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adventureswithben.com Welcome Video

Today’s post is a quickie. While I was in Victoria Falls I filmed this welcome video for my About This Site page. I’m hoping it will better communicate what’ this travel blog is all about.

What do you think?

I’ll see you out there…!

Archive: Pattaya is Pronounced

From the Ultimate Thailand Explorers Pattaya Blog Archive [originally published 27 November 2009].

What started as a small mistake quickly became a signature characteristic of Ultimate Thailand Explorers Ben and Brian. In our application video we mispronounced the city we were applying too. It was made clear to us on several occasions. And each time we tried to correct ourselves, it got worse.

It’s tough trying to guess how to pronounce something you’ve never heard before. Where does the accent do? Are the vowels hard or soft? Eventually we got it and when we did, I put it out on twitter. That’s what today’s post is all about.

Happy Anniversary adventureswithben.com!

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It’s tough to imagine that it’s been one full year of blogging about travel. Time flies when you’re having fun. And what a fun year it was. It all began with The Stories of my Shoes; a metaphor for capturing and recanting stories. Now, 252 posts later, the stories keep on growing.

My Favorite Adventures

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Since June of 2009, the travel destination roster included: Chicago, IL, St. Louis, MO,  Eugene, OR, Park City, UT, Omaha, NE, Johannesburg, South Africa (twice), Pattaya, Thailand, New Orleans, LA, Canada (St. John’s, Halifax, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto), Livingstone, Zambia and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Of course there were excursions all throughout Orlando, FL. So what were some of my favorite moments?

Archive: Pattaya Detectives Ben and Brian on Your Side

From the Ultimate Thailand Explorers Pattaya Blog Archive [originally published 29 November 2009].

Today’s post was another avenue to involve our readers in our travels to Thailand. The goal was to show them what they wanted to see. With the hectic schedule we had, we weren’t able to create a singular post that answered our readers comments – but we did try to incorporate them into other posts.

This was a big experiment that worked to some extent. But that was the point. To use this platform to try new things. Blogging is fantastic!