TheLostGlobe

$$$

I’ve been rolling my eyes lately at a lot of travel blogs. There have been a few articles lately written by Americans lamenting the value and instability of their dollar. Travel has become too expensive they say. Being an Australian though although our own currency has strengthened in recent years we are still worth about […]

Popularity: 7% [?]

I’m working on a more detailed and useful plan now, if it looks familiar it’s probably because I blatantly ripped it off from Dave, why? Well the layout was simple enough and very easy and useful to follow, so planning and keeping track of things is just much easier. Obviously it is a work in […]

Popularity: 69% [?]

I’ve finally done it. After a few long hours of counting we reached the grand total of $339.95.
Now all I have to do is finish bagging it and getting the amounts in each bag right and then endure the embarrassment of walking into the bank and handing an armful of money to the poor bank […]

Popularity: 18% [?]

9.8Kg, so close. As soon as I hit 10Kg I’ll count it. I received my $100 cheque from Emailcash but I still haven’t cashed it, I hate cheques. This month also marks 1 year from the planned departure of Earth Bound, all things going well. I’m fairly well on track with the money for that, […]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Not much to say this month, although I’ve been adding at about the same amount as before the scales read the same as last month 9.3Kg. I guess that is digital scales for you, they tend to jump around regardless of if they are weighing something light or heavy. So I’ll just keep popping in […]

Popularity: 16% [?]

Another 0.6 increase this month which got me up to 9.2kg. So we are getting pretty close to the goal weight now.
I payed off the last of my car loan last week and my battery then died, $80 for a new one. But this week I’ll be putting in my tax return and on the […]

Popularity: 14% [?]

Tripbase is a cool little web application that matches destinations to how much you want to experience certain things like, nightlife, nature and food. Maybe not comprehensive but it is still in alpha, something to play with for a bit of fun and maybe even for finding some inspiration.
Rick Steves Interview with Rolf Potts was […]

Popularity: 29% [?]

I’ve been quite busy the last week so this is a little late but all the same the current weight is 8.6 Kilos, a 0.6 Kilo increase so not far off the 0.8 increase last month. I think the lower number can be explained by me not paying with cash so much this month.
I’ve been […]

Popularity: 22% [?]

Reading how others are saving for travel I’ve noticed that many adopt a Buddhist philosophy towards saving, some knowingly and others not so. Of course the philosophy isn’t exclusively Buddhist, any philosophy is just that, but this one has long been associated with Buddhism.
A few months ago Brave New Traveler had an excellent article called 5 Steps To […]

Popularity: 31% [?]

[thumb:72:l] Weigh in this morning was 8.0 Kilos, thats a 0.8 kilo gain in one month, not bad. At this rate it will take another 2-3 months to reach the 10 Kilo goal, my dilema is that it is only half full now so there will still be a way to go when I reach […]

Popularity: 18% [?]