Rediscovering Home in a Kingswood
One thing that I love about travel is the new respect you get for things back home. I’m from the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne, about an hour drive from the CBD. If you’re visiting, the tourist highlights include the Puffing Billy steam-train, the Sherbrooke forest (where you might catch a glimpse of a [...]
Help the Animals at AWARE!
For those of you who have followed our blog for a while, you would know that the AWARE Animal Shelter in Guatemala means a lot to us. We are currently in the process of adopting a couple of dogs from there! AWARE has recently entered a contest with a company in Guatemala that could result [...]
Vasquez Rocks for Stela9
I recently took these photos at the stunning Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park for our Etsy store, Stela9, and felt the need to share. The model is my sister’s friend, Mackenzie. This is one of my favorite locations in the Los Angeles are and it has such an amazing history. The Vasquez Rocks are named [...]
The Slow, Steady Road – Our Travel Style
There are certainly a lot of different philosophies when it comes to travel methods. Luckily for us, we both agree on one particular path. Had we not of, or our adventures could have gotten awkward. Our particular style, and we are both unashamed of the fact, is “snail’s pace”. We move from place to place [...]
A Hostel Guide to Guatemala
After doing endless loops around Guatemala staying almost exclusively in hostels, we feel pretty qualified on writing this post. While hostels aren’t always the cleanest, quietest, or privatest, you can’t ignore the social benefits that they offer. We often plan adventures after sitting down with some fellow backpackers and getting the inside goss on hot [...]
Olimpia and Honduran Soccer
As some of you may know, I spent a year living in Honduras during 2005/06. Similarly to most Latin American nations, soccer in Honduras is less a sport and more a religion. I got pretty taken away with it all during my time there, joining a fan group from the town I was living in [...]
6 Months of Blog Action & the 2011 Road Ahead
Adventures with Cloud People is 6 months old! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal readers for following us as we sorted out all the things involved with running a blog. We hope you can stick with us as we get stuck into the 2011. A Few Popular Posts We [...]
