One of the things I have observed after many months on the road is the question of how religion presents itself in different cultures. Ev...

I shared our RTW plan with a long-time friend and mentor over coffee one day. He was surprised, incredulous even. His response was someth...

Since we left Seattle last September, 425 Magazine has been covering our RTW trip. They actually creted a new section for this purpose: R...

We love the experience of temporarily living like locals that we get by renting homes through VRBO.com, Homeaway and Airbnb. We double-lo...

What could be better than traveling the world? Traveling the world with those that you love! We are two families who decided to combine o...

I wanted to love Greece. In all sincerity. But it felt like an acquaintance you are just not sure you want to become real friends with. U...

Let’s be honest. When you’re staying with family, your expenses are subsidized. We are forever grateful to our Brazilian friends and fami...

It’s hard to believe that our six months south of the equator are now behind us. Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa: each c...

I handed our hostess two stacks of bills, one of dollars, one of Argentine pesos. We’d withdrawn money at the Buenos Aires airport to pay...

For me, half the fun of traveling is planning the journey. During the three years that we were saving money, I read countless books about...

Let’s talk about cooking. In a stranger’s apartment, you have no idea where anything is in the kitchen, whereas in your own, you know whe...

An acropolis is a raised portion of a city, usually at the center. The word acropolis comes from the Greek roots “acro”, meaning “high”, ...

We toured a section of Cape Town called Langa. It is a very low-income area of Cape Town owned by chiefs of native tribes and clans. The ...

Below are tables that detail our projected costs, actual costs, and the differences between the two. We saved on lodging by staying two f...

By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros Rio de Janeiro – the Marvelous City – the first time I came it was 1987, and people warned me to “be care...

By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros PERU Peru: land of misty mountains and pan pipes, ancient ruins, gorgeous textiles and world-class food. ...

By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros Below are tables that detail our projected costs, actual costs, and the differences between the two. We s...

By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros Planning the trip was a multi-disciplinary exercise. We had a giant write-and-wipe world map in the hallw...

By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros When we first started thinking about doing a RTW trip, the biggest question in my mind – even before “whe...

By Marco Richter de Medeiros So my parents decided to take us on a road trip around Argentina. I was not the happiest child in the world....