There are a couple things we avoid when we travel, namely, Segway tours and hop on/hop off bus tours. I think we’re mostly trying to avoid activities where our tourist-status is obvious and unavoidable. Or we’re embarrassed to be those people. You know, now that I’m really thinking about it, maybe we’ve been too harsh […] The post We Were THOSE Tourists in Joburg appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

Last year, over one of our weekly wine and cheese dinners at a friend’s apartment in Shanghai, we hatched a plan for a group safari trip. Our friend Chris was turning 40, and wanted to blow it out. No lame house party, or late night drinking session would suffice. Over hunks of Comte and thinly […] The post Becoming Safari-ers in Kruger National Park appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

Where We’ve Been Singapore: 57 days Penang, Malaysia: 4 days Highlights All the Moving Stuff: We officially landed in Singapore in late October, but the bulk of the moving work has been taking place, slowly and surely, over the past two months. In early November we started apartment hunting. We quickly set our sights on […] The post November/December 2019 Months in Review appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

I blame the heat of Singapore that I keep forgetting the year is drawing to a close. Every attempt to dive deep into the holiday spirit is a little bit ruined when we’re sweating through our clothes. But, last night we got sprayed with fake snow at a Christmas festival and it reminded me that […] The post 2019 Highlights: Travel and Food appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

Now that we’ve successfully left China (with our reputations and government standing intact, we hope!), we wanted to quickly lay out the process for others facing the same upcoming challenge. Just like when we were obtaining visas and moving within China, we found online resources sorely lacking on this topic, so hopefully this helps you […] The post Canceling our Chinese Residency Visa: Last Chapter in our Visa Saga appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

After a lovely week exploring the greater Auckland area of New Zealand’s North Island, our little crew headed south. We flew from Auckland to Queenstown, which was easy and inexpensive. As we approached Queenstown, the peaks of snow-covered mountains poked through the clouds and we weaved between the hills. The landing was one of the […] The post Only the Highlights near Queenstown, New Zealand appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

Where We’ve Been New Zealand: Auckland, Kumeu, Teraunga, Queenstown, Otago, etc., 15 days China: Shanghai, 40 days Singapore: 6 days Highlights An Amazing New Zealand Adventure: Honestly, New Zealand was everything we hoped for and more. We just adored exploring this plush country full of majestic visas, millions of baby lambs and consistently fantastic food […] The post September/October 2019 Months in Review appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

Oh hi there. Welcome. Kia ora. It’s been a minute since we’ve been on the road, and there’s nothing like a nice long vacation to make us eager to divulge all the details while they’re still fresh. New Zealand has the kind of epic reputation that inspires multi-month journeys, once-in-a-lifetime adventures and outsized expectations. The […] The post Exploring New Zealand’s North Island appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

If this blog had an alternative title, it might be “Don’t Throw Away the Moving Boxes.” Or, “Are They EVER Going to Come Home?” For some reason, it has been a season of moving around these parts. In 2017, we took a huge leap from London to Shenzhen, China, where we were convinced we would […] The post We’re Moving YET AGAIN! appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more

Where We’ve Been Hong Kong: 3 days United States – New York City, Boston, Maine, Indiana, North Carolina: 22 days China – Shanghai: 37 days Highlights Perfectly Paced Trip: We have been making summer sojourns to the US for five summers. Each year the schedule is different and we really struggle to balance our need […] The post July/August 2019 Months in Review appeared first on Drive on the Left ..read more