We are a travel couple, who took an 8-month honeymoon around the world in 2018! We documented our journey here (and still have a bit more writing to do on it) and now are trying to use this site to document our lives in New York City.

To keep it all organized, this is a page where we’ll keep a running list of all our posts for you to peruse as you’d like. Happy reading!

Posts by topic / geography:

By topic:

• About Us
• Blended Confessionals
• Travel recaps: Beaches
• Travel recaps: Cities
• Travel recaps: Outdoorsy
• Travel recaps: Rural
• Travel tips

By geography:

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• North America
• Oceania
• South America

All Posts:

Blended Confessionals:

• Volume 1: Aligning our energy and moods during a trip
• Volume 2: Language barriers
• Volume 3: Alone time
• Volume 4: Decision making
• Volume 5: On our 15-year reunion, 15 lessons I learned at MIT
• Volume 6: Why fighting while traveling is worse than fighting at home

Monthly Roundups:

• April 2018
• May 2018
• June 2018
• July 2018
• August 2018
• September 2018

Travel:

General

• 24 hours before we start our 8-month around-the-world adventure
• What do non-backpackers, but non-luxury-travelers pack for an ATW trip?

Africa

•  Madagascar:
  • Madagascar – The plan for our twelve days there
  • Madagascar – Visiting Antananarivo
  • Madagascar – Two days in the sea-side town of Tulear (aka Toliara)
  • Madagascar – Visiting Isalo National Park and Zombitse National Park
  • Madagascar – Visiting the Anja Reserve and Ranomafana National Park
• South Africa (more posts hopefully coming soon-ish)
  • Cape Town – Chapman’s Peak Drive, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point and Boulders Beach!

Asia

• Maldives:
  • Maldives – Our dream honeymoon

Europe

•  Croatia:
  • Croatia RECAP – What we loved (and didn’t love) in our six weeks there
  • Croatia – The plan for our three weeks here
  • Croatia – Our four days in Dubrovnik
  • Croatia – Our week in Hvar
  • Croatia – Hiking Kra National Park and Canyoning in the Cetina River
  • Croatia – Hiking in Plitvice Lakes National Park
  • Croatia – Visiting Zadar and Zagreb
• Greece:
  • Greece – Our first three days in Lefkada
  • Greece – Lefkada day four – our DIY swimming tour
  • Greece – Lefkada days five and six and stopping by Delphi
• Italy:
  • Italy RECAP – What we loved (and didn’t love) in our six weeks there
  • Italy – The plan for our six weeks here
  • Italy – Visiting Pisa – the Leaning Tower and the Luminara festival
  • Italy – Our day in Lucca
  • Italy – Life on an agriturismo in Italy Part 1: Montecarlo (Tuscany)
  • Italy – Four days in Bologna
  • Italy – Life on an agriturismo in Italy Part 2: a vineyard in the Chianti region (Tuscany)
  • Italy – Wineries and wine tasting in Chianti
  • Italy – One day in Siena!
  • Italy – Life on an agriturismo in Italy Part 3: Emilia Romagna
  • Italy – Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory and Balsamic Vinegar producer tours
  • Italy – Hiking Cinque Terre
  • Italy – Our three days in Florence
  • Italy – Brunello wine tasting and visiting thermal baths
  • Italy – Our three days in Rome
• Norway:
  • Norway – All the hiking (Glacier, Trolltunga, 4 Waterfalls, Steindalsfossen)
  • Norway – A weekend in Bergen (and fjord-ing to get there)
  • Norway –  A long weekend in Oslo
• Portugal:
  • Portugal – Five days in the Algarve region
  • Portugal – Sightseeing: the countryside and more beaches

Oceania

• New Zealand (more posts coming hopefully soon-ish)
  • New Zealand – Our one-month itinerary

South America

• Brazil:
  • Brazil RECAP – What we loved (and didn’t love) in our six weeks there
  • Brazil and Argentina – Iguazu Falls
  • Brazil – Exploring São Paulo
  • Brazil – Exploring Bonito
  • Brazil – Touring in Bonito (river snorkeling and waterfall hiking)
  • Brazil – Our first three days in Rio
  • Brazil – “Professor-ial” thoughts on attending a game at Maracana
  • Brazil – Volunteering with Project Favela in Rio
  • Brazil – Three days in the beach paradies of Ubatuba!
  • Brazil – Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain
  • Brazil – The amazing landscape of Lençóis Maranhenses
  • Brazil – Three days in the hippie beach town of Jericoacoara
  • Brazil – Why we had to skip Canoa Quebrada
  • Brazil – Six days in Praia da Pipa (my favorite beach town)
  • Brazil – 24 hours in Olinda

North America

• New York City:
  • New York City – My review of the Frozen musical
  • New York City – My review of the Mean Girls musical (grrr)

About Us:

• Welcome to Blended Journeys!
• About Jyoti
• About Damian
• About us as a couple