Landing Money was always an issue since we were on very limited funds. We had managed to keep a little back for travel but needed to stay as frugally as we could. Being new to traveling, our lack of experience meant the money was disappearing more rapidly than we had hoped. We had heard there…
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Travel stories
(8) Veracruz
Stumbling into… When we arrived in Veracruz, the town was bustling with excitement and it was difficult to find a room. Going from one place to the next, working our way down the list until we finally scored! The place we did find was nice, several floors high with an open center top to bottom…
(7) Inauguration, Crossing & Sand Dollars
When people asked us what we were going to do we told them, “We’re going to sell it all and travel around the world!“ Actualization We went up to Maryland and stayed for a while with Donna’s daughter Shannon, her husband Dave, and their son, AJ. They had a basement den that we could sleep…
How did we end up in Laos?
By Donna Howley & Lance Harrison “And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?” — “Once in a Lifetime” David Byrne Beginnings Ok… This is going to take a little while so, get a cup of coffee, sit back, relax, and this is our story! It was in 1990 that Lance and…
Paris, Trip to the Louvre
Can you imagine? We lived in France for over 5 years visiting Paris many times and never went to the Louvre. I know that’s ridiculous but we were always living on the edge financially. So, now that we are on our “Lance & Donna Europe 2018 Friends Tour” we thought we probably ought to take…
From Ubon to Home!
Dec, 31, 2017 After an international bus ride to the border, a slight mixup with Donna’s visa (corrected by the border policeman that knows us well) we crossed into Laos ! Closer to home still we had one night in Pakse. We checked into the room and took our excess baggage to the travel company. Then…