Life’s too short to stay home
Hi! We’re Joy & Thorsten. This is a collection of our adventures. We hope they will inspire you to get out there and explore !
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June 4, 2020
Wildflower Hike in the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve
The Bay Area is a beautiful place that we’re lucky to call home. This is especially true in the Spring, when a combination of sun, blue sky, moderate temperatures and plentiful wildflowers make for a great time to explore the abundance of trails on the peninsula. A few weekends ago, we decided to head to […]
June 2, 2020
End of year ski road trip
We’ve been skiing in Colorado multiple times now, but always loathed the experience of flying into Denver, getting a rental car and battling I-70 traffic into the mountains. Traveling with 2 pairs of skis each and gear for 2+ weeks also quickly starts to exhaust luggage allowances even with airline status. So in 2018, and […]
April 27, 2019
Philippines Diving Adventure: Exploring Mactan Island
With our Australia trip coming up in July, we decided we wanted a little more diving practice since we only did our certification dives so far. When we came across a great flight deal on EVA to Cebu, we couldn’t pass it up and decided to jump on it. GETTING TO CEBU While we didn’t get […]
June 5, 2018
The Ultimate Northern Vietnam Trip: Sapa – Stop 2
After landing in Hanoi, Sapa was my next stop. It is a region close to the Chinese border known for its rice terraces and ethnic tribes. If you are up for the adventure, you can hire private tour guides to drive you through more remote regions to experience countryside living without the crowd. Due to time […]
June 4, 2018
The Ultimate Northern Vietnam Trip: Hanoi – My Vietnam Base
If you travel to Vietnam, chances are you will fly either into Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. Because I chose to focus my trip in northern Vietnam, it made a lot of sense to begin my journey in Hanoi. I used it subsequently as a base to venture west (Sapa), east (Halong Bay), and […]