Wheels up.
Bag checked at 21.8 kg — a personal best. The plan is loose on purpose: five stops, one rule, no repeats.
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A travel journal theme
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— currently somewhere over the Atlantic
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Route · Denver → Lisbon → Marrakech → Hanoi → Auckland
Tiles, hills, custard.
Tram 28 is a queue; walking it is the move. Every corner of Alfama looks hand-painted because most of it is.
note to self: pastéis de nata count as breakfast AND dessert.
4,870mi flown2countriesThe souk swallows maps.
GPS gave up four turns in, which turned out to be the point. Bought a lamp I have no way to carry.
5,250mi flown3countriesCrossing the street is a trust exercise.
Walk slow, keep pace, and the scooters flow around you like water. Egg coffee is the city's best-kept open secret.
11,020mi flown4countriesEnd of the line. For now.
Five stops, four continents, one lamp successfully carried 11,000 miles. The map's full. The list isn't.
16,480mi flown5countries
Field notes
Things the guidebooks skip.
Pack for laundry, not for weeks
Seven days of clothes covers a seven-month trip. Every city on earth can wash a shirt.
Book the first night only
Committing to a whole itinerary before you land is how you miss the good detours.
Learn ten words
Hello, thank you, sorry, delicious. Ten words in the local language doubles the warmth of every interaction.
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