We head north to Cederberg to relax among the red rocks and clear blue skies.

We take a detour on our way to Vienna and fly to Cape Town with Kelton and Grandpa John.

We hike a few sections of the Camino and visit San Sabastián and Porto before heading home.

We spend 5 days hiking hut to hut in the Bernese Oberland with Wake Forest students.

In France we traverse the Valle Blanche in Chamonix and bike up the Gorges de la Nesques in Bedoin.

We add 12 Wake Forest students to the travel squad in Barcelona and begin a multi-week journey through Spain, France and Switzerland.

The four pack reassembles to test our heat tolerance on a backpack trip along the Crete coast.

Little mini always wanted to visit Greece. She finally makes it there and loves it.

We hike and eat our way around the Datça Pennisula and explore Ephesus.

We test our luck with the wind in Öludeniz and paraglide off a 6,000 foot peak and land softly on the beach.

We visit Termessos and sea kayak along the southern coast of Turkey.

We explore the epic rock formations in Cappadocia.

We ease our souls towards the West with a perfect stop in a city straddling both Europe and Asia.

We meet new friends from our Everest Base Camp trek and explore the wadis and canyons of Oman.

We feel the healing powers of the Dead Sea and walk in the footsteps of Romans.

We visit Wadi Rum and pretend we live on Mars in the extraterrestrial red sand desert.

We wander down the Siq and explore the ancient city carved in sandstone 2,000 years ago.

We make the “Sunshine Nomad” handle official with a trek through the desert to Little Petra.

We unintentionally travel from Everest, the highest spot on earth, to the Dead Sea, the absolute lowest spot on earth.

We explore the Citadel and souks and break the fast during Ramadan in Amman, Jordan.

Our 18 day trek ends at Gokyo Ri and heads back down the mountain over three days to the Lukla airport.

We cross Cho La Pass cresting at 17,611 feet and then summit Gokyo Ri for views of Mount Everest.

We reach 17,600 feet and touch Everest Base Camp after 10 days of trekking through the Himalayan high peaks.

Our Everest trek continues to Dingboche where we reach the height of 16,676 feet.

The 8,000 meter Himalayan peaks enticed us to take on the 18 day Everest Base Camp and Gokyo trek.

We explore Kathmandu and strategize for a trekking trip to Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Ri.

The isolated beach of Talalla and the hip surf town of Hiriketiya finish off our tour of Sri Lanka.

Ella, a hill country town with loads of chill, offered long range views and unlimited cups of local tea.

Topping out at over 2,000 meters, we visited an eerie highland grassland plateau and the World’s End.

The lure of tea plantations and cool mountain air pulled us up the twisty road for a visit to Nuwara Eliya.

Our grand tour around Sri Lanka stops in Kandy and the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

We climbed Sigiriya Rock and Pidurangala to take in the view and visit the famous ruins high above the valley floor.

A safari in Minneriya National Park to observe mamas and babies grazing in the wild continues our year of the elephant.

The world’s tallest stupa and local hospitality were the highlights of our visit to Anuradhapura.

We took a safari in Wilpattu National Park to spot the elusive and famous leopards.

We moved on to Sri Lanka and landed just close enough to visit the vibrant Negombo Fish Market.

Time to leave Pai and make our way back to the Bangkok airport and prepare to explore lands beyond.

We spent several days in Pai, Thailand hanging out in the quintessential hippie chill out town.

We mountain biked down Doi Pakia while taking in views of Doi Chiang Dao, the “last tooth in the Himalayas”.

We spent three days trekking to hill tribe villages, rafting on bamboo boats, and bathing elephants near Pai, Thailand.

In Northern Thailand outside of Chiang Mai, we visited the Majestic Elephant project and helped care for three elephants.

After our tour of the islands of the Andaman Sea, we took a ferry to the providence of Krabi to climb the famous limestone karst in Railay.

Our adventure begins in Bangkok, and moves to islands in the Andaman Sea. Check out our photos of Koh Lipe, Koh Lanta, and Koh Phi Phi.