The Big Adventure
Who We Are:
Chris and Mindy, from the San Francisco BayWhere We Are Now:
Back in the USofADays Traveled:
370Countries:
17Miles Covered:
61,849Pictures Taken:
25,479Beds Slept In:
160Updated: Apr 12, 2014
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Recent Posts
- Back in the USSA April 18, 2014
- Annapurna in pictures April 3, 2014
- K K K K K Kathmandu photo time March 31, 2014
- Moving through the Amazon March 27, 2014
- Kung Fu Travel March 14, 2014
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Check Out Our Moving Pictures!
Chris has been hard at work putting together some of our Galapagos video clips. In case you ever wanted to see Albotrosses beak fighting in preparation for mating or me getting chased by a baby sea lion now is your … Continue reading
Weekend fun in Malawi
Written by Chris While we were in Malawi, we had a few weekends free while we weren’t volunteering for the good of mankind and we took off from our main base for a few excursions. Getting around Malawi is actually … Continue reading
The Malawi Volunteer Experience
Written by Chris We had never really set our plans for how we wanted to spend the rest of our time in Africa, though we had had the idea of volunteering in mind. We happened upon a good-looking organization that … Continue reading
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?
The famous Dr. Livingstone. From the moment we stepped out of South Africa (where Nelson Mandela rightfully rules the land) till our last day in Tanzania, the number one person we heard about was Dr. Livingstone. Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and … Continue reading
Asia bound
Written by Chris Two continents down, and two to go. Today we are reluctantly leaving the beautiful island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania in Africa to head to Nepal. Our months in Africa have been a truly illuminating … Continue reading
To be prepared … or not to be
Written by Chris Be Prepared -Motto of the Boy Scouts of America Moshi, Tanzania – For the first half of my life so far, I was very active in the Boy Scouts and I don’t think that there is anything … Continue reading
How we’re traveling the world for $380
Written by Chris Moshi, Tanzania – In most vacations, the three major costs are airfare, lodging, and food. We went and lopped one of those off of our budget almost entirely by getting one year’s worth of flights for only … Continue reading
How to live forever and die young
Written by Chris As the old joke goes, “I have the ability to travel through time, but I can only go forward and only at a rate of one second per second.” We are are all traveling through time in … Continue reading
Oh Where, Oh Where, Did Chris and Mindy Go?
After a month or more of being almost completely off the radar, Chris and I are back in Internet civilization. (Well for the next 12 hours that is.) For the last month we have been bunkering down in a little … Continue reading
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Our Discovery of Ecuador and Peru
Jointly written by Chris and Mindy After quite a bit of uncomfortable bus travel, Chris and I have made it safely to the little town of Balaka, Malawi. We are having an enlightening time here, learning and engaging with the … Continue reading
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