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Category Archives: Art & Engineering

East London, Where the Streets are Filled with Art!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Places, United Kingdom .
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Welcome to London. East London, to be exact. A bit of a rougher area of town with a looong working class history. The streets are often a bit run down, but quite vibrant and alive. Alive and covered with art! That’s right: another big city exploration led to another chance to experience absolutely incredible street

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Making Our Own Batiks in Bali!

Posted on October 7, 2015 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Bali, Places .
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After our snorkel safari, we knew we wanted to take a class or two and learn ourselves sum’thin’. We thought about a cooking class, but realized that Balinese cooking is a bit too fried for us to want to be making all the time at home (fried noodles, fried rice, fried fish, fried scrambled eggs…).

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Braiding a Yak Hair Rope

Posted on September 24, 2015 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Mongolia, Places .
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You may already know that some of our favorite experiences on this trip have been when we’ve been able to do some sort of art or craft with the local people. I’ve woven a copper basket in Ecuador, carved an ebony figure with the Makonde tribe and crafted a recycled metal ladle in the Tanzanian

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Photo Tour: Inside the Khazak-Mongolian Ger

Posted on September 18, 2015 by No Map Required Posted in Art & Engineering, Engineering, Mongolia, Places .
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We’ve had some requests for more details about the Mongolian gers (their homes) and we’re happy to provide! You just ask and we’ll always do our best to make blog entries on things you might find interesting. TELL ME A BIT ABOUT THE GER Inside, gers are one big room that maybe 10 people live

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Aaron’s GameDriveOstrichArtFilledBirthdayRoadtrip!!!

Posted on August 17, 2015 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Engineering, Places, South Africa .
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(odds are good this is our last blog before Radio Silence – hope you enjoy and we should be back around Sept. 2-5) JOBURG Post Cape Town, we spent three weeks doing a lovely house sit in Johannesburg where we took care of two of the world’s most friendly kitty-cats. Well, if you’re not a

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