Dave Life Adventures

Upon my departure from Istanbul, I made my way through Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur to my next destination - Penang, Malaysia.  Within moments of my arrival to Malaysia, I had a new SIM card, pocket full of Malaysian cash and was ready for adventures! The first of which was my very first UBER ride. Yes I realize I am one of the few people to never have used this service before but man was it sweet. As a traveller I am always nervous in a new city, there are way too many stories of getting ripped off by cabbies at the airport. UBER let me watch the entire drive towards my destination with their real time map, talk about piece of mind. Add in the fact that it was about $10 for a 45 minute drive across the city and we will call that a win.  Touring around on the back of Dave's bike, snapping pics as I went Post UBER experience I arrived at my friends Dave, Tasha and family's condo which was big, beautiful and way less to rent than mine back home, these expat guys are d...

I am not the best travel blogger it would seem. I am loving the adventures that I am on but finding time to share stories along the way is proving to be difficult. Any bloggers with tips out there please share! haha. Here is a bit though on my adventures through Istanbul, five days in this super cool city was not enough. I will definitely have to come back someday.  The Blue Mosque On the completion of my Greek adventure, the more personal travel portion of my excursion began. First stop being Istanbul, you hear Istanbul in the news a lot lately often in an unfavourable light thanks to the attempted coup and some bombings that have occurred in the city in past year. So to start I will say this, never at any point did I feel even remotely unsafe. It was a beautiful city with beautiful people an absolute delight to experience from beginning to end. Thanks so much to Danny and Alycia for having me you guys are the greatest. I arrived late in the evening on the 1st and ...