Sarah: People travel for all different sorts of reasons, and with any number of interests. There are photography buffs, who spend much of their trip looking at the world through the viewfinder of their camera; beach bums, recognized by their leathery, hot-pink or nut-brown skin, extra-large sunglasses, and extra-small bathing suits; adventurers, with their zip-off pants and penchant for rock-climbing, paragliding, scuba diving. There are the partiers, the amateur anthropologists, the enlightenment seekers. We’ve met examples of all of these throughout our trip.

But the (probably true) cliché about travel is that the thing it teaches you the most about is yourself. And on that front, Patrick and I have come to a realization about what kind of travelers we are: shameless foodies.

Sarah: Sometimes over the course of this trip people have asked us how much of it is planned in advance -- you know, whether we already purchased a round-the-world plane fare or have an itinerary all mapped out. And the answer to that question -- how much is planned ahead -- has been, very little.

Sarah: The problem with the fact that I’ve been letting weeks go by in between entries here on Wandery is that then there’s so much to say that I’m never sure where to begin, which just serves to make it even less likely that I’ll get something posted. So I’m going to attempt to turn over a new leaf and post more often, even if it’s just a short note to let you know where we are and what we’re up to.