Day 71 of our round-the-world trip. It was obviously a Thursday. The empty parking lot says so. We swiftly hopped out of our beat up, borrowed car and unbuckled the bub from the infant seat. Closing time was fast approaching. We spent too long at Three Sisters, but that’s because nearby Scenic World wasn’t part…
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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…
The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, Australia: Pre-Birthday Hiking Shindig
I’ve lost that adventure feeling on a multitude of occasions during our round-the-world trip. It mostly occurred when we’re shacked somewhere for a significant period of time. Especially in the course of winter. Such is the case whilst we were couchsurfing (or make that bedsurfing) in my mum-in-law’s Sydney home. The hubby’s visa application for…
Couchsurfing Walk-Through And Walkabout (or How We Landed On The Couchsurfing Video!)
I stumbled upon Couchsurfing’s “We’re Casting!” announcement four months ago on its website while I was responding to a surfer’s couch request. We were then temporarily residing (and waiting for the hubby’s U.S. visa application to be approved) in an artist-owned cabin by Suffolk Park’s Tallow Beach in New South Wales, Australia. I don’t normally…
200 RTW Days: Altered Plans And Jotted Notes
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” ~ Miriam BeardTwo hundred days. That’s past the halfway mark of our round-the-world vagabonding. Our country counter flashes the number three. Four and a half months in Australia, a month in…
Sydney To Suffolk Park: On The Wheel
Snapshot Saturday: Postcard #8 Australia Walkabout Wildlife Park, New South Wales
It’s day 144 of our round-the-world trip, and we’ve finally settled in U.S.A.! We’re totally not excited about spending winter in California (after a long Australian winter), but since the hubby’s visa approval took ages, we didn’t have much choice. It’s just been two days since we arrived, and already we’re heading out to see…
Snapshot Saturday: Lighthouse Beach
We broke the long ten-hour drive from Gold Coast to Sydney into two. Our Couchsurfing host Chris, a British who’s been living in Port Macquarie for thirty-six years now (and a gold mine of hilarious traveloques), took us in for a night even though we were traveling with a toddler. Behind his beautiful backyard is…
Snapshot Saturday: Postcard #7 Nimbin, New South Wales
It’s day 122 of our our round-the-world trip, and we’re back in Gold Coast, Queensland. I am already missing Byron Bay, but I also missed (way more than expected) walking around a mall so that’s what we did first thing yesterday at Surfers Paradise. In a week, we’ll be heading to Sydney once again and…