Hedgehogs Without Borders

On March 3, 2005, Jessica and Tim set off on an epic 18-month round-the-world adventure. That trip may be over now, but the storytelling has only just begun!

This website is here both as a record of our trip and a resource for other travelers. Please feel free to leave us a comment at the bottom of our journal entries!

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Month-by-Month Map

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:: Pre-trip Entries ::

These entries cover the period before we leave: the purchase of tickets, the selection of equipment, the goodbyes to family and friends. Although we left some time ago, we'll continue to add to this section throughout our trip. (Things were a little too hectic right before we left to write about everything!)

All of these entries are in chronological order:

The Manayunk Anecdote

The next thing I know, she and I are walking down the block loaded down with enormous bags of garbage. I’m miserable. I just want to be finished with this awful place.

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Our First House

I’ve likened the money we’re spending on our trip to the equivalent of someone buying their first house. This trip is that important to us. It is our first house. Some people may never travel the world, and some people may never buy a house. But each person has a dream…

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History of a Curious Code Word

If we told anyone about our trip before putting a lot of work into making it really happen, they’d never believe we were genuinely serious. So we decided not to even mention it by name, not even to each other.

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That Roller Coaster Feeling

I keep imagining how this feeling is only going to grow and grow over the next few months. It gets stronger with every travel blog I read and every day dream I have.

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Vaccinations and the Question of Rabies

We knew we needed to get vaccinated for all sorts of things. We just didn’t have the foggiest idea how to go about it, or how much it would cost.

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Meet the Hedgehogs!

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