Category: Featured
The Upper Peninsula: A Mosquito Safehaven Not Fit For Habitation
AbandontheCubeApr 12, 2022Like
If you’ve never been to the Upper Peninsula —GOOD! Don’t go. It isn’t for you. It’s a shit place with nothing to do and nothing...
Northern American Midwest: Exploring Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
AbandontheCubeApr 05, 2022Like
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are the land of plenty. Plenty of space. Plenty of weight on the locals. Plenty of cheese on the french...
The American Central Midwest: Exploring Missouri, Illinois & Indiana
AbandontheCubeApr 01, 2022Like
For about a year and a half we lived in Missouri, smack dab in the middle of the American Central Midwest. This, I can assure you, was...
Bulgarian Language And Culture
AbandontheCubeMar 30, 2022Like
I’ve written before about learning languages, and how much I enjoy the undertaking. Here I’ll discuss learning the Bulgarian...
Exploring Athens in Summer: Top 5 Must Do
AbandontheCubeJul 24, 20174
Make no mistake about it, summer in Athens is HOT! We spent a month and a half in Athens and the surrounding areas this summer. At times,...
The Best Books About Quitting Your Job to Travel
AbandontheCubeOct 01, 20157
Books open a window into how another person sees the world. For travelers, we strive to see the world in new ways everyday– and...
The Best TV Shows About Quitting Your Job to Travel
AbandontheCubeSep 08, 20158
If you’re sitting around watching TV all day, you’re not out seeing the world. Let’s face it though, every traveler knows...
How to Do Disney World
AbandontheCubeMay 09, 20156
How to do DisneyWorld with kids--from someone who knew nothing prior to going and learned a lot from trial and error.
An American Road Trip, the Highlights
AbandontheCubeJan 08, 2013Like
We recently did a massive road trip across the motherland of America. Here are the absolute highlights for over a month on the road. Bear...
Tourist in a Tourist Town
AbandontheCubeJun 05, 2012Like
We recently had some friends visit us in Beijing, an occurrence which was a wonderful reminder of how many amazing sights there are in this...
Seven Billion… and Counting
AbandontheCubeNov 27, 2011Like
When I was in high school I distinctly remember the day we learned about the concept of a Malthusian Crisis. The teacher drew an upward bow...
Medical Evidence Supports Abandoning the Cube
AbandontheCubeOct 10, 2011Like
National Geographic released an hour-long documentary titled Stress: Portrait of a Killer. The film follows several scientists as they...
Scuba Diving in Beijing
AbandontheCubeAug 07, 2011Like
A lot of people don’t advise learning to scuba dive in a third world country. It can be a dangerous sport, and saving a few bucks...
Going Green? Why not Go All the Way?
AbandontheCubeFeb 03, 2011Like
Folks are talking about the environment in a new way. Global warming, greenhouses gasses, Co2 emissions, and our dependency on a depleting...
Resources for Resourceful Travelers
AbandontheCubeMay 18, 2010Like
We get a lot of questions about how we manage different aspects of full-time travel. To answer them, we’ve put together a special...
Influential, but Perhaps not so Famous Adventurers
AbandontheCubeMay 07, 2010Like
When ever you get to the point, if this actually happens, that you feel like there isn’t anything else you could do to top what you...
Across America by Land
AbandontheCubeMar 26, 2010Like
Not many people make backtracks like we do! To make my point, our trips inside America in the last several months have been hectic,...
Abandon the Cube Featured on Lonely Planet
AbandontheCubeFeb 15, 2010Like
Good news for travel buffs, Lonely Planet now has a program that features great travel blogs. This program has exploded in the travel...
Where are those guys?
AbandontheCubeFeb 12, 2010Like
I suppose reading the blog might have been confusing recently for some of our more attentive readers. We posted blogs from Canada and...
How to raise money and find sponsors for the Mongol Rally
AbandontheCubeFeb 09, 2010Like
Having done quite a bit of research on how to find sponsors for our team in the 2010 Mongol Rally, we thought it might be helpful to write...
Mexico: A gringo story
AbandontheCubeFeb 05, 2010Like
Having always loved Latin music, food, clothing and culture, my first trip to Mexico was dreamt about for years before it actually...
Man vs Wild
AbandontheCubeFeb 02, 2010Like
Bear Gryllls’ show, Man vs. Wild (Born Survivor in the UK) – Man vs. Wild – Season 1 – is a rare TV hit. What I...
The Easiest Countries to Travel
AbandontheCubeDec 08, 2009Like
After reading through some of our polls people have participated in throughout the site, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of...
Visiting the Gates of Hell, Darvaza Turkmenistan
AbandontheCubeJul 20, 2009Like
Dante readers beware, the “Gates of Hell” are very real. They are located in the middle of a vast, uninhabitable desert (not...
Dinosaur Eggs on the Journey to the Caspian
AbandontheCubeJul 03, 2009Like
We decided to take a weekend trip out to the Caspian Sea from Ashgabat. Leaving mid-afternoon on Friday we planned to stop in the small...