{"id":384,"date":"2008-11-06T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:48:41","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/travel","title":{"rendered":"Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"gm-map\" style=\"position: relative;height: 200px; width: 200px;\"><iframe name=\"gm-map-1\" allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?geo_mashup_content=render-map&amp;map_data_key=307763f49437a360658268d6e1b88780&amp;name=gm-map-1&amp;map_content=contextual&amp;error_comment=&lt;!-- Geo Mashup found no objects to map in this context--&gt;\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: none; overflow: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><b>I have been incredibly lucky to have family and friends that value the travel experience. As a result I have gotten to see some pretty amazing places.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam in December 2025<br>Driving across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/category\/travel\/newfoundland\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/category\/travel\/newfoundland\">Newfoundland<\/a> in August 2025 <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/category\/travel\/dalmatian-coast\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/category\/travel\/dalmatian-coast\">Sailing the Dalmatian Coast<\/a> in April 2025<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2025\/03\/02\/merida-and-yucatan\u2197\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2025\/03\/02\/merida-and-yucatan\u2197\">Yucatan<\/a> in February 2025<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2025\/01\/27\/istanbul-again-and-again\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2025\/01\/27\/istanbul-again-and-again\">Istanbul again<\/a> in January 2025<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/category\/travel\/iceland\">Iceland<\/a> in October 2024<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2024\/06\/09\/going-back-to-bodie\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4037\">Sierra Nevada<\/a> and Rocky Mountains on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2024\/06\/29\/california-zephyr\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4044\">California Zephyr<\/a> in June 2024<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2023\/09\/03\/big-fun-greek-wedding\">Athens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2023\/09\/09\/paros\">Paros<\/a> in September 2023<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/category\/travel\/argentina-and-antarctica?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Argentina and Antarctica<\/a> in December 2022<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2021\/11\/13\/guadalajara\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3667\">Guadalajara Mexico<\/a> in November 2021<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/belize-it?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Dominican Republic, Panama and Belize<\/a> in December 2019<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/tags\/taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a> in April 2019<br><a href=\"\/josh\/tags\/new-zealand?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">New Zealand<\/a> and <a href=\"\/josh\/tags\/australia\">Australia<\/a> in November 2018<br><a href=\"\/josh\/tags\/portugal?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Portugal<\/a> in August 2018<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/southeast-asia?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Vietnam and Cambodia<\/a> in November 2017<br><a href=\"\/josh\/2017\/11\/10\/havana-and-cubaconf\">Cuba<\/a> in November 2017<br><a href=\"\/josh\/2017\/06\/17\/vienna\">Vienna<\/a> in July 2017<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2017\/04\/01\/behind-the-magic\">Around Epcot<\/a> in April 2017<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2017\/02\/28\/puna-paradise\">Hawaii<\/a> in February 2017 <br>Learning from History: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2016\/12\/12\/learning-from-history-berlin\">Berlin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2016\/12\/14\/prague\">Prague<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2016\/12\/18\/budapest\">Budapest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2016\/12\/21\/barcelona-2\">Barcelona<\/a> in December 2016<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/crunkfeist?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Scotland and Ireland<\/a> in August 2016<br><a href=\"\/josh\/2016\/04\/17\/guyana\">Guyana<\/a> in April 2016<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/peru\">Peru<\/a> in February 2015<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/colombia\">Colombia<\/a> in June 2014<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/north-africa?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">North Africa<\/a> in December-January 2014<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/east-africa\">East Africa<\/a> in November 2013<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/alaska-honeymoon\">Alaska<\/a> in June 2013<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/japan\">Japan<\/a> in January 2013<br><a href=\"\/josh\/2012\/01\/03\/kayaking-in-baja-california\">Baja California<\/a> in January 2012<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/northwest-roadtrip\">Northwest National Parks<\/a> in August 2011<br><a href=\"\/josh\/tag\/spain\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Spain<\/a>: to find the resting place of <a href=\"\/josh\/2005\/12\/18\/sam\">great-uncle Sam<\/a> in January 2011<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/cross-country\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Cross Country Drive Redux<\/a>: Moving from Boston to Oakland in August 2010<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/maya-adventure\/\">Guatemala 2010<\/a>: Went for my Mom&#8217;s 60th birthday; took a fascinating jaunt to the <a href=\"\/josh\/2010\/01\/07\/special-interests-section\">country which must not be named<\/a><br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/travel\/mapping-palestine\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Mapping Palestine<\/a>: Spent a month in the Occupied Palestinian Territory doing thesis research. Then went to Jordan and Syria with Ruth.<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/childrens-crusade\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Children&#8217;s Crusade<\/a>: Italy to India overland, through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Occupied Palestine, and Jordan in summer 2008<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/maya-adventure\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Maya Adventure<\/a>: Belize and Guatemala in January 2008<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/birthright-and-beyond\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Birthright and Beyond<\/a>: Israel, Egypt and Jordan in summer 2007<br><a href=\"\/josh\/category\/cross-country\/?orderby=DATE&amp;order=ASC\">Cross Country Drive<\/a>: From Boston to San Francisco and back in summer 2006<br><a href=\"\/josh\/2005\/01\/23\/home-again\">Old Europe<\/a>: London, Rome and Prague in January 2005<br>Montreal in July 2004<br>Greece in summer 2003<br>Provence and a short jaunt to Monaco in summer 2002<br>European Grand Tour: France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany in summer 2000<br>China: Beijing and the Great Wall in February 2000<br>Trinidad and Tobago in winter 1999<br>Costa Rica in summer 1998<br>Alaska in summer 1997<br>England, Scotland and Wales in summer 1994<br>Florence in summer 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of you <a href=\"https:\/\/mtp.travel\/users\/10451\/checklists\/unps\/map\/visited\">keeping score<\/a>, that&#8217;s over 60 countries or independent territories and all 7 continents! Onward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been incredibly lucky to have family and friends that value the travel experience. As a result I have gotten to see some pretty amazing places. 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