Travel Resources

February 11, 2010
Travel Resources

Here is a section of handy books, websites and other information to prepare you for your own MongoQuest.

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Introducing BBV

January 30, 2010
Introducing BBV

Meet BBV, MongoQuest’s faithful mascot. He’s been travelling with us since the great Six States in Five Days trip over 4th of July 2007. Here he is in front of the Grand Tetons. We picked him up along with breakfast at the McDonald’s drive thru window on our way out of town and the...

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Eiffel Tower

January 28, 2010
Eiffel Tower

This is one of my most beloved webcam travel adventures. For a lover of rivets, steel beams and enchanting artistry – what better site to gaze upon? You can view this webcam on your iGoogle homepage using the Eiffel Tower Mini Cam widget. 2009 2008 2007

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Webcam Traveller

January 22, 2010
Webcam Traveller

So, what to do when the appetite for travel is large and the budget is prohibitively small?  And, after all, you can’t be on vacation all of the time, right?  My solution:  become a webcam traveller.  Long before I ever laid eyes on the Eiffel Tower in person, I gazed at it lovingly every...

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Europe 2009

January 21, 2010
Europe 2009

When I was growing up, my family travelled constantly – by car, camper or motor home – up and down the west coast from Vancouver to Ensenada. But nothing east of the Sierra Nevadas… and never, ever by plane. We used to call our family vacations “carbon copy vacations” (because we went to the...

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Getting Excited About Italy

December 14, 2009
Getting Excited About Italy

Our goal: Moving to Italy within the next 18 months. Why 18 months? Because that’s when we’ll be done with our car payments, saving mucho dinero. Questions: Can we learn Italian well enough? Will me and my wife speak Italian at home while in Italy? What will our Italian sound like after living a...

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Home Base

September 15, 2009
Home Base

Well, here’s where it all begins:  home.   All my life, I’ve dreamed of the adventure that is now unfolding before me… but now I’m starting to think about what I’m leaving behind.  While I’m dying to get out to explore other parts of the world, I also know that this place I’m leaving is...

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