Monthly Archives: February 2011

It’s hard to believe we’re on our way home, after our last stop in Morocco. One month, eleven countries (12 if you count Tibet, 14 if you include 2 technical stops), eleven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, five continents (six including … Continue reading →

This is where our Around the World expedition with National Geographic departed from the published itinerary. Due to protests and violence in Egypt beginning earlier this year, the time we would otherwise have spent in Luxor and Cairo was redirected … Continue reading →

Thanks to a strong tail wind, our flight from Agra, India landed a half hour early at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania. After clearing customs, the GeoKs split up: Mr. GeoK and Oldest GeoKid boarded a 37 minute flight to … Continue reading →

We landed at the Agra military airport very late in the afternoon yesterday, so our buses entered the madness of Friday evening rush hour in India. The driving here is beyond any pre-conception – you can drive anywhere there’s an … Continue reading →

Have you ever looked at how many (or rather, how few) geocaches there are in China? When we were building a Pocket Query for our Around the World trip with National Geographic, the count was just over 300 hides in … Continue reading →