We arrived to Mexico City a couple hours late from storm delays in the US, but not having any missed connections we were calm amidst others who were no longer going to make it to Australia and Chetumal. A coworker had recommended Eduardo (+52 155 1391 8500 – 250 pesos from airport to hotel plus 50 peso tip), a taxi… Read more →
We liked Mexico so much this winter that we decided to go back! This time we will be visiting Mexico City, Oaxaca and Puebla over 11 days. I just got some cold that was going around after avoiding it like the plague for months — bad timing but it’s mild and I hope to enjoy all the food & mezcal… Read more →
Yesterday we arrived in Valladolid after an easy 2 hour bus ride from Cancún. We gained an hour because of the time change, so as a surprise we had more time for lunch before checking in to our B&B! We walked from the bus stop to the main square and ate at El Atrio del Mayab. It was amazing! We… Read more →
Last night we landed and tried to figure out the colectivo shuttles from the Cancún airport to the centro. It only took 1 convo with a woman in a tourist office shirt trying to sell us ‘beneficios’ for visiting a certain hotel and 1 Super Shuttle woman confiding in us not to use our credit card because of the extra… Read more →
I looooove light packing. I get all my things into a 35L backpack wherever I go, whether it’s for a month or a week. I can hop on and off planes, buses, trains, and never break my elbow carrying a little rolly suitcase around. Try rolling a suitcase over cobblestone streets in Italy. Not fun. BUT let’s face it —… Read more →
Tomorrow we head off to the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico for 12 days! Cancun (1 night) – land at a hostel just for the night, enjoy the plaza festival by our hostel, eat delicious food, sleep well in bunk beds… Valladolid (2 nights) – visit ruins of Chichen Itza & Ek Balam, honor the magical portals that these temples are!,… Read more →
The moment we landed in Salvador, Bahia, we knew this was it. When we plucked Brazil from our dreams of a place to visit this summer, this is what our imaginations told us it was. The feeling was immediate, tangible. We were here. I can’t say if it was the people we met, how we moved through the space, mad eye contact,… Read more →
We’ve been in Rio three days and have been enjoying life here. The weather is warm but not hot. It still feels hard to really “get” that we are actually in Brazil!! We are staying at a great little guest house in Santa Teresa called Casa Da Santa. Matthieu our host is French and has lived in Rio for 10… Read more →
Our first day in São Paulo was beautiful. We arrived in the early morning, had cappuccino and delicious pastries. Then we walked to Parque Ibirapuera a giant park near our hostel and stretched, and breathed. (In fact, we walked around for about 8 miles our first day!). It’s winter here, like LA winter, a crisp in the air. So I’m… Read more →
Nonstop LAX to São Paulo. See more pics and videos on Instagram @twoqueerstravel Read more →
1 month’s worth. Packing light takes lots of time & thought but it’s worth it! (Not pictured: my wallet that is nowhere to be found the day we are leaving for Brazil. Oops!) Follow our travels on Instagram at @twoqueerstravel!! Read more →
Very excited to announce that today, Sofia and I got tickets to Brazil! We’re flying nonstop from LAX to São Paulo, then planning to spend some time in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador de Bahia. Perhaps we’ll add some stops in Búzios and Belo Horizonte. We’ll be gone most of July! If you have any suggestions of: where to stay,… Read more →
Here’s a cute little header we made for our 2013 Italy trip photos that I just found. This is Capri. Read more →
Today we’re on the road back to LA. I was disappointed yesterday to not go north, not camp in the old growth redwoods, and not visit Marne and John in Mendocino. Oh and being sick! What a bummer. But today on the road feels nice, with Sofia behind the wheel. And waking up cozy at Kaytee’s house while frost covered… Read more →
Today I (Sammy) woke up sick with a chest cold, so we reconfigured our “spontaneous” plan to camp and head further north and decided we would head back down to LA tomorrow. We ended us spending another night in Fairfax with Kaytee, walked in the woods behind her house, got massages and hot tub time at her spa workplace and… Read more →
We spent a lovely rainy night in Fairfax, at the end of a road beginning of a trailhead beside a roaring creek. After dropping Kaytee off at work in Mill Valley this morning we had delicious coffees at Equator Coffee and then took a spontaneous trip over the Golden Gate Bridge to Shanghai Dumpling King. After filling our bellies we… Read more →
Picking up Kaytee in Pasadena and off we go! We’re such sustainable coffee-goers! Read more →
I know, just from the title it’s ridiculous that we went to a country for just two days. But it was part of a 3 week trip to Thailand and Singapore and better to go visit Angkor Wat for a little bit than never go at all! We realized once we got here that we had done very little research… Read more →
I had food poisoning yesterday, on our bus ride back from Cambodia to Bangkok. It was most certainly from the buffet at Koulen Restaurant in Siem Reap where we went to the dinner show with traditional dancing the night before. Of course, we didn’t get a bug from the delicious street food we’ve been eating all trip, but from the… Read more →
After a somewhat arduous journey from Koh Phangan, we are in Cambodia! Things we didn’t know about visiting Angkor Wat: Visas to enter Cambodia cost $30USD. You need a recent passport photo to enter. But if you don’t have you you pay $2USD extra so no biggie. Everything is in US dollars. Everything…we changed all our US dollars into Cambodian… Read more →
Getting around Koh Phangan tended to be more time consuming and costly than I had imagined. After being in Chiang Mai, I was surprised at the difference! I share these tips because it was hard to find online beforehand, and only discovered once we were here. The Raja Ferry from the Surat Thani airport was 500 baht/person, which included the 1.5… Read more →
We were excited to hike to “the most beautiful beach on the island” Bottle Beach, but we realized the directions we had found online were from Chaloklum, not from Thong Nai Pan Noi where we are staying. So here are our directions 🙂 From the little town at Thong Nai Pan Noi, we headed out for the main road coming… Read more →
Today we intentionally “did” nothing. No hikes, no waterfalls, no town. We just woke up, had breakfast at Baan Tapannoi on the beach (Thongtapan Resort‘s onsite restaurant), laid out our chairs and towels 50 feet away, got massages at the beach massage hut 30 feet away, had lunch at Baan Tapannoi (the red snapper larb is ridiculously good), laid out again, had… Read more →
After breakfast we hiked to Than Prawes waterfall which was kind of random but great too. It’s more a series of little waterfalls and you climb up boulders on the river. We had a nice time sitting and chatting by dozens of butterflies. Then it was beach time again! Not much else. Laundry in town, ATM for more cash, beach… Read more →
So this is how booking stuff on the internet goes. You have no idea what you’re gonna get! In this case, we got lucky. For 1,500 baht (~$43/night) we are at this fancy-ass resort on Thong Nai Pan Noi beach: Thongtapan Resort. We have air conditioning(!) and beach towels and free beach chairs(!) and breakfast(!) at the restaurant that serves… Read more →