http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/ One Year Around the World en-us 2006-03-06T15:46:37-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/009926.shtml (This introductory entry will remain on top for newcomers to this Blog. New dispatches from the road have been announced in "The Blog Continues..." GREETINGS AND WELCOME to the Blog of The Global Trip 2004: Sixteen Months Around The... Epilogue Erik 2006-03-06T15:46:37-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/016430.shtml IT IS EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER since the much hyped-up DAY 503, and the Blog continues! Since I'd like to keep this here TGT2 Blog self-contained with a beginning, middle, and end, the ALL NEW adventures can be found by... Epilogue Erik 2006-03-05T23:59:31-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/014631.shtml In the tradition of motivational speaker Tony Robbins and many countless evangelists, The Global Trip is coming to you LIVE!* *provided you're in Greenville, NC, USA on September 16th... Epilogue Erik 2005-09-23T07:51:29-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/013655.shtml Greetings, true believers! It has been brought to my attention that there is a minor Marvel comic book character very loosely based on... me! Seriously! This means your favorite real life mild-mannered travel blogwriter is now a part of the... Epilogue Erik 2005-07-06T19:30:10-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/011365.shtml Who would have thought that when I sported a hot pink bra in Montreal, it would get me a mention in travel guru Rick Steves' website?... Epilogue Erik 2005-05-05T11:35:20-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/011096.shtml Thanks to Blogreader Udda's comment, I now know that this here blog has been recommended by the travel writers at USATODAY.com, in a blurb in the special Bonus Section, "Smart Travel." This recommendation, like the PC Magazine award, is a... Epilogue Erik 2005-04-28T03:14:33-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/010899.shtml "WHAT'S UP?" my mother asked me that rainy Saturday morning. Yes, I was still living under her and my father's roof, working my way through some small debts -- an inevitable post-trip curse -- while saving up for new opportunities... Epilogue Erik 2005-04-25T00:58:15-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/010729.shtml Not surprisingly, the most frequently asked question I get is, "So, what's the best place you've been?" This of course is a loaded question, and rather than go into a tiff about how it is in fact a loaded and... Epilogue Erik 2005-04-19T15:43:50-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/010304.shtml It has been brought to my attention that this little Blog here has caught the attention of the editors of PC Magazine, purveyors of great technological wisdom, who have just awarded this website with inclusion in their annual list,... Epilogue Erik 2005-04-15T10:36:29-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/010466.shtml (Click here to skip the drivel below and jump right to the new slideshow.) I often joke and say that I'm the stereotypical Japanese tourist, because when I'm out traveling, I sure do take a hell of a lot of... Epilogue Erik 2005-04-11T18:35:15-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/010204.shtml My apologies for the lack of Blog entries in the past couple of days (or is it weeks now?); life back in Greater New York has been crazy -- but in a good way. Rather than moping around with nothing... Epilogue Erik 2005-04-04T14:40:07-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/009799.shtml Probably the most frequently asked question people ask me back home in the greater New York City area is, "So, how's it feel to be back?" Often my response is, "Great! I'm actually excited about being home. It'd be different... Epilogue Erik 2005-03-24T14:05:10-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/009614.shtml DAY 503: New York, New York. The city so nice, they named it twice. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere -- unless, of course you were in... U.S.A. Erik 2005-03-21T07:16:26-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/009472.shtml DAY 502 (Part 1; 501 days since last U.S.A. entry): Although the category for this Blog entry is "U.S.A.", our story begins in Toronto, Canada, which is okay I guess, considering it was there that I had to clear U.S.... U.S.A. Erik 2005-03-15T23:52:33-05:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/theglobaltrip/updates/009440.shtml DAY 501: "[I have an early class tomorrow, so I probably won't have a chance to say goodbye,]" Aviv told me the night before I crashed in the living room couch (instead of David Sebastian's room where he'd be up... British Columbia Erik 2005-03-14T13:18:58-05:00