The flying dog

by Stephy // November 23, 2017 // No Comments

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Marc and I took Pooka on her first commercial flight from Atlanta to Denver for the Thanksgiving holiday. We plan on taking her to Italy for my family’s Christmas holiday and I wanted to test out how... Continue reading →

Best day of the year: Earth Day!

by Stephy // April 22, 2017 // No Comments

Happy Earth Day! I hope you have spent it outdoors celebrating this beautiful, wondrous, ever changing planet of ours. Or maybe you’ve spent it traveling getting to know as much of it as possible. In celebration of Earth Day, here... Continue reading →

Pura Vida in Costa Rica

by Stephy // December 26, 2016 // No Comments

In keeping with my year end promise to wrap up 2015-2016 travel posts, here’s the second one I owe y’all.. Some might say going to Costa Rica and staying on a resort the whole time is not experiencing the real... Continue reading →

A walk & a swim on the edge of a waterfall (Angel’s Pool in Victoria Falls)

by Stephy // December 6, 2016 // No Comments

(Part 4 of 4. Finally) Per my promise to finally wrap up my past due travel posts from 2015-2016, here’s the first one. To conclude my exciting weekends in Zimbabwe, the fourth and final outing on paper seemed pretty low... Continue reading →

Travel blog fail

by Stephy // October 30, 2016 // No Comments

The point of having a travel blog is to share about ones travels… Right? I suppose that was part of my reason for starting this blog almost two years ago. However, I have been failing miserably keeping everyone (all seven people... Continue reading →

World Rhino Day

by Stephy // September 22, 2016 // No Comments

The whole point of my trip to Africa in the spring of 2015 was to work on a rhino reservation. I chose Nakavango Conservation Programme because of the wonderful work that organization is doing to protect rhinos. On this World Rhino... Continue reading →

Peek a boo

by Stephy // August 12, 2016 // No Comments

It’s World Elephant Day! And if you follow my blog you know I’m obsessed with nature and animals. I love this picture I took last year while in Africa of this elephant trying to hid in the bush. She’s doing... Continue reading →

TBT to Iceland – A year later and I still can’t stop talking about it

by Stephy // May 12, 2016 // No Comments

Exactly one year ago today Marc and I boarded a plane headed to Iceland. The trip was so amazing that I still can’t stop talking about it and I am CONSTANTLY telling people to run, not walk, to get themselves... Continue reading →

Reunited Adventurers

by Stephy // March 24, 2016 // No Comments

Exactly one year after we met volunteering in Africa, my young Australian friend Eli and I were reunited! This time she came to visit me in the Georgia. She was only here for two days as part of her world... Continue reading →

Rafting the Zambezi & Diving with Crocs (the reptile not the shoe)

by Stephy // September 12, 2015 // No Comments

Part 3 of 4 Ok, I know it’s been a while (a loooong while) since I came back from Africa but I’m still not done telling stories about it. It was such an amazing trip I will never be able... Continue reading →

World Lion Day 2015 – In Honor of Cecil

by Stephy // August 10, 2015 // No Comments

Today is World Lion Day and of course this year it’s more emotional and poignant than in others after the brutal death of Cecil the Lion. I was just in Zimbabwe this past March and some of my fellow volunteers... Continue reading →

Still dreaming about Iceland

by Stephy // June 16, 2015 // No Comments

Part 2 of 2 It’s been three weeks since Marc and I got back from Iceland yet we are still talking about it. It was that great of a trip. But don’t worry about me too much. I went to... Continue reading →

In the land of fire & ice. Otherwise known as Iceland.

by Stephy // May 26, 2015 // No Comments

Part 1 of 2 A few weeks ago, without either of us being able to recall how it really all came about, my boyfriend Marc and I started talking about a trip to Iceland. It’s a place I had always... Continue reading →

The time I was pushed off a cliff

by Stephy // April 19, 2015 // 1 Comment

(Part two of four) I’m not exactly what one would call a dare devil, but I’m not a scaredy cat either. I’d say I’m somewhere in between. I’ve been sky diving but tandem. Right in the middle (or maybe some would... Continue reading →

Oh the places we will go

by Stephy // April 9, 2015 // 5 Comments

(Part one of four) The town of Victoria Falls is the perfect place for adventure-thrill seekers and luckily the weekends at Nakavango are free for the volunteers to do as they wish. All one has to do is pick between... Continue reading →

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