Let’s Get “Snowdonia” Place Called Caernarforn
From our rest point in Broad Haven (which we should've stayed an extra night in), we set out after breakfast for a quick stop at the atmospheric 12th century grounds of St. Davids about 30 minutes north. We then took our time, 2 hours weaving along...
The Leaves Are “Rhossili” in the Winds of Pembrokshire
From Brecon Breacons we drove an hour's south to Swansea, Wales' second city after Cardiff and birthplace to Dylan Thomas and Catherine Zeta Jones, before stopping at the atmospheric Mumbles Pier: We then continued 40 minutes across the Gower...
I B-recon You’re A Breacon of Hope?
Driving 45 minutes from Cardiff, we reached Brecon Breacons National Park: Those who were averse to the hostel life dropped off their stuff at Penrhadw Farm and we headed on to our main base 20 minutes north at YHA Brecon Beacons Danywenallt. I...
Don’t Be So “Cardiff”-icult!
From Stonehenge we debated whether to drive an hour and half further to Tintern Abbey. But given that it was already getting late we sucked it up headed directly into Cardiff for our 7:30pm reservations at The Clink. Never one to give up, we still managed to...
Written in Stonehenge
Our road trip through Wales begins! Starting from London we took Bolt/Ubers for LCY airport, picking up our pre-reserved vehicles at the airport car park. After an hour of registration hoops, forms, and processing, we set out through an hour of London...
You’ll Never Be “A-Lone”don!
Can you believe it? Nearly 160+ countries around the world in the past 12 years and I still have no real posts on London! And I think that's because to even start writing a post about London is to try to do my home city of NYC justice in a...
You’re Going to Miss … The French Polynesia
PRESS play and read the post with the music . . . You're going to miss almost, just almost, normalizing paradise now. Paradise on earth. Paradise never-to-lose because you've already tasted it so early in your life. When society tells you to...
Why Did the Chichen Itza Cross the Road?
Probably the most visited site in the world that I have never been, until this weekend. Upon a destination wedding invitation last year by my friend Norman Chen, whom I last saw when we stopped in Chicago on our USA Road Trip back in August 2020....