The Long Way Home from NYC
I'm going to a wedding in New York in a couple weeks and I'm taking the long way home back to Michigan. Once I found [...]
On Home and Relationships
The concept of home and the meaning of relationships are both topics I spend a lot of time thinking about. Those of you that travel [...]
The Best Kept Secret in Wyoming
Wyoming always seemed to be one of those states that wasn't talked about a whole lot - at least outside of visits to Yellowstone National [...]
July 2016 Income Report
I usually get my monthly income reports out a little bit faster than I did this month, but it's been a busy month and I [...]
A Trip to the Disappearing Aral Sea – The Video
At the end of June I had the pleasure of undertaking the journey from Nukus, Uzbekistan to see the Aral Sea. I wrote a full [...]
Changes to Tracking Trip Expenses
I've been publishing the costs of various trips I've been on on my blog for a while now, but I've decided to change how I do [...]
Travel Mistakes are Part of Learning Experience
If you travel often, chances are you've made some dumb mistakes either before or after your departure. No one is perfect, though, even the most [...]
How to Claim a VAT Refund
Have you traveled to Europe? Have you gone shopping in Europe? If the answer is yes to both of those questions, I bet you have [...]
Mistake Fare Around-the-World Trip Under $800
I love putting together crazy cheap trips that are usually initially the result of a mistake fare that is just too good to pass up. [...]
A [Free] Visit to the Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble in Samarkand
The morning had been spent meandering through central-Samarkand visiting the Bibi-Xonum Mosque and the Mausoleum across the street with the eventual goal of visiting the [...]