“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” – Clifton Fadiman After 12 hours, 7 bus transfers, one very simple border crossing we arrived … Continue reading
“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – Fitzhugh Mullan After a brief few days back in Mexico we crossed the border into Belize. Being savvy travelers we read up on any potential scams at … Continue reading
“I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad” – George Bernard Arriving in Cuba is like taking a trip back in time. While most countries, including the less developed ones we have visited, have surged forward into the 21st … Continue reading
“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” ― G.K. Chesterton Heading to Mexico I didn’t have much of an idea about what to expect. From what we see in movies, all … Continue reading
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson Last stop on our American road trip was the golden state – California … Continue reading
“Just as free, free as we’ll ever be” – Zac Brown Band The Great American Roadtrip begins in Iowa and although most Americans we met would ask “Iowa, why would you go to Iowa?” it was to be the place … Continue reading
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Flying out from Boston, we arrived in Chicago aka the ‘Windy city’ of … Continue reading
“A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles” – Tim Cahill Before we set sail from New Zealand 4 years ago, we had no huge interest in visiting America. However after 2 1/2 years in Japan, making … Continue reading
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard Third time now in Vietnam – first time in 2009, second time with the … Continue reading
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux After a year of backpacking around Asia, Jamie and I decided we weren’t ready just yet to return to the ‘real world,’ find ‘real jobs’ … Continue reading
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