Stepping Out: Helen & Dan's Excellent Adventure travel blog

Stepping Out: Helen & Dan's Excellent Adventure

Welcome and greetings, friends and family, to the record of our odyssey. The idea of this journey was sparked by friends of ours who embarked on a similar trek across the globe. We eagerly tracked their progress (via the web); we imagined walking the same paths in our own shoes (or boots, as it were). This whimsical notion eventually germinated into a very sober, yet exciting decision to suspend our careers and accept unconventional risks to see some of the world with our own eyes.

That this is the right decision seems so obvious to us now, but at the time we felt as if we stood at the water's edge, facing a large wave--either we would dive through it or let it sweep us back away from the shore. We took a deep breath and dove!

We look forward to relating the story of this trip, the sights we see, the people we meet and the experiences we enjoy (and bemoan) via this website as we travel south and west.

Please keep in touch with us at OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS AS OF SEPTEMBER 9:

wetravelnow20032004@hotmail.com.

Please note that Yahoo cancelled TWO of our email accounts without warning or explanation. Thus we have decided to try hotmail.

Helen and Dan

Order: oldest at top ( reverse )

 
17 
 
 
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
 
18 
 
 
Dalat to Nha Trang
 
 
 
 
Nha Trang, Hoi An, Hue
 
19 
 
 
Hanoi
 
20 
 
 
Halong Bay and SaPa
 
 
 
 
Vietnam (text)
 
21 
 
 
Auckland, New Zealand
 
22 
 
 
Christmas in Matakana
 
23 
 
 
New Years in the Cook Islands (text)
 
24 
 
 
Rotorua to Wellington -- North Island
 
25 
 
 
Wellington
 
 
 
 
Middle Earth
 
 
 
 
Middle Earth II
 
26 
 
 
Marlborough wine country to Greymouth...
 
27 
 
 
West Coast, Greymouth to Queenstown
 
28 
 
 
Queenstown
 
29 
 
 
Te Anu back to Queenstown
 
30 
 
 
Christchurch
 
 
 
 
New Zealand (text)
 
31 
 
 
Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
 
 
 
 
Australia (text)
 
32 
 
 
Cape Town, South Africa
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