“We had a plan when we left the United States in September 2009: travel for one year, return home, and resume our jobs.” Sounds like we have a plan very close to what Akila and Patrick had when they started their journey… and their road has forked quite a bit since then. Wonder if the […]
While we hope LandingStanding becomes many things: a repository of helpful travel tips, insight on how to plan an around the world adventure, a great discussion where you help advise us on our journey… we also hope to share some great stories with you. The good, the bad, and the amusing in hindsight. Since we […]
Every week we collect our favorite travel articles from around the web and post them for you to enjoy… So enjoy! A heuristic is simply a rule of thumb or a frame of reference that aids in decision-making… and deciding quickly and living with the consequences is one that will come in handy on our […]
Every week we collect our favorite travel articles from around the web and post them for you to enjoy… So enjoy! Fascinating look at how Kristy at Nerdy Nomad is making money from her travel blog… Kind of an inspiration. “It’s unreasonable to walk away from a good gig in today’s economy, even if you […]
Why Am I Still Working When I Could Be Travelling? Am I an idiot? Let’s tally it up. About 6 months ago Meg and I decided that we wanted to do nothing more than travel the world together for as long as the money lasts… Excellent. The anticipation of the trip has already made our […]
Every week we collect our favorite travel articles from around the web and post them for you to enjoy… So enjoy! We need to conserve our money and we want to immerse ourselves in other cultures so this article by Unbrave Girl was right on the money. Great guest post on Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site […]
We picked up some travelling lingo as we work towards this grand trip and don’t want to confuse anybody. If you ever get confused by something we say, read this and see if it all makes more sense. If it still doesn’t… well that’s what happens when business school grads try their hand at writing. […]
Now that we are in full planning mode for our ‘Round the World adventure we have been reading every travel article we can. Here a few that we found interesting or helpful from the past week: In case all of you out there are wondering what kind of advice we are looking for… Backpackingmatt nails […]