7,834 reads
Posted by Tim on Apr 7, 2009
TTT#4: The Golden Hedgehog Awards for Lodging, Part 1
Well, we went through and counted everything up, and it turns out we stayed in over 100 different rooms on our trip. Some were great, and some were... well, pretty damn bad. What follows is the best of the best: we hereby designate each one as a recipient of our Golden Hedgehog Award for Lodging.
5,763 reads
Posted by Jessica on Apr 3, 2009
Moments of Random Happiness
Happening across people dancing together in the street, seeing shooting stars over the ocean, being invited to share tea with the caretaker of an ancient church: these moments of random happiness can't be searched for and discovered with a guidebook.
4,113 reads
Posted by Jessica on Apr 1, 2009
Seeing the World Without a Passport
I'm looking forward to the sing-songy tones of Thai becoming part of my week again. And of course I'm looking forward to teaching and hopefully helping someone learn English too. But the things I'm looking forward to most are the same things I look forward to while traveling...
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Posted by Tim on Mar 31, 2009
Riding the Metro in Mexico City
One of the reasons we love Mexico City so much is the Metro. For a city so massive and sprawling, it's astonishingly easy to get everywhere you want to go... thanks to the glorious Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro.
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Posted by Tim on Mar 29, 2009
Urban Exploration in Lima, Peru
Somebody screams, I'm not sure who. We all start laughing nervously, laughing loudly, laughing to show we're not afraid. Someone is pounding on the elevator call button. We're all clutching each other, groping for one another's hands in the darkness.
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