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Ski Trip Essentials: A Packing List for Your Next Powder Day

February 13, 2019 By Ryan Victor 2 Comments

Ski Trip Essentials: A Packing List for Your Next Powder Day

If you’re new to skiing or snowboarding, all the gear that’s required can seem intimidating. Here’s exactly what you need for a day on the slopes – plus some tips for finding great gear on a budget.

Filed Under: Active and Healthy, Gear and Packing, Nature and Outdoors, Skiing Tagged With: activities, packing list, planning, ski gear, ski trip, Travel Styles

Beyond Beerlao: Sampling Craft Beer in Laos

November 12, 2018 By Ryan Victor 2 Comments

Beyond Beerlao: Sampling Craft Beer in Laos

We enjoy exploring the local beer scene wherever we travel, and we especially love finding microbreweries in unlikely places – like Laos. Ryan’s sampled just about all the beers available in Laos, and now he’s sharing where to find the best brews (and which ones to avoid).

Filed Under: Asia, Foodie Travel, Laos, Off the Beaten Path Tagged With: Beerlao, breweries, craft beer, destinations, featured, Travel Styles, Vientiane

Seeing the Green in Singapore: Hiking the Southern Ridges Trail

August 30, 2018 By Ryan Victor 4 Comments

Seeing the Green in Singapore: Hiking the Southern Ridges Trail

You might think of Singapore as just a sterile concrete jungle, but you’d be wrong! The city-state has a hidden side of parks, forests, and walking trails, and the Southern Ridges is probably the most iconic one.

Filed Under: Active and Healthy, Asia, Hiking, Nature and Outdoors, Singapore Tagged With: activities, Alexandra Arch, Bukit Chandu Museum, destinations, Henderson Waves, Mount Faber Park, parks, Southern Ridges trail, Travel Styles

Exploring Buddhist Hell at Singapore’s Haw Par Villa

May 29, 2018 By Ryan Victor 10 Comments

Exploring Buddhist Hell at Singapore’s Haw Par Villa

Singapore is thought of as sterile and commercial, but it’s got pockets of quirk – and perhaps nothing quirkier than Haw Par Villa. This main event at this free museum/theme park is a massive exhibit on the Buddhist concept of hell, and let’s just say, there’s no inner peace or jolly Buddha here.

Filed Under: Asia, Educational and Experiential, Off the Beaten Path, Singapore Tagged With: Buddhism, Buddhist hell, destinations, featured, Haw Par Villa, museums, Ten Courts of Hell, Travel Styles

How We’ve Funded A Year of Full-Time Travel

March 7, 2018 By Jen Ambrose 30 Comments

How We’ve Funded A Year of Full-Time Travel

After one full year on the road, here’s everything we’re doing to afford full-time travel and make this lifestyle work.

Filed Under: Budgeting, Long-Term Travel Tagged With: budget travel, featured, housesitting, planning, remote work, Southeast Asia, Travel Styles, work exchange, yoga

A Year on the Road: Reflecting on the Highs and Lows

February 11, 2018 By Jen Ambrose 12 Comments

A Year on the Road: Reflecting on the Highs and Lows

We’ve officially been on the road for a whole year! Today, we’re looking back on the highs and lows of the past twelve months, including our most exciting adventures and the biggest challenges of working while traveling.

Filed Under: Long-Term Travel Tagged With: digital nomad, featured, full-time travel, long-term travel, remote work, Southeast Asia, Travel Styles

Climbodia: A Rock Climbing Adventure in Cambodia

January 9, 2018 By Ryan Victor 8 Comments

Climbodia: A Rock Climbing Adventure in Cambodia

Why just look up at Southeast Asia’s limestone mountains when you could climb them? Ryan went rock climbing in Cambodia (with a company called Climbodia, ha!) and tried everything from top roping to rappelling.

Filed Under: Active and Healthy, Asia, Cambodia, Nature and Outdoors, Rock Climbing Tagged With: abseiling, activities, caving, Climbodia, destinations, featured, Kampot, rappelling, Travel Styles, via ferrata

Lights, Camera, Festival: The Luang Prabang Film Festival in Laos

December 30, 2017 By Jen Ambrose and Ryan Victor 6 Comments

Lights, Camera, Festival: The Luang Prabang Film Festival in Laos

Thanks to some lucky timing, we got to attend the 2017 Luang Prabang Film Festival in Laos. This annual festival celebrates Southeast Asian cinema, supports local filmmakers, and gives Lao people a rare chance to go to the movies.

Filed Under: Asia, Educational and Experiential, Laos Tagged With: destinations, featured, film festival, film industry, Luang Prabang, movies, Travel Styles

How Housesitting Is Helping Us See the World

November 15, 2017 By Jen Ambrose and Ryan Victor 24 Comments

How Housesitting Is Helping Us See the World

Free accommodations in a nice house and cool pets to play with while you travel? Yes, please! Housesitting has been a big part of our journey in Southeast Asia, and become much more than a way to save money.

Filed Under: Accommodations, Long-Term Travel, Thailand Tagged With: destinations, digital nomad, featured, housesitting, petsitting, planning, Travel Styles, TrustedHousesitters

Taking a City Break: The Best Parks in Bangkok

October 23, 2017 By Ryan Victor Leave a Comment

Taking a City Break: The Best Parks in Bangkok

Bangkok may be a massive urban center, but it turns out this city has a number of beautiful green spaces. Plus, a day out in a park makes a great respite from all the chaos.

Filed Under: Active and Healthy, Asia, Nature and Outdoors, Thailand Tagged With: Bangkok, Chatuchak, destinations, featured, green spaces, Lumphini, public parks, Travel Styles

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Hi! We're Jen and Ryan, an American couple on a journey to travel the world while working from the road. We're passionate about outdoors adventure, ethical travel, and healthy living. Passions and Places is a space for us to share our stories and tips with you, but most importantly, we hope to inspire you to seek your own adventure.

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