After announcing our plans to travel the World, many folks have asked us how we decided to take an adventure of this grand scale. I’m sure there is a simple answer to these questions, but everyone knows that I have never given a simple answer to any question. Lynne and I pause for a brief moment in our planning and reflect on the primary factors that led us to this fascinating decision. For both of us, it all started in the days of our youth. Although our tales are a little different, the experiences of our youth shaped and molded our [View Full Entry]

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Oh yes, Now comes time to plan it all out. Since we decided to peruse this great adventure on the 13th of February, we have begun a very extensive research and planning mission to ensure we are fully able to execute when it comes time to launch into an unknown world. This is no small feat. Just to give you a little glimpse about some of the planning factors, I'll take the time to break it down for you and give you a little introduction to planning and around-the-world adventure. This whole adventure begins with research and lots of it. Thank [View Full Entry]

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***NEWSFLASH***NEWSFLASH***NEWSFLASH***NEWSFLASH***NEWSFLASH*** On the evening of Wednesday, 13 February 2008, Lynne and I made a decision that would change our lives forever. We have decided that when we leave Kuwait, we will return to the states to visit friends and family as well as take care of business prior to our next GREAT ADVENTURE. Our next great adventure will begin with a flight to Iceland. Iceland will be the first stop on a nine-month Around-the-World adventure of a lifetime. WOW--go ahead and say it outloud--WOW In the 8+ years that Lynne and I have been together, [View Full Entry]

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LTD Passport--Just what the heck is this all about? Well, let me explain in simple terms. Lynne and I have formed an LTD. We are not in any business venture, nor are we providing any product or service. LTD simply stands for Living The Dream and the passport is the tool that allows us to do exactly that--Live The Dream. Since the begining of our life together, we have found one common thing that binds us together. ADVENTURE. Some of our adventures take on a really mild appearance, while others take on a whole differnt facad that allows us to explore [View Full Entry]

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Hey again all. Well. Just got back from a few days up North. Kuwait city is a very interesting place. We didn't visit there at all when I was coming into the region a few months ago (has it been that long already?) so this chance to see it was jumped at. We had a port visit planned with our unit coming in for a few hours for maintainance. We flew in and headed straight for the hotel. Crowne Plaza. Very nice. 4 star or something ridiculus like that. Meh. All in a days work hehehehe. We were supposed to have [View Full Entry]

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I have been hoping to run into my best friend from fourth and fifth grade. Mariam Al-Sabah and I were students at the American School of Paris together during the first Gulf War, and kept in touch for a while after we both moved back to our respective homes (which, for her, was Kuwait). However, trying to find one specific Mariam Al-Sabah in Kuwait is like trying to find bronzing cream in the Middle East (explained later). To give you an idea, I teach two girls with the exact same name as my childhood friend. There seems to be a relatively [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Kuwait, “Pajeeeeerrrroooo!” Just as the man on the phone repeatedly cried out after realizing that I didn’t speak a lick of Arabic, "Pajeeeerrrooo" is now a familiar quote that Emily and I cry out ourselves. It was a long and anxious wait after first speaking with Hamad on the phone that fateful night. But, now, we have our own Mitsubishi Pajero. By our estimate, next to the Toyota Prado and Range Rover, it is Kuwait's national car. It is big, white, safe, and only has one volume on the radio, really loud. Although the process was plagued with some [View Full Entry]

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Hey All, The videos are now working on "So Much to Celebrate".....Em's last entry. Cheers, Joel [View Full Entry]

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(Video clip links in black and blue, 2 cm up from this line. First one should read Raphaello. Contact webmaster Joel if they're not working. I can barely run the video camera, much less tell you why you can't watch our videos, or why there was that girl in an auditorium last time.) To begin, a selection of questions I’ve heard in my counseling office this week: “Miss Meadows? I know you’re a vegetarian. But what if your cook forgets and he makes you something that has meat in it?” “Miss Meadows? I am so tired this morning because my parents [View Full Entry]

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Greetings,Eid Mubarak! Which of course means "may you enjoy a blessed festival". Today marks the end of Ramadam. Today is Eid ul-Fitr. Muslims thank God for their blessings and for watching over them during their month of fasting. The day is celebrated with family and friends through giving, sharing, joyfully eating, and dressing up in formal attire. It's kind of like Christmas! So, as a Christmas gift to ourselves, Emily and I are going to use this 4-day break to get out and do some car shopping. . . . . followed after plenty of giving, sharing, and joyfully eating of [View Full Entry]

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