January 4, 2013 was supposed to be the day we completed the 3rd item on our While We’re Alive list.  Unfortunately, the week we just spent on Oahu consisted of rain, high wind warnings, rain, rough seas, rain, and ultimately the cancelation of our cage dive with North Shore Shark Adventures. After receiving the terrible news, […]

One of the items on our list of things we must do While We’re Alive, is going to take us 10 years to complete!!  That’s because #24 is: Celebrate New Year’s Eve in 10 Different Cities!! For 2012, we rang in the New Year with thousands of Thais in Pattaya, Thailand.  A week long concert, paper […]

Cross another one off The List! We didn’t know much about the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage until we actually arrived in Sri Lanka and started asking around.  Apparently, what once started as a legitimate orphanage for injured, abused, and abandoned elephants, has since turned into more of a money making amusement park for tourists.  At a […]

A massive plug of magma rock in the middle of Sri Lanka, we’ve been itching to get to the top of it ever since watching the boys on Departures climb the thing a couple years back.  Enter – #68 on our bucket list: Dodge The Hornets While Climbing Sigiriya Rock! It wasn’t the fact that […]

If there was one thing we needed to do in Sri Lanka, While We’re Alive, it was climb Adam’s Peak.  It’s a feat that most Sri Lankan’s accomplish in their life many times, but one that few foreigners ever tackle.  To Sri Lankan’s, climbing Adam’s Peak (Sri Pada) during pilgrimage season is their way to […]