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Ever seen a Mule walking up a mountain? Well, that’s us! 2008-03-25 10:25:23 Confused by the title, anyone? Picture a mule walking up a mountain. What would he almost always have on his back? A pack, right? Not just any pack. A HEAVY pack! Well, that was the picture of Jen and I on Saturday when we packed our packs and put them on. Oh God! Our packs [...]
If you would happen to well, um…., like to, um, help us out… 2008-03-21 13:09:53 I hope that the uncertainty and hesitation is conveyed appropriately through the title of this post. Why the shaky voice, you ask? Well, we are 3 months away from leaving for one. The other reason is because we have decided to start asking for assistance to be able to provide for our expenses while helping [...]
And Away We Go…Well, Almost. 2008-03-19 13:10:09 Bet you thought we had left on our trip, huh? Nope. Not so lucky. We are still in Mississippi. We have had some exciting things going on over the past month or so though. We booked our shuttle to the Grand Canyon from Flagstaff, Arizona. We bought our plane tickets from Christchurch, New Zealand [...] Read more:Almost
Planning an Around the World Journey in 10 Steps 2008-02-18 22:56:04
Planning an around the world journey seems a daunting task to many people. Most people would never even consider this commitment because of the supposed difficulty in preparing for the journey. In this article, you will find some tips on how to prepare for and accomplish your goal of making an around the world journey [...] Read more:Journey
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And also, crap!!! 2008-02-13 09:58:19 You may be wondering why the ” crap!!!” in the title. Well, it’s because of a little something I call great news and things are happenin!!! What is happening? Oh, I thought you’d never ask!!! I got online and checked our Greyhound bus tickets on Monday morning and to my dismay, they had gone [...]
Wait for it, Wait for it, FLASH!!! and other recent wicked crazy happenings! 2008-01-20 16:29:36 Hello! It’s been several days since I wrote anything, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been going on. First off, we got our new Rebel XTI!!! I’ve been doing nothing but taking pictures for the past week. We are loving it so far. We also got our 28-70mm lens, 50mm lens, and several lens [...]
Hunger pangs after Christmas… 2007-12-27 13:19:29 Anyone else having hunger pangs
now? Every year we spend time at each of our close relatives’ houses and eat enormous amounts of food at every one. The next day we feel full…Sick even. But what about 2 days later? For me, that is always when my belly says “Stop right there! I wanna [...] Read more:Christmas
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Christmas and such… 2007-12-21 21:47:04 Hello! I just wanted to write and wish everyone a Merry Christmas
and give a small update on our upcoming adventure. Okay, so first thing’s first:
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope everyone is as excited about Christmas as we are. This Christmas will be even more significant for us this year since we will [...]
Wordpress It Is! 2007-12-19 22:08:37 Well, as you can all see, we are doing some renovating to our website. I hope that you will bear with us during this time as we are having to learn a new setup right now and we are both quite computer illiterate. Anyway, We would like to thank Brooke, our friend who is [...] Read more:Wordpress
Frustration Abounds! 2008-03-27 11:30:41 WARNING: The views and opinions stated here are necessarily the views and opinions of the host of this blog. If you have any problem listening to opinions concerning politics, religion, and racism in America, move to the next post. (I promise I won’t rant too often, so don’t leave us forever.)
I am currently unsure of a more [...] Read more:Abounds
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Decisions….Decisions…. 2008-04-01 13:27:31 Hello all! I have some exciting news for all our subscribers (thank you) and readers (merci beaucoup) today! Let me set up the big news by telling a little story. Jen and I have recently felt quite stuck in our same old routine here in Mississippi and have talked about moving away on many [...] Read more:Decisions
Moving On and Moving On Up! 2008-04-22 18:47:15 It has been a while since my last post and I need to fill you in on a few important things that have occurred since then. First let’s talk about the moving on part of the post. We sold our house! We placed it on the market during the first week of March, had [...] Read more:Moving
One Month and Counting!!! 2008-06-04 17:48:01 Hello everyone!!! Well, we have 30 days now until we leave on the Greyhound bus. That is so crazy to us. To think that 30 days from now, we will have no jobs, no home, no cars, only 2 loaded backpacks and a world of adventure ahead of us. We [...] Read more:Counting
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Diving, both sky and ocean, and loving every minute in Fiji!!! 2008-07-21 18:06:37 Bula from Fiji!!!!
We are in Fiji at Dolphin Bay Diver’s Retreat! We are learning to scuba dive and just finished all of our small depth dives today! We are doing great! We went skydiving in Nadi on our 1st day there from 10,000 feet!!! We fell for 30 seconds at 120 mph top speed before [...] Read more:Diving
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Paris Hilton who? We’re in LA now so why does she matter? 2008-07-14 17:13:43 Hello,
Craig and I are sitting in a Starbucks right now adding pictures and posts of our last few days in the U.S before taking off on this journey we have been planning for the past 2 years. So far we have uploaded about 400 pictures so that should keep everyone busy until we can post again from Fiji [...] Read more:Hilton
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Ah, The Grand Canyon! 2008-07-14 13:29:54 Hello everyone!
