Around the World in Under 80 Days
In and around World
Here we go!
After almost a week of debate we decided to go for it; drop everything and take off for a trip around the world. With no pets, no lease, a job that allows us the freedom to take off for awhile, and no other commitments holding us down we figured there was no better time than the present.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Megan & David
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Getting Ready
It has taken us just under two months to plan this adventure and very shortly we will be setting out for our first destination! We are just a little... Continue reading » -
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Entry into Japan
Whew! Ten hours in a plane is alot. But we made it! We even found our first night's accomodations without too much trouble. ... Continue reading »
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Day trip to Tokyo
We made a quick trip to Tokyo from our hostel in Narita; visited the Imperial Palace in the center of the city. It's an amazing structure, espec... Continue reading » -
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Yoshi & Itsuko
We have been visiting with Yoshi and Itsuko (friends of Megan's family) in Nagoya for a few days. They have been kind enough to open their ho... Continue reading »
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Basketball?
Who knew that in Japan I would be tall enough to be on the pro team? We ended up in Nagano for a couple of days to watch one of David's friends, Andy... Continue reading » -
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Andy & Yukko
Finally...
Our friends in Toyama!! Andy and Yukko were wonderful enough to be our hosts and tourguides for a few days.
Andy took... Continue reading »
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What We Learned From Japan
So, our Japan Rail Passes are up and we are back in Narita to prepare for our departure to China.
The most important things we learned from J... Continue reading »
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Happy New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year! Year of the Boar (or Pig).
We flew in over Beijing at around 9:30pm on New Year's Eve and the view was astoundi... Continue reading »
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Last Full Day in China
So we are spending our last day in Beijing. It still sounds like a war zone with mortar fire going off, on average, every couple of minutes. A stro... Continue reading »
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Northern Thailand
After a fourteen hour overnight train ride from Bangkok we arrived in Chiang Mai.
Okay so it's taken a few days to find reliable internet and... Continue reading »
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Bangkok
So we're here in Bangkok and about to make our way to Chiang Mai. It's quite warm (as in dripping sweat warm). The temples here are absolutely beau... Continue reading »
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Kolkata
Kolkata is incredible in many, many ways. For anyone who has not visited words cannot do it justice but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. Our cab... Continue reading »
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Sunrise on the Ganges
(Finally filling in some holes...)
Varanasi was by far our favorite place in India. After the usual Indian run-around (meaning that whe... Continue reading »
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Surviving India
After our train ride from Kolkata to Varanasi we decided we would rather fly from Varanasi to Delhi. So, we bought cheap tickets on Kingfishe... Continue reading »
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The Taj Mahal
We discovered that with only a day to make it down to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal the most economic way was to hire a private car an... Continue reading »
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Bahrain for the night
In the midst of our long trek from India to Turkey we found ourselves with an overnight layover in Bahrain. We had fully been planning on spe... Continue reading »
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Katie and Nate!
We finally made it to the Istanbul airport where we had no problems meeting up with Katie and Nate as they disembarked their flight from Madison.Continue reading »
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Finally in Europe
Arriving in Athens feels like finally reaching Europe--cobblestone streets, live music, expensive food and lodging. It is a beautiful city an... Continue reading »
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Island in the Sea
A 9-hour ferry ride and we find ourselves waking up before sunrise on Crete. The "Youth Hostel" existed as the book claimed and they even opened th... Continue reading »
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Ancient Italy
So far, we have spent way too much time wandering around ancient cities that were buried in volcanic ash and wondering why we are sleeping in the shad... Continue reading » -
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Do as Romans Do
In general, we found Rome to be a much like many other large European cities--big, overpopulated, and very expensive. Never before had we pai... Continue reading »
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More Art!
It took an entire day of walking all over the city to wear down the rest of the group enough to convince them that waiting in line at yet another art... Continue reading » -
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The Sinking City
We made a brief stoppover in Venice, just for an afternoon. The city was beautiful and we made our best attempt at getting ourselves lost in the... Continue reading » -
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Farewell to Friends
We arrived early in Paris after taking an overnight train from Venice. The four of us spent a day running around Paris attempting to take in... Continue reading »
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Cousin Astrid
After dropping Katie and Nate in Paris so they could catch their flight home, we ventured south again to Switzerland. There we met up with Da... Continue reading »
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Dropping Baggage
After spending most of the day on trains, we spent one evening in Amsterdam with another of David's cousins, Saskia. She allowed us to take o... Continue reading »
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Lucien & Therese-Marie
After a bit of a slow morning getting ready in Amsterdam we hopped on yet another series of trains to make our way down to Belgium and the welcomin... Continue reading »
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Windmills & Art
We spent two very nice days in the cute little city of Brugge. We would highly recommend to anyone a trip to Brugge right around Easter. ... Continue reading »
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