by Traveller | Aug 16, 2017 | Round The World
“Hey! I know you!” A shocking greeting came from a stranger somewhere on the Mongolian Steppe. “Yeah. You were on my flight. I remember you because the flight attendant poured wine on your pants and spent like five minutes cleaning it up.” Yes,...
by Traveller | Jun 30, 2017 | Round The World
I’m sitting in the Washington Dulles airport having flashbacks to a time I sat in the Atlanta airport some five years ago. It was then that I was about to strike out on my first trip around the planet. Before I left on that journey, the most consistent question...
by Traveller | Jan 6, 2013 | Round The World
I was flattered when Doug Clark over at the Greensboro News & Record invited me to contribute some excerpts from this blog to their paper. I was humbled when I saw the result this morning. So, if the $382 in valuable coupons weren’t enough, you could also...
by Traveller | Jan 4, 2013 | Round The World
In what I think will be the final act of this RTW adventure, I headed to Raleigh a couple of days ago to pick up a package I sent myself from Cape Town. The package went air mail. It turns out it sat in Cape Town for about two weeks before grabbing a spot in the...
by Traveller | Dec 17, 2012 | Round The World
When I set out on this journey, I planned to take in the world, not take it on. I went to places I’d read about, but never seen. Nowhere I visited was undiscovered. There were Starbucks, Apple Stores, and KFC’s most everywhere I went (for the record, I...