There are a LOT of travel blogs out there, but I’ve always thought of Sofia and Nathan from As We Travel as two of the cool kids. While I’ve been sitting at home planning and writing about round-the-world travel, they are actually out LIVING it. Their site is one of my favorites; it offers a [...]
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So this is it- my spending diet is basically over. The trip is a mere two weeks away. My ultimate goal back in January was to have raised $20,000 by this point. After months of frugality and nail biting, the grand total is: $22,232.27 (This total is assuming I sell my car for exactly what [...]
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A New Attitude This Friday is my last day of work. They are planning my goodbye party and being so nice that saying goodbye will definitely feel bittersweet. I’ve spent the last two years there, and while I may complain, the people have always been great to work with. For the most part however, I [...]
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I may owe New Jersey an apology. After years of family road trips up and down the turnpike, I may have agreed with the common “America’s Armpit” assessment. That was until I had a Jersey native offer to show me more of what his state had to offer. After spending a sunny evening sprawled on [...]
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During a recent trip to Sri Lanka I had the pleasure of taking a three-day train ride through the Tea Mountains. The first leg of the trip was about two hours and went from Ella to Hepatale. A days rest in Hepatale to explore the Tea Plantations, drink the tea and enjoy the peaceful mountain [...]
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When I originally conceived the idea of this Round-the-World trip, the plan was to leave in December 2009. By the time that August had rolled around, I realized I wasn’t going to have anywhere close to the money I’d need to get things rolling, and I made the decision to postpone until September 2010. It [...]
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Before I had this blog, I had a blog. When I was studying abroad and again when I was working in London I maintained a lovely little blogger blog. Before this beautiful monster of a blog existed, my aims were sweet and simple. I wanted to keep in touch with the people at hone, and [...]
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The House of Terror in Budapest is more than just a museum, it’s a memorial to the many, many Hungarian victims of fascism and communism during the long 20th century. The building that houses it was once a prison and torture center for political dissidents. The history here is still raw and painful, but it’s [...]
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What’s going on: It’s really turned out to be a crazy summer. In addition to playing hostess to out-of-towners I did a fair bit of East Coast travel this month, with weekend trips to Ocean City and New Jersey. In Hoboken I got to see a prettier side of New Jersey than the turnpike I [...]
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