La Despidida
Actually, “Bon Voyage” would be more appropriate for our post-wedding-slash-going-away rager at my parents’ last weekend, seeing as how Paris is our first stop…
Got Plane Tickets?
“Treat your tickets like cash,” said our Airtreks agent.
What’s on the bookshelf
No, these are not all going in my backpack — probably just the LP Pakistan and RG India (we’ll get a guidebook resupply in…
Pre-trip Prep
New York City, capital of the world, the perfect place to prepare for such a global venture as ours. On our way to the…
Good Fortune
Eighteen days till blast off. In between departure errands (faxing passports, copying documents, etc.), Tay and I met my parents at Empire Szechuan on…
Where in the world is Dubai?
Is it safe to travel to Islamabad? What language do they speak in Pakistan? How about going overland from Lahore to Delhi? I found…
O, The Places We’ll Go
It was not without some anxiety that we signed the money transfer this morning and watched a relatively large chunk of our wedding cash…
The Practical Nomad: World Travel is Sexy…
Our primary pre-trip resource is Travel Guru Edward Hasbrouck’s The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World. If, during the next year, we…
Crested Butte, CO: Gone West, Looking East
The journey from Baltimore to Bollywood has begun, but not in any direct or linear fashion. That would be too easy and end too…
Mark Twain
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of…