Category: Transportation
Fix Our Trains NOW!
A friend sent me this photo recently and as many of you know, this is an issue we’re pretty passionate about. There is crap public...
State of the Union 2011: Opinion
The State of the Union Address was January 25th, 2011, ATC reviews the plans behind President Obama’s speech. Transportation: One...
Where To Go From Here
With the 2010 Mongol Rally behind us, we found ourselves sitting at a restaurant in Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia, wondering where we should go....
The Queen Mary II – Review
Nothing can compare with the Cunard line when it comes to luxury cruising. We found this out in vivid detail over the course of a seven...
ATC 2010 Mongol Rally Route
It’s official! We’ve finally ironed out our route details to the finest detail. We have decided to head from London to Paris,...
How to Buy a Car in the United Kingdom
For the 2010 Mongol Rally, we’ll be buying our car in the UK and then licensing and registering it to leave the country almost...
Transatlantic Options
And now the age old question of how to get from A to B. We’re headed from the USA to Europe, and one would think with our strong...
Resources for Resourceful Travelers
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...
Across America by Land
Not many people make backtracks like we do! To make my point, our trips inside America in the last several months have been hectic,...
The Empire Builder
Recently, I’ve taken the Empire Builder from start to finish a total of three times, that’s around 6,600 miles! Traveling by train is...
Sweet Home, Rockford IL
Although still listed as the 14th most undesirable place to live because of the crime and unemployment, I’ve been lucky enough to...
Texas!
Texas! The only state in the union that considers becoming its own country on a daily basis and was an independent nation from 1836 to...
Abandon the Cube Featured on Lonely Planet
Good news for travel buffs, Lonely Planet now has a program that features great travel blogs. This program has exploded in the travel...
Man vs Wild
Bear Gryllls’ show, Man vs. Wild (Born Survivor in the UK) – Man vs. Wild – Season 1 – is a rare TV hit. What I...
Top Ten Travel Websites
So its 2010 and to celebrate we’re looking for the top ten amateur travel sites on the internet. Help us find them! We’re...
Amtrak: An Open Plea to the US Government
Dear President Obama, In response to your recent town hall meeting, I have a question I’d like to pose to you as a concerned citizen....
USA Travel Options: Choices of Futility
Recently, I have been surprised by how difficult traveling is in America if you don’t want to fly. And reasonable people are prone not to...
The Movie Transsiberian
From the Beijing Train Station to the corrupt police on the far Eastern route of the Russian Trans-Siberian Railroad, the 2008 movie...
Driving from the East Coast to the Mid-West
When it was time to depart the East Coast and North Carolina the issue of how to move forward was pressing. We wanted to continue our...
The Easiest Countries to Travel
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...
The East Coast Survival Kit
Our ship docked in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA and we hightailed it to the closest Amtrak station. From there we bought tickets on the...
3 Things I didn’t Miss About the USA…. And A few I did
Transportation — Nothing says welcome home like finding yourself stranded at the port with no public transportation option and a long...
Smoking in Old San Juan
Having spent several days crossing the Ocean and the previous day exploring Saint Thomas, we were excited for our day in Puerto Rico. We...
Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas, of the US Virgin Islands, must have been a beautiful island….once. Or perhaps we were unfortunate in that the area we...
Funchal Island
Our cruise ship stopped in Funchal Island, owned by Portugal, which is a small island filled with wealth people, everything has to be...
