Since no one else is stepping up to the plate, Bacon asked if he could put a post together for the betterment of this blog. Unfortunately, his paws are not fit to type on a keyboard, so I’ve volunteered to help the little oinker out. First of all, Bacon thinks we’re doing a lousy job [...]
Am I a totally new and improved person? No, not exactly. Do I feel different? Yeah, I do. The feeling is a special one: poignant yet incredibly hard to describe. For the last thirteen months we’ve been on the road: living out of our backpacks, finding our ‘happy-places’ on bus rides, bargaining our way into [...]
We’re in Georgia – the country, not the US state. It wasn’t really a part of the original plan, but seatofourpants style of travel dictates that when an opportunity to travel to an interesting place presents itself, we hop on the next bus. The border between Turkey and Georgia was a pretty interesting place [...]
We don’t make hotel reservations. Rather, I should say that we don’t usually make reservations. I think we’ve made maybe two in the last year of travel. That’s just our style. If a guesthouse doesn’t have a room available, the one next door probably will. We weren’t picky to begin with; we’re especially not picky [...]
Hasankeyf wasn’t on our itinerary a week ago. We were in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey to check out Urfa and Van Lake, before heading further north. As Martin explained here, we got a last minute tip from a family staying in our guesthouse. They told us that the town was a bit of [...]
The last few days, we’ve been talking about what there’s to do in Stockholm. The usual things would came up: the old town, the hip and young Sodermalm, the museums and the seafront walks. All those things are great. The one stand-out I’d like to talk about here is one of my personal favorites: the [...]
“I’m really fat right now!” Martin declared, out of the blue. This honest expletive was made last night during our evening sauna. Grabbing a little (microscopic, really) bulge on his stomach, he looked up at me in a slight state of shock. Having been a life-long skinny guy, this new addition was a bit [...]
Word from San Diego is that my Mother in law made it back to the States, safe and sound. Considering that she was on one of only two aircraft that flew that route during the week of the volcanic cloud, she was insanely lucky to make it. So here’s to hoping that the troublesome [...]
My mother in law is here. A dark, ominous cloud hang above us. No. It’s not like that. It’s just that we’re now affected by the same thing as millions of other people around the world: the volcanic ash cloud above. You know the one – it has caused most of Europe to close its [...]
I’m an American. I’m not an Australian when I’m in Indonesia. I’m not a Canadian when I’m in Vietnam. I don’t sew another country’s flag on my backpack in an attempt to conceal my nationality. (Yes, I’ve seen that happen) I’m a traveling American woman and guess what? That’s OK. I don’t have [...]
Looking back at the sheer number of days we’ve spent on the road, we sometimes feel that we could have squeezed in a few more countries on our itinerary. In a strike to remedy this situation, we crossed over into Finland today. We bought a pair of socks, tried on some shoes and left. [...]
Our backpacks began as mixed bags of color and white clothes. As time passed, we fazed out the light colors in favor of the dark clothes. This video shows why… We were (are?) seriously dirty. We’ve had our clothes laundered, but more often than not it’s been washed in a local river or using [...]
We flew in from Delhi – dirty and travel worn. In five days, you fed us more pork than we’ve had in the last ten months You reminded us what good beer tastes like. You were kind when I embarrassed the hell out of myself. You helped me figure out where my family came from. And you [...]
Things got a little hot and heavy with Bacon and a lady friend a few night ago. I can’t help but be reminded of when Martin and I first met. Just sayin’.
We were recently asked to participate in a study on how new technology has impacted the backpacking culture. Here are the questions and our answers. If you’re a backpacker and would like to add your input, the researcher (Mr. Cody Paris at Arizona State University) would be grateful for your contribution. Just send your answers [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
