Update!

I just realize its been four years since I've updated this blog. I'm embarking on some new adventures and decided I needed to rename my blog. I no longer scrapbook so it didn't make sense to have that in my title anymore. My new goal, after accomplishing my prior goal of visiting 50 countries by 30, is to visit 100 countries by 40. To double the number of countries I visited during my whole life in 10 years seems insane but if you think about it I only started seriously traveling in my 20s. So another 10 years to do 100 countries is obtainable despite the fact that now the countries I haven't visited are more spread out. Sure could use someone to fund my travels :D

A major reason behind me starting to blog again is that after all these years my blog still seems to help people in their travels. Thank you for your comments! I always record a ton of info during my travels but after I stopped blogging the info just stayed hidden. I hope to be able to help others with their travels and inspire others as other blogs have helped and inspired me. Another reason is that as I go back in my picture archives I can no longer remember certain places or the stories that went with it. Without a word documentation of my journey the pictures remain pictures of beautiful places without context. Maybe its just me getting older but I can't recall the things that have happened in my first couple countries or even the smaller trips I made around Taiwan or Japan, the two countries I lived abroad in. I hope to change all that with this blog!