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• Adventures (10)
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• Australia (5)
• Basics (3)
• Cambodia (2)
• Canada (5)
• Chile (5)
• Costa Rica (4)
• Curacao (1)
• Death-Defying Stunts (5)
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• Great Adventures That Weren't (5)
• He Said/She Said (8)
• Homes Away From Home (3)
• Iceland (3)
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• Kenya (4)
• Malaysia (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Mongolia (4)
• Nepal (3)
• Nicaragua (1)
• NYC for the UnTourist (30)
• NYC Tips & Resources (7)
• Odds & Ends (13)
• Personal Musings (12)
• Peru (3)
• Photo Friday (29)
• Preparations (6)
• Qatar (2)
• Reintegration (1)
• Round the World (20)
• Series (27)
• Seychelles (3)
• Tanzania (10)
• Thailand (1)
• Travel Tips & Resources (2)
• Travels (71)
• Turkey (2)
• Uncategorized (2)
• United States (23)
• Vietnam (1)

Adventures

• A Year of Adventures in NYC - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: Swing Dancing Aboard a Vintage Subway Car - Comments (8)
• Invasion of the Santa Clauses - Comments (20)
• Photo Friday: The Night Before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Comments (12)
• Photo Friday: Foraging for Food in Central Park - Comments (12)

Argentina

• Photo Friday: Argentina’s Advancing Glacier - Comments (0)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)

Australia

• My ABCs of Travel - Comments (10)
• Photo Friday: Sailing through the Whitsunday Islands of Australia - Comments (12)
• Death-Defying Stunts, Part II: Abseiling Down a Waterfall - Comments (7)
• Meat Pie and Pavlova - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: Headgear - Comments (3)

Basics

• RTW: The Bucket List - Comments (11)
• RTW: My Basic Itinerary - Comments (17)
• Announcing My Round-the-World Plans - Comments (45)

Cambodia

• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• Happy 2013! (And a Recap of Our Holidays Abroad) - Comments (3)

Canada

• Photo Friday: Memorable Travel Moments of 2011 - Comments (11)
• Country Market with a Twist - Comments (4)
• Free Spirit Spheres on Vancouver Island - Comments (11)
• One Day in Victoria, British Columbia - Comments (7)
• "Camping" near Niagara Falls - Comments (4)

Chile

• What’s Crater Than Hiking Up Villarrica Volcano? - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• Photo Friday: Hot Springs, Architecturalized - Comments (6)
• Death-Defying Stunts: Hydrospeeding Through Rapids - Comments (8)
• The Day the Driest Place on Earth Wasn’t - Comments (8)

Costa Rica

• Photo Friday: [Not So] Active Volcanoes in Costa Rica - Comments (11)
• Photo Friday: 15 Unexpected Encounters with Critters in Costa Rica - Comments (181)
• Photo Friday: Same Sun - Comments (7)
• Photo Friday: Headgear - Comments (3)

Curacao

• Photo Friday: Same Sun - Comments (7)

Death-Defying Stunts

• Death-Defying Stunts: Hydrospeeding Through Rapids - Comments (8)
• Death-Defying Stunts, Part IV: Skydiving - Comments (10)
• Death-Defying Stunts, Part III: Night Swim with Manta Rays - Comments (5)
• Death-Defying Stunts, Part II: Abseiling Down a Waterfall - Comments (7)
• Death-Defying Stunts Series: Tales of an Uncoordinated Adventurer - Comments (7)

Dominican Republic

• Photo Friday: Headgear - Comments (3)

Great Adventures That Weren't

• The Highs and Lows of Trekking in the Himalayas - Comments (11)
• An Uncomfortable Series of Events During a Bike Ride through Musoma - Comments (12)
• Photo Friday: [Not So] Active Volcanoes in Costa Rica - Comments (11)
• Great Adventures That Weren't: Chasing Down a Prostitute in Thailand - Comments (8)
• Great Adventures That Weren't: The $4 Hostel in Malaysia - Comments (9)

He Said/She Said

• She Said/She Said: A Couples Interview with Sam & Sarah - Comments (13)
• He Said/She Said: A Couples Interview with Hannah and Lee from Further Bound - Comments (8)
• He Said/She Said: A Couples Interview with Shirlene and Jeremy from Idelish - Comments (11)
• He Said/She Said: A Couples Interview with Couple of Sports, Jackie Richey & Mark Slattery - Comments (9)
• He Said/She Said: A Couples Interview with Heejung & Nestor of 188 days in South America - Comments (13)

Homes Away From Home

• Our Homes Away From Home: A Beach Bungalow in Nicaragua - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• Free Spirit Spheres on Vancouver Island - Comments (11)

Iceland

• My ABCs of Travel - Comments (10)
• Photo Friday: Memorable Travel Moments of 2011 - Comments (11)
• Spotlight On: Iceland - Comments (121)

India

• Why We Loved India - Comments (1)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• Happy 2013! (And a Recap of Our Holidays Abroad) - Comments (3)

Kenya

• Photo Friday: Hell's Gate is Gorges - Comments (19)
• 8 Days with 18 Strangers - Comments (11)
• First Impressions of East Africa - Comments (8)
• My Journey Through East Africa in a Nutshell - Comments (10)

Malaysia

• Great Adventures That Weren't: The $4 Hostel in Malaysia - Comments (9)

Mexico

• Photo Friday: Memorable Travel Moments of 2011 - Comments (11)

