33 countries under her teeny crocheted belt. Some people think that, for her age, it ain’t nothing but a number. Sure, she can’t remember all the country names (and never correctly pronounced most of them). She can’t remember the tens of airports she passed through (though the memory lingers briefly for she’s got a photographic…
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The Brag Corner: UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Visited
Photo Essay-ish: The Carnival That Cost Us An Arm And Leg… And Almost Our Marriage
A squabble escalated to a heated debate at a quaint guesthouse in Lima, Peru. “Hell no! Two-hundred-freakin’ dollars each?!”, hubby delivered in his usual monotone but he was obviously upset. “But we’re already on the same continent and we’ll be in Brazil during carnival season! It is no coincidence!”, I was on the brink of…
In Sickness And In Stress
Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Vistas To Die For
“Jeeezaz Chriiist!”, the hubby muttered. I couldn’t think of any thing more apt to say. It was day 242 of our round-the-world trip. We watched Jesus grew bigger and bigger as our bus hurtled its way to the tram station on Rua Cosme Velho. In the spirit of Brazil’s Carnival, a bunch of passengers aboard…
2012 Year-Ender/World-Ender
Ahhh… 2012. You are an ebullient homage to wanderlust. Frankly, I am quite obsessed with your ruffled months. In fact it’s almost midnight and amid that end-of-the-world hullabaloo, here I am fondly sewing a patchwork of idyllic imagery to commemorate your flamboyance and purport. Now this may seem like a pathetic way of exiting the…
Rio Carnival 2012: Party Tickets For Two And A Half
It was chaos around the brekkie buffet table at nine-ish in the morn. Fellow guests have awoken late as well and were zombie-walking their way out of the lift and into the restaurant. No alcohol was served but the room smelled like it. We thrashed our way through the befuddled crowd and heard murmurs of…
Round-The-World Vagabonding: Our Ten Fave Temporal “Homes”
A solar-powered guest studio in the middle of the forest, an artist’s cabin in a trailer park by the beach, and a Moroccan riad with an unobstructive view of a UNESCO World Heritage listed ksar… These are a few of our awesome accommodations during our 280-day round-the-world vagabonding. One night, one week, one month. It…
280 RTW Days… And Why We’re Home So Soon.
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” ~ Anthony BrandtIt ended sooner than expected. Then again, who’s really counting the days? Not us (but that counter on my sidebar is). And I bet my stenchy goat leather wallet from Morocco that you guys aren’t counting either. You most definitely…
Cabo Frio, Brazil Holidays: That Thong-Tho-Thong
I briefly caught a glimpse of Christ The Redeemer, action figure sized, atop Corcovado mountain as our cab (which we snagged from the airport) careened through Brazil’s hectic streets. Hubby and I sat quietly, baffled, still wondering how we got business class seats instead of the usual economy on our Lima-Rio De Janeiro flight. We…