Mark & Jen's 'Around the World' Travel & Photography Blog

“Where can I buy a chocolate cake here in town?” The hotel manager hardly pauses before answering Mark’s question: “Why, Jitu’s of course. He’s the only one in town.” “Ah, good,” Mark answers, “it’s my wife’s birthday.” The manager pauses, eyebrows knit in serious contemplation. He presses his finger to his lips and then looks [...]

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A man once loved a woman so intensely, so passionately, that upon her death, his grief was insurmountable. He was devastated. As an expression of his infinite love for her, he decided to erect a memorial that captured the essence of his love for her. He spent the next twenty-two years doing just that.
The Taj [...]

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One year ago, Jen and I were returning from our honeymoon and to our lives–Jen as a high-school teacher, and I in business/IT consulting. Just over four months ago, we gave both of those up, rented our places in Denver out, threw all of our things into my newly acquired father-in-law’s basement (who has sworn [...]

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“Ah, estás enamorado,” she says with a teasing smile. “You are in love.” “What? No…” Mark refuses to believe this bit of woman at the US Embassy in Peru. She instinctively identifies the source of Mark’s troubles–me.
“Sí,” she says. “Estás enamorado.” She hands Mark his new passport, stamped for [...]

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