Craig and I are doing fabulous! We had a great time at the GrandCanyon
. We arrived in Flagstaff, AZ on the night of July 6th after a 30 hour bus ride from Jackson, MS, in which we slept and ate junk food (Thanks Upshaw Family!). We stayed at a quaint little Hostel, the Grand [...]
Kocoma Village, Land of Eternal Sunshine, Heat, and Kids! 2008-07-28 17:30:03 Hello from Kocoma Village
, Qamea Island, Fiji! We are actually on a neighboring island called Taveuni, but are going back soon. We have been busy learning about village life, helping teach in the school (health and English), and I have even gotten to advise the teachers on behavior management methods! Soon, we will walk to [...] Read more:Eternal
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Hello from New Zealand 2008-08-25 17:38:35 Hi Everyone!
We are having an aboslutely amazing time in Zealand
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. It is breathtakingly beautiful. The landscape and scenery is so contrasting. You see huge snow covered mountains right up against beaches with huge waves. There are also green rolling hills with more sheep roaming around than I’ve seen in a lifetime. So far we [...] Read more:Hello
Last Thoughts On the Wonderful Fiji Islands! 2008-08-14 04:12:32 Well, it’s been a month already and it’s time for us to leave Fiji and head to our second country, New Zealand. However excited we are about heading to New Zealand, I think we’ll miss Fiji a little. For one, it’s quite cold in New Zealand now, but the weather is PERFECT here in [...] Read more:Islands
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Things You are Most Likely To See in the Outback, Australia 2008-09-14 22:57:56 Wild roaming camels, kangaroos, cows, horses, and pigs.
Signs that read: “Darwin - 1652 kilometers”
Dirt roads with signs that say “Woolynamabu - 142 kilometers”
Signs that read: “Next gas - 248 kilometers”
Not one single house for hundreds of miles.
Roadkill kangaroos, camels, and cows.
Flat, dry, red, desolate land.
Giant 1000 ft tall rocks surrounded by hundr Read more:Australia
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Final Thoughts on New Zealand 2008-09-07 22:26:52 Here are some of our final thoughts on Zealand
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Amazing scenery! The scenery is actually better than that of Fiji to us, because of the diversity. From snow-covered mountains to green rolling hills, beaches, dense forest, geothermal areas, beautiful blue glacier lakes, glaciers, fiords, and big cities. And that’s just one day!
The people are very [...] Read more:Final
50 Things you’re likely to experience in Bali, Indonesia: 2008-10-01 21:01:42 A few nice beaches with blue water and palm trees.
Trash everywhere!
Beautiful ornamental architecture.
Hardly any intelligible road signs.
Police officers who tell you to do illegal things and then expect a bribe when you’re caught doing those things.
Grungy hippy-types searching for good surf.
A total lack of intelligent governmental oversight.
Hindu temples and Muslim mosques everywhere.
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Singapore and Bali: The Hard Facts…According to Us 2008-09-29 21:55:46 Well, hello after a long disconnect it seems. From decent internet, from family, from friends, from the “Real” world. You see, we’ve been in Southeast Asia. If that’s not enough to get your mind’s eye twinkling, cringing, and nodding a thoughtful “oh, I see”, then you obviously haven’t been here. We flew into Singapore
from [...]
Malaysia - Land of the Toothpicks, Straw Hats, and the Occasional Yee-Haw! 2008-10-07 21:32:58 Well, we’ve found ourselves in Malaysia
at last. We didn’t know what to expect before coming. Would it be difficult to travel here? Would we starve to death for lack of a decent meal? Would the army herd us about mumbling things about the insolent westerners? Well, if you’ve been to Malaysia recently, you know [...] Read more:Straw
Do Your Part 2008-11-02 20:05:01 On our way to the market to buy snacks on the day before we left Thailand, we came across a man and woman who were homeless, dirty, and terribly thin. They both appeared disabled. The lady had the saddest eyes I have ever seen. As we walked past, the lady bowed her head in [...]
Medical Care, Dishonesty, and Trekking in Thailand…What more could you ask for? 2008-10-29 01:34:26 If the title of this post seems a bit um…for lack of a better word, schizophrenic, understand that internet has been a bit shaky for us for awhile, so we must catch up in one fell swoop. After visiting the magnificent Ko Phi Phi (which you, as our loyal reader, BETTER have read about in our [...] Read more:Thailand
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The Perils of Volunteering 2008-12-06 08:29:31 So, we’ve found a wonderful orphanage in which to work while here in Pokhara. The only catch is: these places all seem to be the same. They all seem to want you to pay them in order to work for them! In all of our research before we left on this trip, we found [...]
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