A ‘Bon Voyage’ card from my cousin Zoey, Age 4
byNote the complex “heart-within-a-heart” imagery; the orange curly-clouds evoke our impending flight, and the center circle can only be a compass rose, as Tay…
Pre-Trip: planning & dreaming phases of the journey
What to take and what to leave behind
byAs counter-intuitive as it seems, the length and scope of our trip actually simplifies this age-old conundrum—11 months, mostly on the move, we’ve got…
La Despidida
byActually, “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?
by“Treat your tickets like cash,” said our Airtreks agent.
Pre-trip Prep
byNew 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
byEighteen 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?
byIs 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
byIt 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…
byOur 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
byThe journey from Baltimore to Bollywood has begun, but not in any direct or linear fashion. That would be too easy and end too…