After Peru, my adventuring continued in full effect as I headed to Chile. Not only did I explore Santiago, but I also managed to head up to the Atacama Desert as well as […]

After the relaxing time in Argentina, it was time to dive deep once again into exploring different cultures. Normally, I would’ve flown from Argentina to Chile, then northwards to Peru, but Star Alliance, […]

Brazil ended up being a really intense part of my travels as there were so many things to see plus with the huge amount of festivities going on leading up to Carnaval. That’s […]

Finally departing Asia and headed to the Western Hemisphere! However, before I hit up my first destination in South America, I first stopped in LA for a week for my friend’s wedding (from […]

This will be a relatively quick post as I had stopped in Hong Kong just for a few days in early February for Chinese New Year. This won’t really be a full post […]

As mentioned a few posts ago (Philippines), I decided to combine Kuala Lumpur (KL) and Penang into a single post. I visited KL right before Christmas (Dec 17-23) primarily for an event but […]

Originally not on my itinerary, I found myself with the opportunity to visit Cambodia. My journey would start with a flight from Ho Chi MInh City straight to Siem Reap and from there […]

  After the Philippines, my itinerary took me back to Vietnam for a second time. The first time was northern Vietnam which included Hanoi and Cat Ba (Ha Long Bay). This time, I […]

Originally I was going to write about Kuala Lumpur after my Taiwan post but I decided to lump it together with Penang as both are in Malaysia and neither is that long, so […]

After Singapore, I was eager to get back to a more temperate climate. While Taiwan was most definitely not cold, being 5-10 celsius cooler and less humid enabled the trip to be more […]

  I’m still working through a few blogs and catching up on them. I expect to finish off last year’s travel blogs in the next couple weeks (with only Taiwan and Kuala Lumpur […]

Nothing like writing a blog while sitting poolside on a fantastic afternoon here in Cebu. While my last post was only ten days ago, I still have a bit of ground to cover […]

As I sit here on the first day of 2019 in Tokyo, I realized it’s been a while since I posted and it’s about time to catch up some on my travel postings. […]

  Having just gotten to Taiwan, I find myself with a couple spare hours this evening to post about the last two stops in my September/October Asia tour. After Shanghai, I grabbed a […]

  It’s been a couple weeks since my last post and I’ve found a couple hours to myself while waiting for my flight back to Bangkok from Chiang Mai. After South Korea, I […]

I’m enjoying today sitting on a rooftop patio in Cat Ba (Ha Long Bay, Vietnam) with no tours or sights to see so I figured it should be time to get caught up […]

I’m currently relaxing on my birthday here in Shanghai, finishing up some breakfast at the rooftop patio lounge of the hostel I’m staying at and watching cats slink by four stories up on […]

It’s been almost a couple of months since I last posted about Beijing. My 3 month tour extravaganza of Japan has come to a close and I’m currently in Busan, Korea. Posting about […]

After leaving Dubai, I was ready for more temperate weather. I didn’t get it. The next part of my trip I found myself in Beijing under warmer than normal temperatures as well as […]

   In my last post, I finished up Europe with Greece. However, it was time to leave the west and head to the east with the first stop being in the Middle […]

Made it to the final country in Europe on my round the world tour – Greece! I had hopped onto the overnight Hellas Express from Belgrade and it was actually pretty good although […]

Originally I wasn’t going to post about visiting Serbia as it was mainly to visit family but I ended up doing some non-family outings and touring so I figured it would be helpful […]

Sorry this update is a little late, but I’ve been sick with a head cold the last few days. Also it’s a bit later because the Italy portion of my trip covered quite […]

I find myself back in France but along the southern coast. I’ll be covering Marseille, Nice, and Monaco in this update. There was a bit of rain in Marseille, but nothing that prevented […]

And thankfully the rain wasn’t present for much of the tour through southern Spain after I got back from Morocco – for the most part it was fantastic weather for exploring. History could […]

Morocco, what can I say? An assault on all senses and sensibilities. From the fragrant spices and medinas to the calls of hawkers, vendors, hustlers, entertainers. Sights that you normally don’t behold in […]

Finally hit the southern part of Europe the last week and it’s been gorgeous weather pretty much every day. After hitting Lisbon, I broke out the sandals but it took a few days […]

Paris came and gone in a brilliant blur of art, culture, and fine food. I recorded my highest ever number of steps (36000+) and floors (27!) I think my feet were starting to […]

So I’m sitting here on my final night in London and can’t believe how much I’ve done since arriving on Tuesday morning or how much time has flown by. Let’s start with a […]

So it’s finally here after 4 long years in planning. I left work one last time and I won’t see that sign at the main entrance until May of next year. I also […]

One of the biggest challenges I have faced while planning this trip is the changing priorities and new found events/festivals that I learn about while doing my research. My general itinerary has remained […]

With 4.5 weeks to go, it’s getting down to final prep time. Today I spent gathering all my gear that I will be taking with me and running a test packing of the […]

Being several weeks out I figured it was time to get my immunizations for my trip around the World. With my itinerary being anywhere between 25 and 35 countries, I would definitely need a […]

So with 13 months traveling the world, of course I’d have a plethora of options on how to get where I’m going. Flying places, of course, is the most efficient way to travel […]

Finally booked my flight out to Europe! My first stop on my new itinerary (more details to come in the next few days) is London, England. I used Aeroplan points on a fixed […]

Was I ever delighted to see in my email this afternoon that the Osprey Farpoint 55 had arrived two days earlier than estimated! After work I headed directly to the post office to […]

So for the last several weeks since the 1 year marker on April 1st (no joke!) I’ve been seriously thinking about how I would like to travel, what I would like to see, […]

I’m pretty much at the 1.5 year mark now until my Sabbatical begins and have been researching some things for my trip. One thing I have to decide is how I’m going to […]

With less than 2 years to go, I have set up this website to detail my plans for my world tour. Above you can see a map that details the travel points – generally […]

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