Prologue to a journey: One night in Saigon

During May we are providing excerpts from the first two chapters of our forthcoming book in progress:… [more]

Prologue to a journey: One night in Saigon Prologue to a journey: One night in Saigon

Jerusalem, it’s complicated

Jerusalem is the most difficult city to decipher on earth. That’s not just us saying it. Try finding… [more]

Jerusalem, it’s complicated Jerusalem, it's complicated

We avoid getting eaten by a lion in Namibia

Situation: We wanted to visit Africa independently so we could skip the expense, crowds and early morning… [more]

We avoid getting eaten by a lion in Namibia We avoid getting eaten by a lion in Namibia

7 unique places to stay in the world

From a kitschy throwback hotel in North Korea to a nudist B&B in Portugal, we found a few unique… [more]

7 unique places to stay in the world 7 unique places to stay in the world

Tasty pictures of decadent Paris pastry

If there is a heaven, surely the bakeries are French. There are so many patisseries in Paris that it's… [more]

Tasty pictures of decadent Paris pastry Tasty pictures of decadent Paris pastry

With a little planning it’s easy to drive on the left side of the road. On our around-the-world journey we spent more time driving on the left side of the road than we did on the right; doing so in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. Many North Americans call it driving on [...]

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Chapter 1: Gonna Fly Now (Part 2)

by Michael on May 19, 2013

We are providing excerpts from our forthcoming book in progress — Changes in Longitude: How One Couple Chucked it All to Travel the World.

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Chapter 1: Gonna Fly Now (Part 1)

by Michael on May 12, 2013

During May we are providing excerpts from the first two chapters of our forthcoming book in progress: Changes in Longitude: How One Couple Chucked it All to Travel the World. Chapter 1: Gonna Fly Now (Part 1) We tossed our keys into the mail slot of the row house we had been renting for the past year [...]

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Prologue to a journey: One night in Saigon

by Michael on May 6, 2013

During May we are providing excerpts from the first two chapters of our forthcoming book in progress: Changes in Longitude: How One Couple Chucked it All to Travel the World. PROLOGUE During a nighttime stroll we had gotten lost in the dimly lit, maze-like streets of old Saigon. A series of turns led us into a [...]

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Picher Oklahoma: A modern American ghost town

by Michael on April 22, 2013

Picher, Oklahoma is a harsh example of the effects mining can have on an area. Once a major producer of lead and zinc, the town is now a ghost town as the lead came back to haunt them.  The air, soil and water around Picher became contaminated with leftovers from the mining operations known as [...]

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Jerusalem, it’s complicated

by Michael on April 15, 2013

Jerusalem is the most difficult city to decipher on earth. That’s not just us saying it. Try finding it on Google Maps. For security reasons high-resolution satellite pictures are not available, reducing the city to a fuzzy haze. This complexity continues at ground level. Considering its significant impact on religious and world history, the area [...]

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