Unlike many places, where I have absolutely no idea what to expect once the airplane wheels touch down, I thought I had Belize figured out. Golden sand, scuba gear, honeymoon resorts… I got you, Belize. Right? Day #11,661: The first step in our road trip from the Belize City airport was transportation. As we drove […]
Day #11,581 {New Year’s Day 2014}: Because New Years’ Eves generally find me breaking bad, New Year’s Day sunrises generally find me asleep in last night’s sequined clothing, slobbering on a mascara-smeared pillow. This, as I learned in the Sahara, is 100% my loss. (And, incidentally, Mr. M’s loss because his first vision of the new […]
Day #11,580 {New Year’s Eve 2013}: I woke up in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. And laid there for a few minutes while it sunk in that I was waking up in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. For a landscape so barren at first glance, the Sahara solicits exploration. […]
The Casablanca airport does not make a great impression. Unfortunately, the entry point of all flights from North America is said airport, the domestic terminal of which is highlighted by ominously flickering fluorescent overheads, dotted with 1/6 the number of seats it might’ve contained, and features an airport lounge with an honest-to-goodness foot of cement […]
Every once in a while, Mr. M & I used to feel Manhattan’s concrete jungle closing in on us. When we needed to break free, my favorite escape was the Catskill region in upstate New York. A ninety minute drive from this skyline… … is this one! Day #11,132: Despite getting mildly lost on the […]
I did not expect to find myself on top of a glacier. Glaciers are, universally speaking, fairly Epic. You really don’t need to be on top of one to appreciate it. Besides, doesn’t that sort of stunt require dangling precariously above frozen crevasses with ice picks for hands? Fox Glacier sits frozen on the west […]
It’s impossible to complain about the weather in California. Well… it’s certainly possible to complain about the weather, but you’ll sound like an ass and will get serious side-eye from anyone living someplace where Storm Watch 3000 means something more substantial than “maybe it’ll rain.” In fact, just one year ago, Mr. M & I found […]
With all the hype surrounding Machu Picchu, it could easily be one of those overrated places that’s frustratingly uber-disappointing in real life. Even the journey to get to Machu Picchu is slightly epic. Whether by train (as Mr. M & I did) or by 4-day hardcore trek, you have a whole lotta time to imagine and re-imagine “Machu […]
Okay. My Machu Picchu Fantasy circa 2008 played out something like this: I trudge the famous 4-day Inka Trail armed only with grizzled walking stick and roll of TP, and summit the Intipunku Sun Gate just in time to watch the sun rise as a majestic crown atop Machu Picchu. [Please note: in this fantasy […]
Day #11,402: We woke up to… sun! One way to save money in a country that’s insanely pricey- and Iceland is insanely pricey, even to us New Yorkers- is to live like the locals. Faced with a $14 per person continental breakfast at our motel, Mr. M & I fled to the town’s grocery store. […]