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…
Category Planning
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,…
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…
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…
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!)…
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…
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…
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…
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…