January has flown by and we are already on Week 4 of the BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge.* The prompt for Week 4 is: When the weather gets cold, do you prefer to head to sunnier locales or do you love the outdoor adventures or off-season prices of winter? Warm or cold, what’s your dream winter […]
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Welcome to Week 3 of the BootsnAll Indie Challenge 2012.* The prompt for Week 3 of the challenge is: Have you ever studied or taken classes on a trip? What did you study, and perhaps more importantly, what did you learn while on that trip? What would you like to learn on your travels this
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Welcome to Week 2 of the BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge 2012.* The prompt for Week 2 of the Challenge is: Are you an indie traveler? What do you think makes someone an indie traveler? We think you can be an indie traveler if you’re trekking through the Amazon, if you’re relaxing on a beach in Mexico,
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Back in September I wrote a post that I never published about letting go of what I feel I “should” do. I was sitting in a guesthouse in Kuressaare, Estonia trying to decide whether I should stay in my room and relax like I really wanted to or brave less-than-ideal weather to see the island
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Greetings from Warsaw, Poland! New Year’s Eve will mark four months on the road for me – and it feels like it is going by way too fast! Normally I would do a four-month review post, but since it is the end of the year, I’m going to look back at all of
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Thanks to Ali of Ali’s Adventures and Elizabeth of L’appel du Vide for tagging me to participate in the ABCs of Travel – an alphabetized summary of my life of travel! Here goes… A: Age you went on your first international trip: I was 15 when I went to Monterrey, Mexico as part of a
A few days ago, I hit the wall. I knew this day would come. Every long-term traveler I have talked to has hit such a wall at some point, so it was bound to happen. After over 100 days on the road, things are starting to get to me. Travel burnout has set
How would your life be different if you had never learned to read? If you live in the United States or Canada or Australia or any of a number of other first-world countries, it is kind of hard to fathom never learning to read. I know I can’t imagine it. I was a
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In an effort to get back on track during the last week of the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project, I am combining Day 26 – Photo – and Day 27 – Wanderlust. Day 26: Post a photo of your favorite place and tell us what you love about it. This is a tough one
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I am a little behind after nearly 60 hours on a train over the last five days. So here we go with Day 25 of the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project.* The theme is Family. Family shapes who we are, but sometimes the family we create plays a bigger role in our lives than
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