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 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 […]
When in Costa Rica – Eat Casados
While traveling through Costa Rica, Sodas are a common sight along the road or in the city you are staying. These family run restaurants are a great way to sit and enjoy the local culture and tipical [sic] cuisine. Our favorite Soda, and highly recommended, was at La Amistad in Monteverde, Costa Rica. It was […]
RTW Budget – Prioritizing My Bed Skirt
When such a huge trip is in front of you, your priorities will naturally change. A long overdue item on my to-do list has been to buy a bed skirt. I realize that this is not a big deal to most, but if you see what we fit under our bed you would understand. Stick with me […]
RTW With a Carry-On
Airlines are continuing to crack down on the size of your carry-on. The goal for our trip is to carry on everything. I have always heard there are two types of luggage “lost” or carry-on”. With only a few items on our trip we don’t want to risk losing them, or wasting time waiting for […]
Why I Want to Travel (In Photos)
I want to hike here. I want to be here at sunrise. I want to play with these. I want to avoid these. I want to stand here. I want to look in the eyes of this guy. I want to walk through here. I want to drive here. I want to eat this. I […]
6 Months Until Our RTW Trip
With 6 months to go until our RTW adventure we have begun to look a bit more critically at our to-do list. We began selling off stuff around the house and are picking up some of the bigger ticket items to help spread out the costs. Specifically we picked up our packs and Josh’s travel […]