Around the World in 40 Days -- DO OVER!

Around the World in 40 Days with Robb Murray

(Please note this was originally scheduled for our February meeting, but was cancelled due to a blizzard!)

Robb Murray doesn't like to waste time. In 1990, when he considered going to Japan, the ticket was so expensive that he asked himself, 'Why not just go around the whole world?' And so he did -- starting out with only a backpack and a disposable drugstore camera -- and he made the whole circumnavigation for under $12,000 all-inclusive. He had been inspired by a travel guide spoof called "Let's BLOW Through Europe!" and, instead of taking six months, he took just six weeks.

Any regrets? Only that he hasn't had time to do it all over again the same way! Robb will talk about the preparation that made the trip NOT one big blur, and about his many cherished adventures.

After his travelogue, we will open the floor for a general discussion of round-the-world travel. Who else has seen the world this way? Where are the round-the-world bargains to be had nowadays? What can the web and other resources do for us in 2007 that travel videos only partially did for Robb in the 90s? All shall be revealed in the fullness of time.

For the hard-bitten fanatics who have to know the itinerary ahead of time, this is the route Robb followed:

from Chicago to
1 Las Vegas
2 Portland, OR
3 Honolulu
4 Tokyo
5 Seoul
6 Hong Kong
7 Taipei, Taiwan
8 Bangkok
9 New Delhi and Jaipur
10 Kuwait City
11 Cairo and Giza
12 Dublin
13 Berlin (the wall was coming down)
14 Copenhagen
15 Malaga, Spain
16 Rock of Gibraltar
17 Tangier and Asila, Morocco
18 Cadiz, Spain
19 Edinburgh
20 London
21 Rio de Janeiro
22 Sao Paulo
23 Miami
24 New York City, and
home to Chicago.

The pace was intense but so are the memories. Come out and share some of them!

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