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Showing posts with label planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planning. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Equipment failures

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Today when we arrived in Berat from Gjirokaster, the Asus T100computer I use to blog would not boot to Windows 8.  The recovery screen told...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

More Planning

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We've had two email questions about our planning efforts. Here are my almost verbatim replies. Q1:  Are you  couchsurfing, airbnbing...
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Trip Planning

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Places of interest have been identified. View Europe_2014 in a larger map
Thursday, January 09, 2014

Tickets Bought

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After a good bit of planning we have tickets to and from the Balkans. Feb 21 2014: Raleigh, NC to Athens, Greece Jun 10 2014: Skopje, ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Working on the itinerary

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I have been consumed with trip planning since we bought the plane tickets. As always we have more crazy ambitions than slotted time.  Luc...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Tickets Bought

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Just bought round trip tickets to Cancun, Mexico and are now working on the route for the three month trip. We leave for Cancun on Nov 27 ...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Exit Plan

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Our return plans are final. April 3: Fly from Chongqing to Shanghai April 12: Shanghai to San Francisco May 1: San Francisco to Raleig...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Back on the road again

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Back when we were still in South America, we talked about going to China next. Since a number of my young cousins are of marriageable age...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Half Way

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We finally bought our return tickets to the US on January 10th which happens to be the halfway point of our epic eight-month trip. On May 5...
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Major change of plan/route

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During some random web surfing, I came across a great airfare from Lima to Miami. After much deliberation, we decided on a loop from Lima, ...
Friday, November 05, 2010

What we know and learned about cruising the Galapagos

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To actually go to the Galapagos, we had to turn a blind eye to the questionable economics (greed vs conservation) given the exorbitant cost,...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

We are going to the Galapagos!

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Going to the Galapagos was supposed to be the highlight of our trip. But the more we researched, the more it looks like a racket. We almos...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

A new level

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Recently, I have been spending all my time trip planning. I have stopped reading, cut back on cooking/baking, and even halted my Spanish le...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

We are going on the road again

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Tickets have been bought! We are finally going on our much anticipated South America trip. The Galapagos Islands was on the list for our 1...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Down the Yangtze River - Off the Beaten Path - October 2004

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By John Meckley UPDATE Feb 2010: Added photos to the article . The timing was right. This would be our 5th trip to China. On previous t...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Itineraries: The Big Picture + November 2008 details

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I had a request to post the itinerary from our recent trip. First, the big picture. We wanted to take a 6-month trip to Asia that would ta...
Saturday, November 01, 2008

UPDATE

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Due to a bout with the flu, early voting, several rounds of out-of-town guests, visa anxieties, and general procrastination, I obviously did...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Into the Jaws of Ike (UPDATED)

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A few years ago, the Chinese Embassies and Consulates in the United States stopped accepting visa applications by mail. You must now appear ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Making Travel Plans

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We have been home for 3 months now. Travel planning has started. Our latest thinking is to get a 6-month return ticket, Raleigh to Shang...
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Saturday, March 01, 2008

Itinerary 2008 - China, Myanmar (Burma), Laos

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Date(s): Location(s): Transport -------------------------------- 1/1: Shanghai -> Kunming: Air 1/2: Kunming 1/3: Kunming -> Lunan:...