Packing light — what a challenge. We’ve been anticipating and preparing for our round-the-world trip for over two years. After reading many travellers packing list, tips and tricks, and debating many items, here’s what we’ve settled on. “There is an intense but simple thrill in setting off in the morning on a mountain trail, knowing that everything…
Tourists don’t know where they’ve been; Travellers don’t know where they are going – Paul Theroux I have spent endless hours researching destinations; from on-line resources to printed travel guides to reading through many of my favourite travel blogs — Gordon, not so much. When I tried to narrow the upcoming year to a somewhat defined…
The sidebar countdown tracker is showing less than two months, but for us, the planning process started many moons ago. The intent was to publish a few post as we moved along. That never happened. Our one-year-to-go anniversary date has come and gone, and here we are a few weeks away from departing, struggling to…
We have the luxury of time, lots of time, exactly 18 months (547 days) still to plan and research for our round-the-world trip. The process to develop a well-planned itinerary, a reasonable budget, and a wish list of activities and sights to see should be easy, right? The day I received approval for my one-year leave…
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