Day 196-219: USA (Part 2) – Massachusetts, New York, and Philadelphia

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) Welcome back to the second part of our USA blog! Day 196-201: Cape Cod, Massachusetts Our  bus ride from New York to Boston goes off without a hitch, but arriving at the first light of dawn is tiring. We take another local bus about an hour down the road …

Day 176-195: USA (Part 1) – Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) Population: 325 million Word for Cat: Cat Capital: Washington DC Currency: $1 Australian Dollar = $0.75 United States Dollar Religions: Christian (71%), Irreligious (23%), Jewish (2%), Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu (2%) and Other (2%) Human Development Index: 10th (very high) Total Gross Domestic Product: US$18.56 trillion Form of Government: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic …

Day 161-175: INDONESIA: Ubud and Mount Batur (and Tokyo!)

INDONESIA Population: 261 million Word for Cat: Kucing Capital: Jakarta Currency: $1 Australian Dollar = Rp10,355 Indonesian Rupiah Religions: Muslim (87%), Christian (10%), Hindu (2%), Other (1%) Human Development Index: 113th (medium) Total Gross Domestic Product: US$ 3.26 trillion Form of Government: Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic After a relatively short and thankfully uneventful flight, Joseph and I arrive on the …