08/13/12 So, a long day of travel. LAX was jam packed and it took us about 3 hours to arrive at the gate. Since both of us are afflicted with Veganitis, it was almost impossible getting something to eat at LAX. I would think there would at least be some kind of option, but we had to settle with bagels and fruit, which really isn't that bad, but will only get you so far for sustenance. Anywho, we make it to Mexico City, and leave it to this airport to be the FIRST airport, out of dozens of flights I've taken, to make me CHECK my backpack (my ONLY luggage). Needless to say, I was very irritated. I had to quickly think of the things I needed for the long flight and that I absolutely couldn't ... read more

Having only done, at the most, probably only 30 miles on a dirt bike in one trip, I wasn't quite sure what to expect with an itinerary that planned for over 425 miles in 4 days. The starting point was in Hatch, UT where we awoke to humongous storm clouds headed our way. Having not eaten, or taking care of our number two duties, we rush to put all our equipment on. Luckily, once it was evident that we couldn't beat the rain, our trusty trail leaders decided to just get breakfast first and wait it out for a minute. Despite this, once we started on our journey it was pouring down rain anyways. So, it starts off pretty good...it's not entirely evident quite yet that I am the least experienced of the group, and I'm ... read more

After getting off the train in Venice, we could tell already that things were going to be hectic. It's never the easiest thing when our hotel isn't in walking distance. Having no idea that we were supposed to buy tickets ahead of time, we just jumped on a bus and gave the driver a piece of paper that had our hotel name and address on it. The driver obviously knew we had no clue what was going on, so he didn't stress on us not having a ticket. He also spoke to me in Italian the entire way there....I'd like to think it was a good conversation. The driver even went as far as to stop the bus a few times, wave down other buses, and ask them where our hotel was... Even though our hotel ... read more

Yesterday we finally got some laundry done...it may have been the first time in a couple weeks?! We also took a cruise along the Bosphorus strait...it stopped on the asia side of Turkey. I think just so you can say that you were in Asia?! We fought through hordes of people to get back and I had an dope ass fish sandwich straight out of the water. The locals were lining up for it, so I figured it must be good. Today, we went to the Grand Bazaar and bought a bunch of crap for people. There's actually a lot of cool things we would have bought had we not been backpacking (i.e. hookah, tea set, chess set, a carpet the size of our backyard). We had a veggie wrap with fries in it for dinner ... read more

We caught an early train here yesterday. We went through Slovakia without even noticing that our rail pass doesn't cover that country so it cost us about 35 Euros...whoops, luckily we didn't get fined 100 Euros each. Not as busy as Prague, and just as cool! We searched out one of the big attractions here which is the thermal baths! When we arrived, it was really confusing because we weren't sure was to expect as far as how things were run, and the signs were very unclear. Maybe their best attempt at articulating it in English? Either way, eventually, we figured out that you needed a wrist band, then we got a changing "cabin", and then we proceeded through the labyrinth of thermal baths inside and outside. AND, surprise, surprise, everyone couldn't resist blatantly staring at ... read more