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What to do on Edinburgh's "Royal Mile"

We’re spending 2 nights right on the legendary Royal Mile of the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland, making it super convenient to experience the local culture, the can’t-miss sites, some authentic bites, and some barrel-aged sips that can only come from these lands.

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London To Scotland On An 11-Hour Sleeper Train

We’re checking out of our London rental and trekking north to the Scottish Highlands. But instead of flying or driving to the home of the elusive Loch Ness monster, we’re getting there by rail and we’re sleeping most of the way for our first overnight sleeper train experience.

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Our Top Long-Haul Travel Gear

It’s time once again for a marathon travel day with a long-haul flight. This time, we’re leaving Denver and flying back to the Philippines by way of Los Angeles and San Francisco. So, 2 short flights, followed by a 14-hour+ leg across the Pacific.

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Hold And Feed Exotic Australian Animals At This Wildlife Center

After our previous episode, where we spent a couple of days exploring the sites and bites of downtown Sydney, our family’s catching a ride to Featherdale Wildlife Park get up-close and personal with the largest community of Australian critters in the world. Today, Brooklyn will be the only person in the park who gets to feed the planet’s happiest animal, while Colt tries his hand at caring for the smallest breed of penguins.

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Sydney, Australia — From the Ground Up

After our family’s bucket list week in West Asia’s United Arab Emirates, we’ve headed down under for our first true taste of the continent of Oceania. In this episode, we’re staying at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney and taking their team’s suggestions on the city’s can’t-miss sites and bites. From sea level architecture and sky-high gazing to kangaroo steak and cocktail confections, we’re devouring Australia from the ground up.

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Finding Hidden Treasure In Abu Dhabi

Three days ago, our family left our part-time home in Manila for our first visit to Dubai. We explored the legendary emirate by sea, air, and land. But now we’ve driven 75 minutes south to Abu Dhabi to experience some of the most magical parts of UAE culture. From sites and bites to a journey through the world’s largest sand desert and a night at one of the most awesome hotels on the planet.

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Dubai Off The Beaten Path: By Sea, Air, and Land

Our family’s catching a flight from our part-time home in the Philippines to the opposite side of Asia, touching down in the city and emirate of Dubai. Even though this is our first time in the UAE, we’re bypassing the obvious tourist traps in search of some Arabian adventure that’s more off the beaten path. So we’re about to explore Dubai by sea… by air… and by land.

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United Airlines Premier 1K Experience In 2024

Our family has been part of United Airlines' MileagePlus program and held Premier 1K status for 3 years, but the airline has made some less-than-ideal changes over that time. In this episode, we give a complete look at the 2024 status experience, from miles upgrades for the United Premium Plus cabin, to complimentary upgrades for United First Class, to how often we get Plus Points upgrades for United Polaris Business Class.

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We're Changing Our Travel Lifestyle

In today’s episode, we’re giving you an in-depth and behind-the-scenes life update on what’s been going on with our family over the past year — and our plans for the rest of 2024.

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Our 30th Island In the Philippines. But Why?

It's day 3 in Puerto Princesa and we're spending it on the water and beaches of Palawan's many islands. Come with us as we island hop, enjoy lunch in the sand, stalk fireflies in the dark, and dine over the water and under the stars.

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We Floated Into an Underground River

Our American family has set up a part-time home in Metro Manila, Philippines, but today we're off to experience one of the 7 new wonders of nature: the famous underground river of Puerto Princesa, Philippines.

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We found the rarest safari animal on earth (and it’s adorable)

We’re wrapping up a tour of South Africa with a few days deep in the bush of Kruger National Park. Since our very fruitful game drives around Phinda already checked off all of Africa’s Big Five, including the lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard, we’re focusing this safari on spotting a few other exciting animals, including one of the rarest on Earth.

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Stalking Africa's “Big Five” in Phinda (Part 2)

On our second and third days at Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa, we're in search of more beautiful wildlife — and we don't come up empty-handed. Will we finally find the one member of Africa's "Big Five" that's proven most elusive?

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Stalking Africa's “Big Five” in Phinda (Part 1)

It’s finally time to trek into the bush for some big game safari adventure. But that starts with a full day of travel, so we’re taking you along and showing you the Airlink flight experience to Kruger, the chartered plane experience to Phinda, how we pack efficiently for a safari, and what our luxurious mountain lodging is like.

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We swam with South Africa's apex predator (and survived)

We’ve spent the past week exploring the beautiful country of South Africa and while the history, food, landscapes have been captivating, I’m definitely craving another dose of extreme adventure. Turns out there’s a place just a short drive away where you can cage dive with Africa’s apex predators: the nile crocodile. So Colt and I are leaving the girls above-surface for a bit while we submerge ourselves in a bucket-list experience that we hope to return from.

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