When I first tried writing about &Beyond’s Mnemba Island, it was the day before we left and I told Jeremy that something in my writing was missing. It felt incomplete, uninspired, as though there were still stories to tell. And I was correct. Have you ever heard of a heart urchin? It’s a type of […]
HONEYMOONING IN THE SERENGETI: ONE NATURE NYARUSWIGA
It took Jeremy and I approximately one week to realize that Hakuna Matata was an actual, commonly used Swahili phrase and that Disney hadn’t influenced an entire culture into the conversation. It took me a lot of self control, whenever we encountered someone who said “Asante Sana,” to not immediately respond, “Squash banana.” Which would be like […]
Honeymooning in Tanzania: Singita Sabora
I’ve always had a soft spot for Singita properties. Their fantastic team adopted me at an early age as a travel consultant, long before I could even begin to repay them, by hosting a group of my very best friends at Singita Pamushana in Zimbabwe. It was my first trip to Africa and the first time I […]
Honeymooning in Kenya: Giraffe Manor
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have altered.” That Nelson Mandela quote that I once heard several years ago while in South Africa reverberated in my head as Jeremy and I set off to Africa for our honeymoon – this time, for two weeks […]
Our Team: The Dominican Republic & Beyond
This past week, more than half of our Epperly Travel team met up in the Dominican Republic for a site inspection trip. We’ve worked hard over the past few years to build a virtual culture and community that can support one another from a distance but wow, when we are able to get together in […]
Memories of Maui: Hotel Hopping & Finding Perspective
A snail! I spotted it as I lowered into my second chaturanga of the morning. The snail had taken residence right off of the corner of my mat, minding his own business as he slugged across the lawn. It didn’t choose any of the twenty other girls, all about my age, who were partaking in […]
