Here’s everywhere I’ve been so far! Click on a place to see all the articles about each destination. Countries Visited Prior to the 2009 Launch of this Blog: Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cuba (!), Brazil, Aruba, St. Lucia, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Canada. JAPAN (8/15/09): Tokyo -> Osaka ->… [Read More]
Loot to Scoot: Strange Secrets to Save Travel Money
One of the chief reasons some people curse / hurl soda cans at folks who travel extensively is the assumption that travel cost Megabuck$ unattainable by the average lad or lass. While sometimes this is true, peruse the following list of both obvious and startling get-richer schemes and consider: the money for your big trip… [Read More]
Reactions to a RTW Trip, or: Shaddap!
What happens when you tell someone you’re going to take the next eight or more months traveling around the world? Spin the wheel of reactions… where will it land? A. Denial: “You’re not really going and we will not ever talk about this again because it hurts my head. How’s your pizza?” B. Collaboration-Excitement: “That’s… [Read More]
Call for topic requests!
A major goal of mine during this trip is to create written pieces that are both useful and interesting to an audience of: friends, family, former students, former coworkers and their current students, and possible rich and famous publishers. To that end, I would so appreciate any suggestions or requests that you have for blog… [Read More]
Why Each Destination?
Before New Years, I knew I was going to take the coming year off to travel, but the plan at the time was to live in Barcelona, Spain (simply because I heard it was fabulous). Over New Years, however, I met a large group of traveling women who raved about how fabulous all these different… [Read More]
How the RTW Ticket was Born, or: How You, too, Can Finagle an STA Deal!
Being commitment-terrified, I planned initially to do this Round the World stint through last-minute-purchased one-way legs along the way. Stumbling, sunburned, at 11pm to a travel agency in Cambodia to purchase a trip to Iran the next day? Perfect. Thus, on the recommendation of my sweet brother, I opened the homepage for STA Travel (a… [Read More]
