There and Back Again http://thereandbackagain.org The Wanderlust Journeys of Tim and Jess Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Back to the DR! http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/10/25/back-to-the-dr/ http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/10/25/back-to-the-dr/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:52:04 +0000 admin http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/10/25/back-to-the-dr/ Alright we know we said we’d be headed to Greece next, but circumstances intervened :).  Tim only has a week of vacation time this year, which has to be used up prior to 2009, and we’re looking to go somewhere on the cheap, so back to the Dominican we go!

For all those who voted in the wedding gift showdown, don’t worry Greece is still on the top of the list; we’re thinking we’ll save it for the next trip when we’ll have more time, and [hopefully] more money in the travel fund.

This time around we’ve decided to head to Dominican’s North Shore. We’ve booked ourselves into the nicest 3 star resort we could find ;). And, oddly enough, the Paraiso Tropical just happens to be right next to the little surf town of Cabarete (2km away). We’re thinking we’ll be spending more time surfing and lazing about on the beach than anything else, so who cares what the digs are like. But to be fair, it gets okay reviews, and the photos don’t look so bad, so who knows. We’ll definitely send along updates after we arrive.

As an added bonus we’ll get to spend our 1 year anniversary back in the Dominican, so that’s pretty cool.

We can’t wait!!

]]> http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/10/25/back-to-the-dr/feed/ The Votes are In! http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/20/the-votes-are-in/ http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/20/the-votes-are-in/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:38:11 +0000 admin http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/20/the-votes-are-in/ We have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the last few votes as the race was pretty close right up to the end. In fact, we had no idea where we’d be headed to next until the final vote was cast! At any rate it looks like the next country we’ll be visiting is: The beautiful and tzatzikilicious country of Greece!

In case anyone’s curious here’s a rundown of the votes:

  • Greece: 29.40%
  • Norway / Sweden: 25.56%
  • Japan: 22.79%
  • New Zealand: 20.75%
  • Costa Rica: 1.50%

Thanks again to everyone who gave us wedding gifts! We are so excited to have another trip ready to be planned out, and it simply wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for all the giftage we received from everyone!

We also want to say that we couldn’t be happier with how the votes turned out. Actually we would have been equally as happy any way they went — we know we’ll make it to all those places one day, but Greece seems like a great place to start!

]]> http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/20/the-votes-are-in/feed/ Wedding Photos http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/08/wedding-photos/ http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/08/wedding-photos/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:52:45 +0000 admin http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/08/wedding-photos/ The wedding photos are back from our wonderful photographer Katelyn Fraser! Here they are:
 
 The Wedding!
 

You can view the online slideshow here. Note: If you want copies or prints please contact us.

She also got some from The Night Before, and Tim’s Birthday.

Thanks Katelyn for doing such a great job!

]]> http://thereandbackagain.org/2008/01/08/wedding-photos/feed/ More DR Photos from Mike http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/24/more-dr-photos-from-mike/ http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/24/more-dr-photos-from-mike/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:49:18 +0000 admin http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/24/more-dr-photos-from-mike/ Our brother Mike has posted his photos from the Dominican, which we think do a great job of capturing the essence of life at the Bambu!

Note that some of these may not be safe for consumption at work — the one of Stu gettin’ down may incite random outbreaks of drancing :).

]]> http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/24/more-dr-photos-from-mike/feed/ Photos from the Dominican! http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/23/photos-from-the-dominican/ http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/23/photos-from-the-dominican/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:08:28 +0000 admin http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/23/photos-from-the-dominican/ We finally sorted through all of our photographs from the recent trip to the Dominican:
 
 Dominican Republic 2007
 

If you prefer slideshow format you can view the online slideshow here.

We’re still waiting on wedding photos from Katelyn (the photographer), so as soon as those are available we’ll post another update.

Also of note is there is a slideshows album in there courtesy of Tim’s father Bud who put together some really nice slideshows with music and all! Update: we fixed the slideshows so if you tried them before and couldn’t get them to work, or they were low quality, give them another go!

]]> http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/23/photos-from-the-dominican/feed/ Welcome to There and Back Again dot Org! http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/20/welcome-to-there-and-back-again-dot-org/ http://thereandbackagain.org/2007/12/20/welcome-to-there-and-back-again-dot-org/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:38:22 +0000 admin http://thereandbackagain.org/?p=3 Welcome to the official travel blog of Tim Burrell and Jess Dutton! Even before getting married in the Dominican Republic we both knew one of our common goals was to spend as much time traveling and getting to know our wonderful planet together as possible — and thus thereandbackagain.org was born!

Our intent is to post updates and photos from our adventures while on the road (whenever possible), and we should have photos up from the trip to the Dominican soon! We’ll also be announcing the results of our wedding gift registry here as soon as all the votes are in!

Again, thanks to everyone for making our wedding so special, and for getting us even more excited for our new lives together. We love and miss you all already, and although this is no substitute for being there with you we wanted to find some way (even a small one) to share our new lives as a married couple with you.

Tim and Jess.

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