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... ->Livingstone, Zambia Leg 10: (The Smoke that Thunders) Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe -> Johannesburg, South Africa ->Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -> Taipei, Taiwan Leg 11: (The Ties that Bind) Taipei, Taiwan ->Tainan, Taiwan -> Bangkok, Thailand Leg 12: ( ...

90 Days, 26 Countries, 4 Vegetarians, 2 Parents, 2 Kids, 1 Big Mortgage, 0 jobs, and the experience of a lifetime crossing Eurasia overland.

On January 11th, 2011 I will be heading off to sea for 104 days with an educational program known as Semester At Sea. There are about 600 University students that will be boarding the MV Explorer (Aka. The Meredith Voss Explorer, I think it might have ...

This is the blog I will be writing to stay in touch with everyone while abroad! I hope to update it every few days with details of my adventures and a plethora of pictures. The Business in China program is from August 29th to December 18th, with a trip ...

My trip from Tasmania to the science fiction Worldcon in Denver. with a few stops along the way.

Hey There Everyone!!! Welcome to my TravelPod for my 9 months on the Friends and Followers Team with Venture Teams International. We will be working in the Philippines on, most likely, the islands of Luzon and Mindanao for 3.5 months, and then off to ...

Hello everyone, Once again I take a break from the Alaskan winter, only a short break this time, back to Anchorage in December to spend time with the family and friends, and also to be an uncle. Looking forward to spending most of the time on or under ...

This is an actual trip I took last December but I'm posting this to test the blog waters as it is in preparation for a much larger trip - 12 months round the world starting next February. What can I say, I've caught the travel bug hard core.

My name is Red-The Traveling Bear and I am from Redmond Elementary School in Redmond, Washington USA. All of the children in my school (grades 1-6) are studying a world geography program. This is the story of the places I see along the way. NOTE: ...

... right now, eh? it's 6:45a here on wednesday morning. Slept the whole way except last couple hours that I watched Spiderman3. Taipei is weird. The drive from the airport was like a drive down highway 1 in San Francisco. Lots of small cliffs, ...

... Taipei, Plush. Once again, the club was just as nice as the other, if not more so. It was fun experiencing the nightlift of Taipei! Our adventure of getting back to the hostel is quite the story. Since I was the only one out of the four of us able ...

...  au milieu de la nuit, me préparant psychologiquement pour un très long vol jusqu'à Taiwan, une correspondance de 6 heures à Taipei, suivie d'un deuxième vol pour Hanoi. Je réalise d'n coup que ça y est, la partie solo de mon ...

... is usually an MRT (underground) station usually within 0.5 to 1kilometers of most main streets in the popular districts of downtown Taipei. Here's a brief summary of what I've discovered. One of the most convenient hostel is the Happy Family Hostel #2, ...

... of lamented it for a while and then went to "the tallest building in the world." In case you were wondering, I'm revering to Taipei 101 and the reason I put it's title in quotes is because I swear there are taller buildings than this one. Maybe it's ...

... , which had a huge gilded Smiling Buddha, always good for some great pictures. The day after I took the high speed train back to Taipei. The fastest recorded speed during the journey was 299 km/h! In Taipei i found a cheap place to stay and here I met the ...

... is too far and too dangerous for us two girls to go alone and she and Grace will take the day to give us a tour around Taipei (!) What?!?!? Without really knowing what is going on, Julie and I are piling into the back of a 1980s volvo, listening to a ...

... I haven't read since the journey from San Francisco to Tokyo.  I look forward to continuing. Upon arrival in the Taipei airport, aside from a crippling pain in my stomach, I was tremendously excited.  When the customs officer asked me how ...

... drove into Taipei and went to Taipei 101.  We walked around the mall and checked out the Observatory.  Very cool.  Taipei reminds me of San Francisco or Boston.  A lot of English is spoken here.  We are still recovering from time change and culture ...