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Author: jonathan

Africa Asia Australasia Europe & The Middle East Getting Ready North America Thoughts on Life

Is this really the end?

May 30, 2009June 14, 2021 by jonathan

Yes‚ we’re home. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was around the world in 365 days. We wandered around the desert metropolis of Dubai and played in what could be the world’s best water park; we saw the ancient ruins of Petra, spent a night in the desert, rode camels, shared a sheesha with a rescue …

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North America United States

Space, the final frontier

May 27, 2009June 14, 2021 by jonathan

We spent the last week of our trip in sweet, sweet civilization with my brother and his family at their home in Orlando, Florida, USA. And yes, one of the first things I did was have a Starbucks coffee. I know, I’ve sold out to our North American culture… our delicious, coffee-driven culture, but if …

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Brazil North America

Would you like a mugging with that?

May 23, 2009June 11, 2021 by jonathan

Last time we left you we had just crossed the border into Brazil at Foz do Iguaçu to take in a second helping of the gorgeous Iguazu Falls. That night, we hopped on an overnight bus that would take us to the massive city of Sao Paulo—a semi-cama bus (think airplane-style reclining seats), with no …

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North America Peru

The Bad, and The Ugly

March 22, 2009August 30, 2017 by jonathan

Ok, so “Peru was full of highlights”, “some of the most amazing sights that we have seen in our 307 days on the road”, etc. etc., but there is another side to Peru—a darker, frustrating side. What Allison failed to mention about the Amazon Basin is that everything there wants to either kill you or …

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Peru South America Thoughts on Life

A very expensive experience

February 27, 2009June 14, 2021 by jonathan

Well, we’ve finally had the quintessential South American experience. We’ve been robbed. More accurately, we’ve been robbed twice. The first time was in the middle of the Amazon jungle. Foolishly thinking we were isolated from societal ills, we left one of our money belts buried deep in one of our bags in our room. After …

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Asia Japan

Welcome to Cool Japan

February 17, 2009June 12, 2021 by jonathan

Japan. Everyone thinks they know a thing or two about the Land of the Rising Sun. Be it through an unhealthy obsession with ninjas, playing Super Mario Brothers 3, driving a Toyota, or taking a picture with your Sony camera, we’ve all come in contact with Japan in some fashion. So, before we begin, I …

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Africa Uganda

Forget the Rebels, Fear the Bus

November 27, 2008June 13, 2021 by jonathan

We had a vast distance to cover on our overnight journey between Nairobi and Kampala, Uganda’s capital city—505km. I don’t think I could sum up the journey any better than Akamba’s Public Road Services own website; Akamba Passenger Services are described as, “A courier service is a company that helps businesses ship packages all over …

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Africa Botswana Zambia Zimbabwe

From Deltas to Dollars – Billions of Them

October 28, 2008June 13, 2021 by jonathan

When I left off last, we were on our Nomad overland tour in Etosha National Park, Namibia with one week left to go. Our first stop in Botswana was simply in transit and it was sad – it was at a game farm. The pacing cheetahs broke my heart. To add insult to injury, these …

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Getting Ready

Wield Ultimate Packing Power

September 29, 2008June 13, 2021 by jonathan

Fuelled by delicious K2,000 ($0.70 CAD) espresso from a magical place called Wonderbake in downtown Livingstone (Zambia), I decided to pen a deeper contemplation on what we’ve been hauling around the world. I’m not going to run through the basics—Allison covered that at the start of our trip; I’m going to touch on our rarely …

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Africa

We may have been eaten by cheetahs

September 7, 2008August 30, 2017 by jonathan

We’re off on our 20 day Cape Town to Victoria Falls! As our overland truck is sadly lacking satellite internet, we are going to be off-line for the next while. Don’t worry, we weren’t eaten by cheetahs. Well, maybe we will be / have been. If you don’t hear from us after a few months, …

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