Resolution Solutions 2012
In May of 2011, we began our second around-the-world trip. Now almost eight months in, the New Year has begun, and it seems like a good time to look both back and forward. While we both believe that resolutions that are too broad are doomed to fail, specific goals aid in planning and act as […]
Bon Voyage
We are sitting in the international terminal at LAX. Off again. The past few days were a whirlwind of mental checklists: travel insurance, notifying credit card companies of travel plans so the fraud department doesn’t block the account, paying bills, last phone calls to friends and family, along with making sure they’ve all got Skype […]
Relaunch
It’s been too long since we’ve posted regularly, and hopefully that’s about to change. Part of the silence has been due to the fervent planning and plotting that’s been going on for the past month or two since our contract ended. Two posts back, we published a map of “proposed routing.” Since then, tickets have […]
Proposed Routing
Since the year-long Coke Zero tour ended a couple of weeks ago, we’ve spent lots of time contemplating what’s next. Inevitably, between the snow and the lack of income, our thoughts quickly turn to travel. Below is a map showing potential routing for an upcoming trip, which we hope to embark on sooner than […]
Packing for Our First RTW
Whew! One week ahead of time and we’re finished with packing. It was a dry run, to make sure everything fit in the backpacks, and so far so good. Here’s what we’ve got (in case anyone wants to catch up!) I have an Eagle Creek Maiden Voyage (designed for women). It’s 70L (4350 cu. in.) […]
Getting Stuck, round 2!
We are officially done with our preventative shots. WOO HOO!!! That makes a total of eight shots. We made a trip into Boston again, this time with Jim Close (aka. HT’s father) who had some business in the city too. We dropped him at his appointment and drove over to Tufts Medical Center. This time we knew […]
Getting Stuck
So the date we both were not looking forward to finally came- The travel doctor visit at the immunization clinic at Tufts Medical Center in Boston! After a long talk with the doc about where we are going and for how long he made his suggestions. We are to receive vaccines for seven different diseases. […]
Route Decisions
There are various schools of thought regarding buying tickets for a multi-destination or around-the-world, trip. With a “round-the-world” or similar fare with one of the major airline alliances (Oneworld, Skyteam and Star are the big ones) there are quite a few restrictions. Usually mileage based (sometimes by # of continents visited), travel must be in […]
Off we go.
This first (Round the World) is being embarked upon after over a year of thinking, researching, planning, and struggling with desired destinations vs. financially feasible routing. Only when we started announcing it to friends and family did it begin to seem real. It made it harder to find excuses and to make delays. The intention […]