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LTD Passport - John and Lynne Pearson

Family and Freinds,

Our great travel adventure has come to an end--for now.

Thanks to everyone who followed us on this great adventure.

We are both now on Facebook--feel free to look us up and stay in touch.

I will update the final legs of our journey as time permits.

We returned to the States on 7 January 2009 after traveling half of the world for 7 months.

This adventured changed our lives forever.

On 4 March 2009, we began the next great adventure of our lives.

We purchased a small mini-farm in East Tennessee.

I will provide an update on how things are going in the immediate future.

Feel free to drop us a line.

If you just happened upon our blog--enjoy it and get out there and experience the world.

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
~Lanston Hughes~

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By LTD Passport
February 7th 2009

End of Tour Update North America » United States » Tennessee » Madisonville

Greetings to everyone. We have received many e-mails from many of you trying to figure out exactly what the heck is going on with us. We returned to the United States on the 7th of January, 2009. WOW, what an exciting month it has been since our return. We are presently staying with Lynne's sister on the mountain top outside of Coker Creek, Tennessee. During the last month, we have been scouring the State of Tennesse looking for the right property for us. After traveling the world and seeing so many wonderful people along the way, we have decided to modify [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
December 25th 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Chang

Merry Christmas
Christmas in Paradise

Merry Christmas to our family, friends and fellow travelers, We are spending Christmas and New Years in Koh Chang, Thailand. Koh Chang is an island located off the south east coast of Thailand. We are here for three weeks. Island life is very laid back and we are completely enjoying it here. It just doesn’t seem like Christmas though. There is almost no evidence of the Christmas spirit here at all. A few Christmas trees and a few Santa hats, but that’s about it. The weather is in the 90s. It is so hot, we are spending most of the day [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
November 27th 2008

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Family, friends and fellow travelers, We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. Many of you have expressed concern because I have been falling behind in updating the blog. We are thankful to have friends and family who are concerned about us—it means the world to us. We are presently in Ho Chi Min City (Saigon). We arrived yesterday and will be heading out tomorrow to go to Cambodia. Rest assured that we have been having a great time since our last update. I am working on getting the blog up to date so be prepared for some back [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
November 6th 2008

Hanoi, Vietnam Part 1 Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

Propaganda

Hanoi, Vietnam—Part One As you can tell from this blog entry, we are a few weeks behind in providing timely updates. We will be providing several back to back updates to bring you up to speed. We depart Bangkok Thailand on Thursday, 30 September. We would have stayed in Thailand for much longer, but our 30 day visa was expiring and we had to move on. Our plans are to return to Thailand. Our new game plan will take us to Hanoi in North Vietnam then we will work our way south to Ho Chi Min City (Saigon). Our visa will [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
October 30th 2008

A slightly diferent view of Bangkok Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

At the river

A second look at Bangkok We bid a temporary farewell to Chiang Mai with a promise to ourselves that we would return to this magical city. We board the magic bus that will take us 9 hours to return to Bangkok. As we have previously stated in other posts, we have no particular rhyme or reason to our travel plans. Our intent was to return to Bangkok so we could make our way to the southern islands of Thailand. As you will soon find out, we changed these plans. Upon arrival in Bangkok, we are dropped off at the Northern Bus [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
October 22nd 2008

All Smiles Now--Chiang Mai Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

Bright smiles

Chiang Mai, Thailand—Wow what a really remarkable place. We updated you last as we returned from our 3-day trekking trip on 12 October. Upon our return to Chiang Mai, we had the cool experience of running into an old friend from Kuwait. While sitting in a Mexican restaurant in Chiang Mai, we happened to run into Jamil. This just goes to show just how small this world really is. We originally were going to stay in Chiang Mai for two days following our return from our trek, but quickly discovered the real magic of this city. Our original game plan was [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
October 21st 2008

E-mail Difficulties Asia

Greetings friends and family, It has come to our attention that many of our e-mails are being send directly to spam or junk e-mail folders. We have sent several e-mails in recent weeks that may not have reached an incoming e-mails folder. These e-mails will be coming from our "wanderingson" account with yahoo. The name should read John and Lynne Pearson. If you may be expecting an e-mail from us, check your spam or junk folder. Stefanie, Theresa and DT, you may want to check yours. I will be updating our last adventure from Chiang Mai, but we have now arrived [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
October 18th 2008

The Official Premier of Safety Dude Asia

Who is this guy?

Ladies and gentlemen, friends, family and fellow travelers, We have received many questions via e-mail and messages about being safe during our travels. Furthermore, many of you have expressed concern for our safety when we talk to you on the phone. Although we reassure everyone that we are being safe, some of you still have some doubts. First, we genuinely appreciate the concern for our well being—it means a lot to us. This post is to let everyone know that we have a new travel companion who is following us around the world. No, I’m not talking about Marco—you gu [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
October 12th 2008

It's a Jungle Out There--Chiang Mai Trekking Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

My new 4WD

In our last update, we were about to board a bus from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. On Tuesday, 7 October, we checked out of the guesthouse in Bangkok and headed to the train station. Our original plan was to take an overnight train in a first class sleeper to Chiang Mai. As it turns out all of the 1st class sleeper cabins were booked solid through the 12th and we did not desire to stay in Bangkok waiting on a cabin. There were plenty of second class sleepers, but we were concerned about the security of our possessions. After all, we [View Full Entry]

By LTD Passport
October 8th 2008

Bangkok--Sensory Overload Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

Strike a pose

For the first time in over four months of traveling, we have reached sensory overload-much like reaching critical mass but much more overwhelming. We have read countless journals and guidebooks about what to expect in Bangkok, but no amount of research can actually prepare you for the actual experience. We arrive in Bangkok on Friday, 3 October, after an extremely long flight from Athens. Our flight routed us through Bahrain with a 1 ½ hour layover before connecting with our flight to Bangkok. Upon arrival in Bahrain, we found out that our flight on Gulf Air was delayed by two hours. [View Full Entry]

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