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Month 15 Roundup
So. We’re back home. A little late on this update… because life started. Like full swing. In the first two weeks we unpacked all of our possessions (or almost all), scrubbed the house, painted the living room, and had a welcome back / Sergey’s 30th birthday (!) party. Sergey started a new (old) job, and
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Month 14 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 426 Number of beds: 9 Countries visited: Russia, US – states: NY, CT, OH, MI, IL, MO, TN. Postcards sent: 0 Thoughts Atlanta, Georgia has the busiest airport in the US, which serves as a hub for Delta jets. This entire month, save for the first five days, we’ve been back in
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Month 13 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 397 Number of beds: 7 Countries visited: Albania, Turkey, Russia Postcards sent: 15 thoughts As we head back stateside, we’ve been thinking lots of homecoming. Although it is bittersweet, we are definitely ready for some comforts of life with a more permanent address. So rather than dwelling on drawbacks of our
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Month 12 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we left the US – our home, our cat, friends and family. Without hesitation – best.decision.ever. We would do it again in
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Month 11 Roundup
stats Days on the road: 335Number of beds: 9Countries visited: Georgia, RussiaPostcards sent: 0 Thoughts Last month has been very different from the previous ten: we are finally on familiar territory – food, language, architecture, people, culture. All of it we’ve known since early childhood, and all of it part of that nebulous mass of smells,
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Month 10 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 305Number of beds: 13Countries visited: Vietnam, Russia (16 hrs!), GeorgiaPostcards sent: 0 THOUGHTS It’s been about two weeks since we left southeast Asia for Europe. Its strange – even though we’ve reached our limit of mangos, rice paddies, and scooters as the main mode of transportation – we miss it. Not that
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Change of Plans: Part Deux
So remember that time we talked about relaxing in Indonesia? Well, we kind of changed our minds (it has happened before). It happened in Vietnam, during our DIY motorcycle adventure from Hanoi to Hoi An.
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Month 9 Roundup
These 9 months of travel have been an incredible learning experience. We’ve seen a lot of good bits: spectacular nature, beautiful people and fascinating cultures. Part of the trip though has been seeing first hand the utter devastation that we as humans are capable of. It has been painful, challenging, and thought-provoking.
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Month 8 Roundup
Stats Days on the road: 243 Number of beds: 20 Countries visited: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam Postcards sent: 11 thoughts We are coming home! Shadow #welfie in Angkor Wat Park, Cambodia. Not quite yet – end of September. Our adventure was never meant to turn into a permanent nomadic way of life. However, setting out, we could
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Month 7 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 212 Distance traveled: we are too lazy to count Number of beds: 9 Countries visited: India, Thailand Postcards sent: 6 Napping after breakfast on top of a hill overlooking tea plantations. Awesome. Munnar, India. THOUGHTS Brass beauts for sale in Pushkar, India. Our plans changed quite a bit this month. We
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Great fun at the Great Wall
Our day trip to the Great Wall of China easily qualifies as a major highlight of our month-plus that we spent in the country. I might even go as far as saying that if I had to pick just one thing to see/do in China, this would be it (although I would be very sad,
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Postcards for everyone!
In our day and age, it’s rare that we get any actual letters in the mail. Do not be sad, be glad, because we have a solution ready for you! If you would like to receive a free postcard from House to Laos, no matter where you are, we are happy to do so! Simply