In 2004 a guy named Sean McGrail decided to circumnavigate the world and write about it. I honestly don't remember how I stumbled across his site, but ever since I met someone on a round-the-world trip, I've wanted to take one myself, so finding this was great.

I hesitate to call it a blog because it was only updated for a few months, and to my knowledge, hasn't been updated since 2005. McGrail spent $22,371, traveled over 41,000 miles and visited all of the wonders of the world. His site still exists and is filled with funny anecdotes, excellent travel information (see "what I packed") and gorgeous pictures.

McGrail is from Boston, so in addition to basic gear, he took along his Red Sox cap, and somehow he managed to convince LOTS of people to pose, wearing the hat, in front of all the wonders of the world. Who does that?!

One thing that really struck me was that he wanted to take the 117 day trip alone. Several years back I traveled around the US for four months, and to this day, I wish I had convinced someone to go with me. Granted, back then blogs weren't that well known and no one I knew had a laptop, so my cellphone was my only connection to people from home.

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