Clean water can be a matter of life and death on the road. Here is how you can use a Steripen fits all filter and Steripen traveler with a Vapur .5L bottle to purify water. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCXTfI4yqtI]
Boxing Up Our Lives
For months I’ve asked Mike to go through two particular containers of his “stuff” that I knew he was avoiding. And now, with two and a half months until we depart for our round-the-world trip, we really have to start classifying things into stay or go categories. So instead of challenging our livers on St. Read Post
Going Forward Means Coming Back
The point of no return has not yet been crossed, but for all intents and purposes, there is no going back. Although Tara and I are not leaving for another four months, I told my boss about the trip a couple weeks ago (basically five months from our departure). There were several reasons why I Read Post
Behind the Scenes: Planning a RTW Trip
Planning, planning, planning. Where to begin? Well, we had seen checklists online and knew the general goals of RTW prep: determine a vague start date, figure out a route, start selling replaceable possessions, get vaccinated, find travel/medical insurance and buy visas. But then little things cropped up, like figuring out what the best credit and Read Post
Where It All Began: The Idea of Traveling Around the World
I tell ya, we never expected that planning a round-the-world (RTW) trip would require so much research and so many details. Every week, we find ourselves adding more items to our to-do list than we’re crossing off. I personally want to get to the fun part of shopping for the clothes and other items that Read Post