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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 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 3 Roundup

Baby pandas learning to crawl. Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China. STATS Days on the road: 91 Distance traveled: 4528.58 miles / 7288.04 km by plane – 1092.49 miles / 1758.19 km by train – 2532.3 miles / 4075.34 km by bus – 734.39 miles / 1181.8 km by boat – 2.2 miles / 3.54 km by car – 167.2 miles / […]

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Month 2 Roundup

Getting close with the camels in the steppes of Mongolia Stats Days on the road: 61 Distance traveled: 3622.13 miles by plane – 0 miles / 0 km by train – 2363.7 miles / 3804 km by bus – 302 miles / 486 km by boat – 502.23 miles / 808.26 km by car – 454.2 miles / 730.9 km Number of beds: 13 […]

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18 October 2013 – Mobara, Japan

Nobuhiko, our host, took us to check out a local beach. Sad to leave Japan, it’s a magical place.

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17 October 2013 – Tokyo, Japan

We say good bye to Kenji, our wonderful host in Tokyo!

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16 October 2013 – Tokyo, Japan

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15 October 2013 – Tokyo, Japan

A rainy beginning to our Tokyo adventure.

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14 October 2013 – Shibu Onsen, Japan

Taking a (grumpy) train from Nagano to stay at a traditional Japanese ryokan and bathe in the onsen baths (which were both delightful!)

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13 October 2013 – Takayama, Japan

One day retreat to Takayama.. definitely a tourist trap as a town, but probably worth it if you are staying more than 2 days for hikes etc.

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12 October 2013 – Kyoto, Japan

We take a walk through a maze of o-torri gates at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Tokyo. It is a shinto shrine dedicated ot the gods of rice and sake.

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11 October 2013 – Kyoto, Japan

At the geisha dance in Gion Odori, so exciting! Short video, since we are in the theater.

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