From the category archives:

Travel Challenges

Australianisms

July 15, 2010

After eight months on the road, we both let out a subtle sigh of relief upon landing in our first English speaking country.  How nice, we thought, to have conversations more complex than the requisite Where are you from?  Where are you going? What am I eating? exchange. We’d be able to read street signs [...]

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Change of Plans

July 2, 2010

In case you did not see it on Facebook, we are back in the States.  While in Australia, we received the news that my stepfather, Lewis, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  Two weeks later we were on a 27-hour plane ride from Sydney to New York and the next day we caught a flight [...]

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The Truth About Travel in China – Part Three: People

May 18, 2010

This post is part of a series on our experiences while traveling independently in China. Click here to read Part One: Language and here to read Part Two: Food The people are pushy and rude.  And you can forget about personal space.Sorry, folks, but after nearly a month in China I can tell you that [...]

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