Time to get down to the dirty business of travel blogging. I’ve been putting this off, because quite frankly, it’s boring, but the internet needs to see my complete packing list. In preparing for this trip to Thailand, I browsed dozens of blogs and lurked on many forums before feeling confident enough to pack my [...]
As of today, the day before we leave, I am no longer calm and confident about this journey.
After freaking out over how little time we have to transfer from our US Airways (operated by United) flight from Fresno to to our Air China flight from LA to Bangkok tomorrow, I decided to carry my [...]
Remember that semi-practical post I wrote about things people buy when doing extensive travel? It was full of useful items like locks and raincoats and other items that practical people fill practical top-loading strappy backpacks with in pursuit of adventures. Practically. I was thinking about buying them.
Well, I may have failed. But not in [...]
You know the saying “the hardest part is getting your foot out the door”? Maybe that’s not the absolute correct phrase, but I’m sure you know the sort of cliched motivational phrase indicating that the hardest part of any given task is deciding to do the task or getting started. I’m here to tell you [...]
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