As with all of our country round-up posts, we have answered the same questions that we normally do, but this time about our entire trip. We always answer these separately so that we can’t steal each other’s answers, but it’s…
World Trip Round-Up Part 1: Statistics
Days: 311. We departed from Bay City, MI on August 6, 2016 and returned on June 13, 2017. Countries: 16. USA, Mexico, Belize, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Cities: 82.…
A Two-Week Tour of Thailand
Prior to leaving the USA, we had many friends tell us that they would love to come and visit us somewhere during our travels. The one person who actually did make the trip to see us was my sister, Rhonda.…
A Friend in Cape Town
One of the benefits of my previous position at Techworld was meeting linguists located around the world, as I mentioned when I wrote about our time in Los Quirquinchos, Argentina with Pamela and her family. As luck would have it,…
Argentinian Hospitality
During my eight-plus years at Techworld, I conducted numerous interviews with potential employees. Inevitably, one of the questions they always ask is “What’s the best part about working at Techworld?” My response was always the same: “I love getting to…
The City by the Bay
When we first started planning for our big RTW (round-the-world) trip, we knew that we would want to have a little bit of time off between quitting our jobs and hitting the road. The logical step would be to spend…