Pre-departure

The image was originally part of my vision board. Little did I know that one of my dreams would true so soon! — New York had me in deep in its clutches for the past few weeks. Feelings of excitement were instead replaced with anxiety. Did I change all the mailing addresses of my credit cards? Oh shit, I never activated the international calling plan on my AT&T service. Ah, I still […]

Fear & Loathing Leaving New York

11 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Fears / Pre-departure tagged adventure / Fear / happiness / karma / travel / vision board by Humpty

Dumpty's Stuff — So Humpty has been on my case all day today. Why? Good question – ask Humpty. I have been diligently sitting here on the computer, working on a few things while she has been packing, calling credit card companies, and other travel related stuff. Perhaps she thinks I have been […]

Preparation entering the final innings

6 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Pre-departure by Dumpty

passport image — “Hi! I was filling out your tourist visa application and got stuck on the relative question. I don’t have any relatives in India so what should I enter on the form?” I asked the customer service for rep from Travisa Outsourcing, the agency we have to use to apply for […]

Why I rejected India (or is it the other way ...

4 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Pre-departure tagged India / karni mata / Pakistan / tiger park / Travisa outsourcing / Visa by Humpty

As I prepared for my early AM yoga class, I decided to wake up particularly early one morning and take some photos of the town we are about to call our ex-home town. Here is a photo of some boats at the harbor. I like this one too – very […]

Pics from our soon-to-be-departed-town

13 Jun, 2012 in Photography / Pre-departure by Dumpty

A journey has a different meaning for different people. I have many things I hope to gain from this journey – including growing closer with my wife, becoming a better and more compassionate person, and also, importantly, to grow spiritually. Part of our plan is to discover different venues for […]

Dumpty Getting Ready

10 Jun, 2012 in Blog / Pre-departure / Yoga tagged around the world / Bikram yoga / yoga by Dumpty

With less than a month to pack up and close on our house, I still haven’t received my renewed passport, which means I am short a visa for Pakistan and India. On top of that we have a family reunion (you might call it a wedding). Dumpty’s cousin is getting […]

Panic Attack!

6 Jun, 2012 in Blog / Fears / Pre-departure tagged Passport / RTW by Humpty

Tales from our around the world adventures