“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; this is not done by jostling in the street.” –William Blake I’m not going to lie, folks…I’m having “a week.” You know the kind: when the to do list seems unending, and the time is too little, and, if we’re being perfectly honest, motivation just isn’t […]
Time travel is possible. Ok. Maybe not in the most technical sense. But, as those of us who love to travel know, there are moments and places which make time travel feel possible. And a trip to visit Lukomir, the most isolated highland village in the Dinaric Mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina…definitely one of those times. How exactly […]
Our Lukomir Tour was a lot of Fun and a lot of Beautiful! We were excited to get out of the hustle and bustle of Sarajevo and join Green Visions for a hiking adventure to Lukomir, the traditional village in the highlands of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Along the way, we saw beautiful views, a village […]
How did a museum dedicated to putting heartbreak on display become the most popular, and, dare we say, the best museum in Zagreb? That story–and mine–is what we’re talking about today, friends… Back when I was in graduate school, there was a place on campus that I liked to visit with fair regularity: the Humanities […]
Can you believe it? We can’t. It has been one year since we left our Long Beach, California home to become full-time travelers. Since then, we have visited 18 countries, flown on 23 airplanes, partnered with over a dozen small businesses and three tourist boards, drank more than 2000 cups of coffee, and published 110 […]
As the stories of heroism, survival, and horror continue to emerge in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris–a city I love, and have lived in–I’ve been thinking about what, if anything, I ought to say here, to you: people who come to this website because you love to travel, and dream of seeing […]
You all know we like to keep it fun here on the blog, but we also want to make sure we’re giving you the travel tips and resources that will help you most when you’re on the road. Justin and I started UncontainedLife.com because we believe being a mindful traveler leads to better experiences—better for you, […]
“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen Six months ago, this quote was a pretty good encapsulation of Justin’s and my understanding of what it meant to pack our lives into backpacks and embark on our long term travel adventure. And while I wouldn’t say the […]
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