Betsy's year-long solo trip around the world 2015 - 2016

Betsy left her home in Santa Cruz, CA on April 5, 2015 traveling north to Canada, east through the US and Canada, then Europe, Africa, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, South America, and Central America, arriving home on April 4, 2016. The map below shows her route:

All of Betsy’s travel blogs for this round-the-world trip are posted below, by region, following the direction in the map above. Just click on the photo of the blog you want to read.

She also wrote about her travels in her column “Earth Matters,” for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. which you can link to from her travel blogs, or find in the side bar on the left, under “News Articles.

North America blogs (U.S. and Canada)

Europe blogs (France, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Italy, Spain, Greece, Scotland)

 Africa blogs (Tanzania and Madagascar)

Asia blogs (India, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia)

Australia and New Zealand blogs

South Pacific blogs (Moorea and Easter Island)

South America blogs (Chile, Argentina, Patagonia, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands)

Central America blogs (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala & Belize)

Home Again! Re-entry blogs (Santa Cruz, California & Honolulu)