our very kind couch surfing host) in Cancun! First off, lets get the basics out of the way.  We had no trouble with any of the flights, everything was on time and turbulence free.  We had our first bit of fun leaving the Calgary Airport when the flight crew asked us to show hands indicating how long &#91read more]

This is the third and final post we’re going to make about our four day trip to Las Vegas. I know, I know, 3 posts for a four night trip to Las Vegas is a bit excessive. Please bear with me, this will be the last one… I think. Anyways, I wanted to sum up our trip to Las Vegas by comparing some of the goals we set for ourselves &#91read more]

Unfortunately the band DayOne was not in Las Vegas (sorry for the misleading title). As you may recall, we recently had some practice booking flights for our friends wedding in Las Vegas. Last week we got to take those flights and spent 4 nights in Sin City. With our big RTW trip coming up fast (24 days!) we went to Vegas with a bit of an agenda. Of course the &#91read more]

Mike and I arrived in Las Vegas today for my good friend’s (Tamara’s) wedding.  Our flight got in at 1:05 pm local time and our plan for the day was to check in to our off-strip hotel and get to REI (which is open until 9:00 pm) to buy our backpacks for our RTW trip.  And we wanted to do this the most economical way possible (i.e. without having to &#91read more]

You may be interested in reading Part 1 if you haven’t done so already. Yukon River Whitehorse to Dawson City 736km ”View Yukon River in a larger map” In the late spring of 1898, along the shores of several small, high mountain lakes in northern British Columbia, an estimated 30,000 people watched captivated, as the decaying ice floes heaved, crashed and groaned and finally gave way to disappear into the &#91read more]