Greetings from Playa del Carmen, on the Riviera Maya! As inspired by Dave at GoBackpacking.com, we’ve updated our Gear Page and included interactive Flickr photos of Erik’s pack and Heather’s pack. There’s more to add, and of course, more to blog about here. Unfortunately, it’s 3AM here and we have an action-packed day planned tomorrow, [...]
As part of the prep for our globe-trotting adventure, I made a visit to my dentist. As I suspected, he told me that one of my wisdom teeth was coming in and needed to come out. He referred me to an oral surgeon in Brooklyn who was going to charge an arm & a leg [...]
We left NYC Tuesday morning, after many stressful days packing up and moving our apartment, wrapping up home and work matters, and saying so long (for now!) to family, friends, and coworkers. Luckily, we decided to ease into our trip by starting in Cancun, Mexico and spent time with some good friends in a beautiful beach [...]
After deciding to take our trip around this world, Heather and I started making a list of things we wanted to do in New York before leaving. The general idea formed after reading the Best of NYC edition of the Village Voice and realizing there was a long list of restaurants, bars, activities, shows, and [...]
We were blessed with unseasonably warm weather for our final weekend in New York – perfect for the Bon Voyage party Heather and I held at our apartment. It was a marathon day, with the first guests arriving around 3pm and the final guests leaving around 3am, but we thoroughly enjoyed spending time with friends [...]
Wow. It’s less than two weeks away. The day we start the adventure of a lifetime… We have been very busy shopping for the necessary gear one needs to travel around the world. There are some really neat things out there. We have been talking about how lucky we are to be going on this [...]
Heather needed some shots and I was looking for general travel health advice, so we booked an appointment at Passport Health in Midtown. The nurse we saw was very thorough and took a fair amount of time going over hygiene, food, and many other health and safety topics related to the countries we will be [...]
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