Mongolia

• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• Photo Friday: Commuting, Gobi-Style - Comments (2)
• 10 Things Mongolian Nomads Taught Me - Comments (3)
• Life & Survival in the Gobi Desert - Comments (5)

Nepal

• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• The Highs and Lows of Trekking in the Himalayas - Comments (11)
• Happy 2013! (And a Recap of Our Holidays Abroad) - Comments (3)

Nicaragua

• Our Homes Away From Home: A Beach Bungalow in Nicaragua - Comments (4)

NYC for the UnTourist

• Photo Friday: Dirty Subway Stations, Beautiful Art - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: An Artificial Oasis in NYC - Comments (6)
• A Year of Adventures in NYC - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: Swing Dancing Aboard a Vintage Subway Car - Comments (8)
• Invasion of the Santa Clauses - Comments (20)

NYC Tips & Resources

• 1 City, 3 Chinatowns, 6 Dim Sum Restaurants - Comments (6)
• Getting Your Laugh On: 3 Hilarious NYC Comedy Shows - Comments (4)
• 5 Unique Ways to Tour NYC - Comments (10)
• New York City Restaurant Recommendations - Comments (10)
• 5 Things You Must Do in NYC - Comments (8)

Odds & Ends

• Photo Friday: Dirty Subway Stations, Beautiful Art - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: An Artificial Oasis in NYC - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: NYC's Luminous Holiday Windows - Comments (10)
• 11 Tidbits You May Not Have Known About Life in NYC - Comments (12)
• Photo Friday: Art in Odd Places (or Odd Art in Places?) - Comments (12)

Personal Musings

• I'm Still Alive, What I Did for Valentine's Day, and Also, Some Blog Housekeeping - Comments (8)
• My ABCs of Travel - Comments (10)
• My Life at a Crossroads - Comments (18)
• It's Okay Not to Travel - Comments (18)
• Our "12 Days of Christmas" Tradition - Comments (10)

Peru

• My ABCs of Travel - Comments (10)
• Spotlight On: Peru - Comments (2)
• Photo Friday: Headgear - Comments (3)

Photo Friday

• Photo Friday: Hot Springs, Architecturalized - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: Commuting, Gobi-Style - Comments (2)
• Photo Friday: 7 Super Shots - Comments (16)
• Photo Friday: Hell's Gate is Gorges - Comments (19)
• Photo Friday: Monkeys, Cows and an Unlikely Beach Vacation in Jambiani, Zanzibar - Comments (13)

Preparations

• Finally. - Comments (22)
• Round-the-World Budgeting, Part 2: Traveling on the Cheap - Comments (5)
• Round-the-World Budgeting, Part I: Saving For the Trip - Comments (11)
• Everything We Need to Do Before Our RTW Trip: A Checklist - Comments (11)
• Slogging Through Travel Insurance Fine Print - Comments (20)

Qatar

• My ABCs of Travel - Comments (10)
• Spotlight On: Qatar - Comments (6)

Reintegration

• Round-the-World Budgeting, Part 3: Saving Money Post-Trip - Comments (2)

Round the World

• Why We Loved India - Comments (1)
• Photo Friday: Argentina’s Advancing Glacier - Comments (0)
• What’s Crater Than Hiking Up Villarrica Volcano? - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home: A Beach Bungalow in Nicaragua - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)

Series

• Our Homes Away From Home: A Beach Bungalow in Nicaragua - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)
• Photo Friday: Hot Springs, Architecturalized - Comments (6)
• Death-Defying Stunts: Hydrospeeding Through Rapids - Comments (8)
• The Highs and Lows of Trekking in the Himalayas - Comments (11)

Seychelles

• My ABCs of Travel - Comments (10)
• Spotlight On: Seychelles - Comments (6)
• Photo Friday: Same Sun - Comments (7)

Tanzania

• Frustration & Inspiration in East Africa - Comments (13)
• Beautiful, Ugly Stone Town - Comments (13)
• The Magical Transformation of Jambiani's Beaches - Comments (9)
• Photo Friday: Monkeys, Cows and an Unlikely Beach Vacation in Jambiani, Zanzibar - Comments (13)
• An Uncomfortable Series of Events During a Bike Ride through Musoma - Comments (12)

Thailand

• Great Adventures That Weren't: Chasing Down a Prostitute in Thailand - Comments (8)

Travel Tips & Resources

• Immersion Travel Resources - Comments (5)
• Taking Perfectly Adequate Photos - Comments (1)

Travels

• Why We Loved India - Comments (1)
• Photo Friday: Argentina’s Advancing Glacier - Comments (0)
• What’s Crater Than Hiking Up Villarrica Volcano? - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home: A Beach Bungalow in Nicaragua - Comments (4)
• Our Homes Away From Home - Comments (2)

Turkey

• Photo Friday: The Secret Lives of Rock Formations in Turkey - Comments (9)
• Leaving My Boyfriend at Home to Travel Solo - Comments (35)

Uncategorized

• Settling into Life Abroad - Comments (10)
• Photo Friday: Africa Trip Outtakes - Comments (10)

United States

• Photo Friday: Memorable Travel Moments of 2011 - Comments (11)
• Photo Friday: Autumn Colors in Colorado - Comments (11)
• Celebrating Fall in Virginia: Friends, Lawnmower Races and Plenty of Wine - Comments (6)
• My Dad, the Closet Adventurer - Comments (17)
• Photo Friday: Camping on Fire Island - Comments (8)

Vietnam

• Happy 2013! (And a Recap of Our Holidays Abroad) - Comments (3)