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finding our inner-athletes in oahu
I’m not sure when it happened, but shortly after arriving in Oahu, the hubs and I found ourselves surprisingly—and sometimes accidentally—active. Prior to Hawaii, I had only been on an actual hike once before. It was in Italy, it was between the five villages of Cinque Terre, and there was the promise of gelato or a glass of wine (or both) in between each trail. Other people had walking sticks, so I considered this serious hiking business (never you mind that they were all also over the age of 60.) Because of that, I’ve never really been able to relate…
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rtw rookies: the north shore kick-off
Aloha, travelers! RTW is officially underway and somehow, magically, there are already things to recap? I hope this doesn’t mean time is flying. Starting our trip in Hawaii was, honestly, one of our better ideas. We didn’t even do it intentionally—we just knew we wanted to go west, and flying direct to Fiji sounded like a terrible plan. Thus, a ten-day tour of Hawaii was born. Prior to our summer traipse through Costa Rica, the hubs and I hadn’t spent more than a long weekend somewhere tropical. However, our love for Tamarindo set something in motion, and I have to…
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rtw rookies: yes, we packed more.
Oh, you guys didn’t think this was all I packed, right? Bahaha, silly YOU. Aside from the clothing-type items discussed in my first packing post, the hubs and I each brought one other bag for our extra stuff. You know, laptops, liquids, the usual. Let’s discuss. Departure day luggage capture, courtesy of @_theHubs. The Tech Nonsense. 2 iPhones & 2 chargers (curse you, iPhone 5!) 1 Kindle & charger 1 iPad Mini & charger 3 sets of headphones (they’re the little iPhone ones so we just threw three in a bag without thinking) 2 headphone splitters (we didn’t know which…
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five frugal habits of highly effective travelers
As you may have figured out, we’re not Kate and Pippa Middleton. This is disappointing for about 100 million reasons (many we haven’t even figured out yet), but the main one? Lack of funds for a lifetime of gallivanting. It’s highly unfair, but the more travel gets in our blood, the more we just have to make it work. The biggest hurdle, of course, is money, but as two New Yorkers with a love for retail therapy and wine at any cost, we’ve been forced to figure out how to fit travel into our budget. The romantic has already pointed…
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rtw rookies: packing like the backpackers we (now) are
Aloha, travelers! Well, it’s officially here—the hubs and I have kicked off our RTW. More on our first stop later (spoiler alert: HAWAII IS AMAZING). First, there are things to catch up on… The last week of life as we knew it was intense. There were goodbyes, there were responsibilities, there were safety deposit boxes and apartment issues to be handled. It was like one big dose of reality smacking us in the face before we left. To be honest, it was hard to get into the mindset that we were about to depart because there was just so much…
