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The Big Announcement

By Lindsey

Blake and I aren’t going on the huge 1-year RTW trip. After careful consideration (behind the scenes type of stuff that you don’t get a chance to see on the blog postings,) we decided that with our addiction to travel, we needed to adjust some things. Some of the plans that we’ve... »

Revising Plans

By Blakesjourney

The closer we draw to our point of no return, the more we consider different itineraries and trip concepts.  The last round the world trip we did back in the summer/winter of 2005, it was a considerably planned out itinerary.  We had purchased airfare in bulk before even leaving the USA from airtreks.com and... »

Chase-ing Free Money Update

By Blakesjourney

So as you probably know, Linds and I will pretty much do anything for money. We’ve been rubbing a lot of pennies together lately to make some dimes. We’ve been tutoring, painting houses, chaperoning events, and of course, applying for bank accounts when there’s a pay off. In the case video’d below, we went... »

Farewell to Film: Part Two

By Blakesjourney

When Linds and I began to plan for our forthcoming year long round the world trip starting 6/2010, the topic of photography was a somewhat touchy subject. Lindsey knew how much I adored film photography and the opportunity to travel to super-stimulating places and shoot them in gritty 35mm intensely excited me. So we... »

How Much is Too Much Video?

By Blakesjourney

Video is a huge part of my travel vision. I pretty much frame the world through pans and fades with music swelling and Borat-esque interviews. On our last trip (to Costa Rica) we really put our video dedication to the test and set out to capture the experience in as many ways as possible. ... »

A Traveler’s Birthday List

By Blakesjourney

I’m turning 28 at the end of the month. Usually when my wife or I have a birthday, we really try to do it up and celebrate with a party and presents etc…(my personal favorite part is the decadent birthday cake from our local bakery, Cakes by Darcy) This year is a bit different... »