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House to Laos

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    Why We Travel

    September 25, 2020 Read More
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    DC like a local: Cherry Blossoms

    March 18, 2018 Read More
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    Welcome Aboard!

    August 19, 2016 Read More
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    Best Cherry Blossom Experience in Washington DC

    March 9, 2016 Read More
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    Wanderlust Friday

    February 5, 2016 Read More
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    HTL Travelers’ Gift Guide: 2015

    December 11, 2015 Read More
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    Who, What, Where, When and How of TBEX

    November 27, 2015 Read More
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    Castle Hopping in Albania

    November 17, 2015 Read More
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    Should you Attend a Travel Blog Conference?

    November 6, 2015 Read More
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    One day in Tirana, Albania

    November 3, 2015 Read More
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    How to Travel with an Office Job

    October 23, 2015 Read More
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    Skopje, Macedonia – A Study in Contrasts

    October 21, 2015 Read More
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    Spaces Around the Globe: Hungary’s Parliament – Budapest

    Today’s spaces around the globe is a bit of a departure from what I was originally thinking for these series, i.e. well-designed spaces for living, eating, or socializing. But really, most of us spend the…

    July 10, 2015
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    Hipster Beautiful Budapest

    The minute we walked out of the airport and onto the subway bound for center of Budapest – I knew it. This was my city. Sometimes you just get that feeling. Very rarely is…

    July 8, 2015
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    Wanderlust Friday

    We made an impromptu long weekend trip to Kentucky last week, and despite my complaints of how travel is exhausting - we had a blast.…

    June 26, 2015
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    Confessions of AirBnB Hosts

    Since we've decided to be based in Washington DC for the foreseeable near future, we are exploring all sorts of ways to replenish our travel fund. Aside from actually getting paying jobs, our most…

    June 19, 2015
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    Laos Itinerary

    How we spent 22 days in Laos Laos is stunning. Looking back on our photographs we can’t quite believe how beautiful our natural surroundings were. The slow pace of life, the small, scattered villages…

    June 17, 2015
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    Wanderlust Friday: Travel is Exhausting

    Hey there – so we missed a wanderlust Friday post last week. The short and sweet of it is we didn’t have wifi OR 4G connection – yes, those places still exist in the…

    June 12, 2015
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    Laos: Travel Tips, Tricks, & Resources

    We had high expectations coming into Laos — it had a lot to prove to us, given the blog name and all. It’s funny, while we were there we didn’t quite LOVE it. Yes…

    June 10, 2015
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    Laos’ Secret Scars

    Laos is the most bombed country on earth. Ever. Statistics publicized by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) put the precise number at one planeload of bombs, every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years.…

    June 3, 2015
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    Wanderlust Friday

    Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia.  The return to 9-5 has been a bit bumpy for me. I like the job and my colleagues, and even the routine. But the no fresh air or day…

    May 29, 2015
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    Liebster Award – aka Interview with House to Laos

    We’ve been nominated for a Liebster Award! It came as a complete surprise. We are so honored to be included on this list of new(ish) travel bloggers whom the community thinks deserve recognition. I…

    May 22, 2015
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    Giving Back and Learning in Laos

    Looking back on our 14 months of travel, I wish we’ve done more volunteering – every single time that we took the opportunity, we had an amazing time doing it. Part of the problem…

    May 20, 2015
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    Wanderlust Friday

    Happy Wanderlust Friday guys! Last weekend was graduations galore around Washington DC, and so summer feels like its going to kick into high gear any second now. For some reason I always associate summer…

    May 15, 2015
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