My mother in law is here. A dark, ominous cloud hang above us. No. It’s not like that. It’s just that we’re now affected by the same thing as millions of other people around the world: the volcanic ash cloud above. You know the one – it has caused most of Europe to close its [...]
While the bipedal members of the seatsofourpants.com team have been frolicking around in the snowy north, Bacon has been busy planning the next phase of our travels. Using his savings (and our credit cards), he has been one mean, lean travel booking machine. The way Bacon has figured it out so far is that we [...]
How to receive a travel permit for Arunachal Pradesh trough a travel agent in Guawhati, Assam
Well folks, this traveling by the Seat of Our Pants has been great, but there comes a time when some planning needs to take place. We have some big flights in our future and needed to get them booked while we could still afford them. So the credit card is rip-roaring hot from all [...]
We’ve arrived in Guwahati, the capital of the state of Assam. It is the jumping-off point for the ‘seven sisters’ – the seven small Indian states in the north-eastern part of the country. Our mission here is to try to get a permit to visit one of the sisters: Arunachal Pradesh, and then move on. [...]
Today, we yet again failed to secure a permit for Arunachal Pradesh (they’d moved the office to another part of town). We did, however, have a lengthy conversation with the Commissioner at the Manipur office. I’m posting this here for the benefit of travelers interested in visiting Manipur, because there is so much misinformation out [...]
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The time has come to sum up our month in Myanmar. For me, it was the last unvisited country among the South East Asia nations, except for the Philippines (an eight hour stop over in the Manila airport lounge doesn’t count) and tiny Brunei. As with any place, there were positives and negatives, and personal [...]
We’ve sat in Kathmandu for three months now, knowing full well the date of our departure. In all that time did we plan our next destination? No. We’ve done what every traveler on a tight budget should never do – leave planning to the very last minute. Granted, we’ve never had a rigid plan anyway [...]
We gave ourselves three months in Nepal to get started on our book writing. We figured it was as good a place as any to do this – we found a great little apartment outside the crazy part of town, we joined a gym and we started cooking our own food again. In short, it’s [...]
1. You’re not getting any younger. Sorry. You’re just not. 2. It’s a recession – things are cheap and people are happy to see you(spending money) in their country. 3. Airfares will just keep going up. ‘ 4. The world is getting smaller. Thanks internet! But seriously, it’s time you stop logging [...]
View Larger Map Our current travel plan has us traveling to a far-away corner of India called Arunachal Pradesh – a small state at the edge of the Himalayas, wedged in between Assam, Tibet, Bhutan and Myanmar. It is very remote. China, who claims the territory, fought a war with India over it [...]
I’ve spent the last couple of days trying to sort out our itinerary for the next six months. We want to save money by booking well in advance. There are a few places where we need to be at certain times: New York in June, for example. Sweden in the spring/winter season. We’ve also started [...]
Nepal is a wonderland for people who like to trek. It is the home to several of the world’s highest mountain peaks, as well as the site of a number of classic hikes. Since we’re now living here, we need to go on at least one major trek. The problem (a happy little problem indeed) [...]
So, our original plan was to stay here in Risikesh for a week at least. Jaime wanted to do some yoga, and I was interested in the trekking scene. So far so good, but once we got here we both realized that we don’t really fancy the place much. It’s dirty and gritty, full of [...]
While we’re chipping away at our projects here on eastern Flores, our medium term travel plans are beginning to crystallize. The immediate future sees us flying to Bali on the 7th, where we’re set to spend three days. At the moment, Bali is chock full of tourists, but we’re hoping to make [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
