Sitting down to plan your RTW Itinerary is very overwhelming. It is a big world out there and there is so much to experience. There are a couple of things I would suggest considering as you begin to plan your trip. 1. You can not see everything While traveling for a year you will experience cultures […]
Archives for September 2011
168 Hours: Do You Really Need More Time?
Did you know there are 168 hours in a week? This post at Accidental Creative outlines how when you say you don’t have time to do something, you may just not understand how you are spending your time. Everyone has the same amount of time in every week, we just choose to spend it differently. […]
Eating Healthy While Traveling Around the World
I have spent the week watching Anthony Bourdain travel the world and taste many ethnic delicacies. The show has got me wondering (and a little nervous) about eating healthy while traveling around the world, and has spurred me to begin planning my own form of attack for my trip. I realize I have a bit […]
The Opposite of Retail Therapy
Let’s call it selling therapy. I truly believe in retail therapy, after a long day there is something that calms my frustrations when purchasing something new. Not purchasing anything I need, but simply something I want. Recently, with our change of mindset, and 2012 goal of traveling the world I have found a great satisfaction in […]
Mastering the Art of Travel
Mastering the art of travel is not accomplished with practice or talent. No school will give you a bachelors degree in not getting shot while backpacking through eastern Africa. Or in avoiding Montezuma’s revenge on your trek through Mexico. It’s a way of life. Unknown to the majority, it’s almost impossible to convey to your […]
Exercise Philosophy While Traveling
No Excuses. I hear them from my clients constantly: no time. work too much. on vacation. eating out all of the time, no energy, too hot or too cold, life gets busy. and on and on and on… Josh and I will be traveling (not vacationing), and will be outside of our normal routine. Our […]
Questions and Answers with Him
We each answered 20 questions about our trip so that you could see what we are thinking about and how our answers differ. We wrote them separately and didn’t read each others until after we had completed them. These are all the typical questions that we get when we tell someone about the trip, so […]
Questions and Answers with Her
We each answered 20 questions about our trip so that you could see what we are thinking about and how our answers differ. We wrote them separately and didn’t read each others until after we had completed them. These are all the typical questions that we get when we tell someone about the trip, so […]
Help! Pre-Planning – Hong Kong
In an attempt to organize our pre planning and to focus the millions of things we want to do in the next 5 months, we have decided to focus on one city we will visit per week. Our week will consist of researching the transportation, accommodations and all around expectations of our upcoming travels. We […]
Cooling Off With Costa Rica’s Pipa Fria
While driving in Costa Rica you will pass numerous fruit stands and you will miss out if you don’t pull your car over and partake in these fun fruits. The fruitstands are full of beautifully colorful fruits, ripe and ready to be eaten! Try something new. Pipa fría is fresh chilled green coconut. It’s a […]