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GoBackpacking 'Round the World

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Join me on a solo trip around the world! I will write about the planning and saving process, logistics, and my personal hopes and fears. Once the trip begins, I'll be posting updates and photos from New Zealand to Brazil.

Added on: Feb 2nd, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Travel Personal Destinations
Tags: Culture money Backpacking planning pre-trip musings pre trip musings

Recent Posts

Let’s Be Adventurous: Solutions for a Picky Eater

Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 07:30 in travel, beer, food, Germany, features, couple, adventurous, blogsherpa

MMMmmmm... Beer “Let’s be adventurous!” I said. Andy cringed, “Are you sure?” I immediately rolled my eyes at him, “Yeah let’s order something new! What’s the worse that could happen?” Having that combination of words come from my...
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 13:00 in travel, review, book, Adventure, writing, usa, backpack, travel books

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer Thanks to my love for his masterpiece, Into Thin Air, I was already on Krakauer’s side before I even picked up its predecessor, Into the Wild. I knew it would be a story that would tempt, scare, and awe me. The S...
One to One: Teaching (and Gossiping with) Individual Students

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 07:30 in advice, esl, prague, czech republic, blogsherpa

Prague, Czech Republic When glancing through the makeshift syllabus on the first day of my TEFL certification course, I distinctly remember one title catching my attention. ”1-2-1: Teaching Individuals.” I wasn’t sure whether to laugh...
Introducing T-roy: Forget Obligation Go Global…it’s my odyssey!

Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 09:00 in travel, Photography, blog, Networking, writing, advice, features, post-trip

People often ask why I have a hyphen in my name and although my parents didn’t do drugs the real truth is a friend gave it to me as a nickname back in high school. By birth, my name is Troy Floyd but for reasons of wanting to be unique I kep...
‘Round the World Trip: As You Like It

Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 13:00 in Washington Post, post-trip

A ’round the world trip in 29 days? Blasphemy, I hear long term travelers shouting from the rooftops after reading Maryann Haggerty’s Washington Post article, Around the World in Four Easy Lessons. Before we rush to judgment on the idea...
Travel Video – Tikal

Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 08:00 in Central America, guatemala, tikal, blogsherpa

_ The latest High Definition video from Jason and Aracely at TwoBackpackers.com features my favorite Mayan ruins – Tikal in Guatemala. It looks like they had mistier weather than I did, however the video certainly captures what it feels like ...