https://www.professionalhiatus.com Putting our careers on hold to answer the call of travel Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:21:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/01/23/managing-money-from-the-road/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/01/23/managing-money-from-the-road/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:55:29 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=3225 Managing money during extended travel doesn't have to be difficult. The days of having to carry traveler's checks and needing to make trips to the bank in the countries you visit are over...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/01/23/managing-money-from-the-road/feed/ 0 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/01/12/whats-in-our-packs/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/01/12/whats-in-our-packs/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:00:39 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=1886 Ahhh... the packing list.  Every self-respecting travel blog has a page listing every single item packed for the journey.  Below is our attempt...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/01/12/whats-in-our-packs/feed/ 6 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/09/03/final-preparations/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/09/03/final-preparations/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:13:27 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=1920 Big news on the travel front, one-way airline tickets to Quito, Ecuador booked! We officially leave the country on...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/09/03/final-preparations/feed/ 10 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/07/29/packing-up-is-hard-to-do/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/07/29/packing-up-is-hard-to-do/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:45:23 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=1847 It is hard to believe, but it is T-minus 6 weeks until we depart Las Vegas and begin our round-the-world adventure...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/07/29/packing-up-is-hard-to-do/feed/ 2 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/04/27/reliving-the-college-years/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/04/27/reliving-the-college-years/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:45:34 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=1671 So, what is wrong with this picture? I'm eating like I'm back in college again, yet my cats are having the human equivalent of a steak and lobster dinner...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/04/27/reliving-the-college-years/feed/ 0 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/03/24/shot-through-the-arm/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/03/24/shot-through-the-arm/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:19:58 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=1039 So, you want to take a round the world trip. Is it possible you've overlooked the task of being properly vaccinated prior to your departure? If so, no doubt you'll want to visit your local vaccine clinic for a consultation, volunteering your arms (and wallet) up for a little abuse.]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/03/24/shot-through-the-arm/feed/ 0 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/03/01/20_20/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/03/01/20_20/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:54:58 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=650 I imagine corrective vision surgery is not typically on the packing list for a person planning a trip around the world. I'm not even sure I should say it was actually on my packing list. However, the idea of not dealing with contact lenses, lens solution, cases and glasses was a great motivator to finally...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/03/01/20_20/feed/ 0 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/22/professional_anonymity/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/22/professional_anonymity/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:27:22 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=575 It may have become noticeable that each of our posts have been created by faceless bloggers from somewhere out in the world.  Why is this you ask?  Are we ashamed to show ourselves?  Don’t we want to introduce ourselves to other would-be and existing world travelers?  After all, we already posted about how one of […]]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/22/professional_anonymity/feed/ 0 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/18/some_like_it_hot/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/18/some_like_it_hot/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:48:05 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=528 Tonight was a spicy reminder of one of the many reasons why we are inspired to take a RTW trip. And by spicy, I mean hot. Red hot...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/18/some_like_it_hot/feed/ 0 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/15/so_much_to_sell/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/15/so_much_to_sell/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:16:33 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=512 It is so exciting to have a tentative travel plan laid out for our round-the-world journey.  As of now, our planned launch date for this trip is the beginning of October 2012.  That officially gives us another seven and a half months to get everything in order before leaving the country.  The idea to do […]]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/02/15/so_much_to_sell/feed/ 0