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Category Archives: Thoughts

How Exactly Did We Pay For Our Trip, Anyway?

Posted on January 2, 2017 by No Map Required Posted in The Money, Thoughts .
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We recently published a summary of all our money posts showing that our dream trip cost about $80,000, including the trip itself ($65,000 over 15 months) plus the expenses we incurred before and re-entering US society afterwards ($15,000 over 2 months). Yup, eighty thousand is a pretty big number. There’s a lot of things a

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A Selfie-A-Day…For Many, Many Days

Posted on September 1, 2016 by No Map Required Posted in Thoughts .
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Before we headed to the airport for the very first flight of our trip, we took a selfie. I thought it would be cool to have one of those movies at the end of the trip: a photo-a-day movie. Aaron immediately latched on to the idea and, being a bit on the compulsive side, he

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The “Stuff” Post

Posted on April 25, 2016 by No Map Required Posted in The Gear, Thoughts .
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This post is about “Stuff”. You know, that combination of things we actually need intermingled with a lot of things we don’t and quite possibly a few things we let define us. I can’t tell you how many people ask some version of, “What did you do with all your stuff from home?“, “Where’s all the

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Tools make the artist…

Posted on February 29, 2016 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Thoughts .
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…or do artists make their tools? As we travelled, it was such an inspiration to meet so many incredible artists and craftsmen around the world. From World Heritage Sites to tiny Ecuadorian villages, mountain towns in Tanzania to laid-back hamlets in Peru, artists around the world have opened their homes and studios to give us

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Tomorrow: America

Posted on January 28, 2016 by No Map Required Posted in Places, Thoughts, Uncategorized, United States .
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Late this afternoon it hit us: This is our very last day outside US borders! At least for THIS trip around the world. Tonight we go to bed for the 448th time on the road and tomorrow we sleep in America. WOW! Or maybe more appropriately, HOLY SH*T!! Safe to say we have mixed feelings. Mostly

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