Ramadan in Turkey
As you may know we’re currently spending 5 weeks in Turkey. What you might not know is that 3.5 of those weeks fall during Ramadan. You may be thinking that going to Turkey in the middle of the summer, especially during Ramadan, might not have been the best idea…and you’d be right. So why are…
Six Months of Travel: By The Numbers
We just celebrated our six-monthaversary of travel, and we thought it would be fun to take a look at where we’ve been and what we’ve done, by the numbers. Miles Traveled: 45,315. This is “as the crow flies” mostly, so we’ve actually traveled many more miles, but it’s a good approximation. Modes of Transportation: 13….
It’s Our 6 Monthaversary!!
It’s hard to believe but it’s been 6 months since we boarded the plane to India that kicked off our ‘Around the World’ adventure! Some days it feels like we’ve been traveling for a couple weeks and some days our ‘old lives’ feel 100 years away. Luckily on most days, like today as we explored…
Ho Ho Johannesburg
(Our apologies for the lack of photos. Because we assumed we would have time to revisit stops after our Apartheid Museum visit we didnt snap any pictures on our first go around. Shame on us, lesson learned!) One of our favorite things to do in big cities is take the Hop-on Hop-Off bus (or HoHo)….
I Don’t Think We Were Robbed in Jo’burg (?)
(NOTE: While I feel weird calling Johannesburg ‘Jo’burg’, since I normally consider tourists/travelers adopting local names douchey, it’s impossible not use the nickname. EVERYONE calls it that and you actually seem like a bit of a tool if you insist on using the full name, although I can’t bring myself to call it Jozie) Following…