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A Long Overdue Travel Update: April-June 2016

July 9, 2016 By John Widmer 11 Comments

white villages of the Alpujarras spain

So where in the world did we last leave off? We checked in with our last big travel update during our final few days roaming around Mexico. Since then we’re torn through 10 countries and now here we are in Spain once again getting ready to pack our bags for […]

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Best of Roaming Around Mexico & Travel Update

April 18, 2016 By John Widmer 9 Comments

Heather and John

We’re now on our final days roaming around Mexico, so we thought it would be an excellent time for a long-overdue travel update. When this year began, we really weren’t sure what direction we were heading (both literally and metaphorically). Over these past few months we’ve really enjoyed slowing down […]

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Top 20 Travel Experiences of 2015

February 4, 2016 By John Widmer 28 Comments

hiking on a trail in patagonia argentina towards the fitz roy mountain

This unprecedented second year of non-stop travel has brought us roaming around six different continents and 27 different countries for a total of over 65,000 miles while completely circumnavigating the globe. We’re often asked about our favorite places, which is difficult to pin down because each country we visit has […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Africa, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Europe, Germany, Malaysia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Slovenia, Thailand

Not-So-Monthly Update: Roaming Around the US, Cuba, and Mexico

January 6, 2016 By John Widmer 6 Comments

It’s been way too long since our last update, or any new post for that matter. These last few months have been another whirlwind of travels through the US, into Cuba, and most recently our move to Mexico! It hard to believe a full 24 months of travel is now […]

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Monthly Travel Update: From Oktoberfest to Fort Lauderdale by Land & Sea

November 11, 2015 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

October 2015 Route map from Oktoberfest to Fort Lauderdale

This past month of travel took us from landlocked Central Europe all the way to Fort Lauderdale, FL USA without taking a single flight. October was a jam-packed month of travel taking us 6,823 miles on this whirlwind escapade from camping out during the final days of Munich’s Oktoberfest, to a […]

Filed Under: Monthly Updates, Blogs Tagged With: Belgium, Europe, Germany, Slovenia, USA

After Two Years & 50+ Countries, Is This The End of Our Travels?

November 2, 2015 By John Widmer 6 Comments

zombie tourist costume

We recently arrived back in the United States and to my hometown of Fort Lauderdale, FL. This completes one of the goals we set out for ourselves during our second year of nonstop travel: making our way entirely around the world, circumnavigating the globe. Since we’ve returned back to the US, […]

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Not-So-Monthly Travel Update: From Middle East to Middle Europe

September 30, 2015 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Route map from dover, england to tampa florida

As we’re about to disconnect from stable Internet for nearly the next month, we figured that now would be a most opportune time to give a quick travel update since our last not-so-monthly update from back in August having just left the Philippines! Now we’ve been roaming around the world on this non-stop […]

Filed Under: Monthly Updates, Blogs Tagged With: Africa, Croatia, Egypt, Europe, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, UAE

Not-So-Monthly Travel Update: SE Asian Invasion

August 9, 2015 By John Widmer 6 Comments

Our 4-month Southeast Asia route map of Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia to Singapore to Malaysian Borneo to the Philippines

Since we’re changing regions, we figured this would be a great time to give a trip update. August 15th will officially mark the end of our 20th month since we got rid of it all and started roaming around the world. So what better time for an update than now, […]

Filed Under: Monthly Updates, Blogs Tagged With: Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Roaming Around Thailand: Month #17 Travel Update

June 8, 2015 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Map of our route and itinerary through Thailand

Thailand allows visitors a 30-day visa-free stay. Our 17th month of travel was spent using every single one of those days and maybe one extra (oops!). The clock began ticking when our arrival in Thailand was jumpstarted with the craziness of Songkron but we soon fled the city lights so […]

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A Month In Transit: Argentina to New Zealand |Month #15 Update

April 20, 2015 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Argentina is a really big country. You realize this when you take a series of busses from the glaciers surrounding its southern-most city all the way to the tropical rain forests at its northern border with Brazil. During our travels, we’ve never kept track of time spent on transportation, but […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Argentina

A Journey to the End of the World: Travel Update Month #14

February 22, 2015 By John Widmer 1 Comment

Route map and photos of month 14 travels through Chile and Argentina

Month #14 has taken us on a long journey, bussing and hiking our way through the impressive Andes Mountains of Patagonia. So hop aboard and come along for the ride as we roam around amazing Patagonia! Month #14 At A Glance Countries visited: 2 Chile & Argentina Number of beds […]

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Roaming Around Chile – Month #13 Travel Update

January 19, 2015 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Our original plans were for a yearlong trip, so we never imagined we’d have a Month #13 Update. Yet here we are! So lets get to it… Month #13 At A Glance Countries visited: 1 Chile Number of beds slept in: 7 Miles traveled: 2,502 City-to-city transport segments: 5 Boat […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Chile, South America

Our Top 20 Favorite Travel Experiences from 2014!

January 6, 2015 By John Widmer 4 Comments

Top 20 travel 2014

One Very Full Year in Travel, The 20 Best Experiences: 2014 came to a close right at the same time that our first full year of travel has been completed, so we figured it’s a perfect time to recall and share our favorite travel experiences from this past year. In 2014 […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Austria, Belgium, Belize, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

Month #12 Travel Update: Roaming Around the US and South America

December 23, 2014 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Well folks, it’s now been an entire year since we began this crazy journey. We just can’t believe how quickly those 365 days have flown by. There never was a concrete plan or route in which we were traveling in but we never intended for our round the world trip […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America

Month #11 Travel Update: Roaming Around Greece and Crossing the Atlantic

November 17, 2014 By John Widmer 8 Comments

Route map from Turkey to Greece to Spain to Florida with photos & pictures

During the past 30 days, only 20 of them were spent on land, yet we somehow managed to roam around four different continents during this past month of travels! These last 30 days were also unique in that overwater travel became our primary means of transportation, as we didn’t use a […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Europe, Greece, Spain, Update

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