There is a frog living in the drain of our sink. I presume he’s searching […]

by Kristy Layton and Kate Laverriere Everyone brings different baggage on a trip, both the […]

Qatar is probably a place we never would have visited by choice.  Ask someone to […]

“When you are staying in a ger, never go hiking at night.” Our representative in […]

Dulamsuren is the Mongolian version of Jeff’s mother.  She is constantly busy puttering around – […]

By far our favorite stop in Russia has been stunning Lake Baikal.  Sometimes you appreciate […]

Eastern Siberia alternates between taiga (Siberian wilderness) and industrial towns stuffed with heavy machinery and […]

Tundra, taiga, steppe, and desert. These are the four types of giant expanses you’ll find […]

Jeff remembered this commercial from the 80s and whenever we see a sweet Russian track […]

The scene out our train window was a stark contrast to the one we’d left […]

Below are the most exciting photos we took during our time in Moscow.  We found […]

Big.  That’s Russia in a nutshell.  Everything is bigger in mother Russia.  Stepping off the […]