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Welcome to DNA on the Road!
We are Debbie, Nishant, and Asha, a family of three, exploring our beautiful world together. We are excited to learn about new places and cultures this year and see family and friends along the way. Come join us!
India Part I: Life in Ahmedabad
We’ve been looking forward to our India visit since we started our trip. We are staying for 5 weeks and seeing family, some of whom Asha...
Feb 24, 20237 min read
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18 hours in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Our time in Abu Dhabi was very short but very memorable! If you have time to explore Abu Dhabi, even if only during a layover, like we...
Feb 11, 20232 min read
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Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town is one of my favorite cities in the world! As soon as we found out our cousin, Sonal, would be in Cape Town for New Year’s we...
Feb 11, 202313 min read
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Egypt, the Land of Kings and Queens
Day 1 Touchdown in Luxor We arrived in Luxor Egypt at 12 midnight and we are so grateful our ride was waiting for us. Our Airbnb Marhaba...
Jan 20, 202313 min read
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Morocco Part III: Journey to the Sahara
Day 1: Drive to Mhamid We knew when we came to Morocco that we’d want to go the Sahara Desert but were overwhelmed with the logistics of...
Dec 6, 20226 min read
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Morocco Part II: Thanksgiving
Day 1: Casablanca back to Marrakech Our family arrived from California and we were so excited to see them! We spent time with them...
Dec 6, 20227 min read
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Morocco Part I: Welcome to Morocco!
Day 1-4 Marrakech and the learning hub We landed in Marrakech, Morocco after a long flight from Athens via London – yes, via London! We...
Dec 6, 20226 min read
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Greece by RV
Day 1: Passing through Albania We left Croatia yesterday and passed through Bosnia, Montenegro, and then reached Albania. We parked...
Nov 7, 202213 min read
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Croatia by RV
Day 1: Parenzana Trail to Grožnjan, Croatia We arrived in Croatia at night around 8pm and luckily secured the last parking spot at the...
Oct 26, 202212 min read
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Slovenia by RV
Day 1: Touch down in Ljubljana, Slovenia We packed up and headed to the Trieste bus station to board our 11:30am bus to Ljubljana,...
Oct 25, 20226 min read
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Grazie Mille and Ciao, Italy!
Our last night in Italy We spent out last night in Italy in the lovely town of Trieste, which is along the Italian -Slovene border. We...
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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Italy Part IV: Pisa, Lucca, Cinque Terre
Day 1: Pisa and Lucca We left Florence on the 11am train to Pisa and arrived by noon. We arrived at Pisa Centrale train station, dropped...
Oct 11, 20224 min read
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Italy Part III: Firenze
Day 1: Arrival and Ponte Vecchio We arrived in Florence in the evening, checked into our airbnb and were grateful to find that were were...
Oct 6, 20225 min read
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Italy Part II: Roma
Day 1: Travel day from Cortina - Venice (bus) - Rome (train), 12 hours Traveling for a year to different places means yes, you guessed...
Oct 6, 20227 min read
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Italy Part l: The Dolomites
Day 1 – Prepping for the Alta Via 1 hike (AV1) We could not have asked for a better touchdown in Italy. We flew out of the Santiago de...
Sep 28, 202210 min read
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Camino de Santiago Kids edition
A quick Camino post for kids! We wanted to include a post for kids (and parents) about walking the Camino de Santiago. There is so much...
Sep 27, 20225 min read
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Camino de Santiago Day 27 Wrap up
Day 27, Camino de Santiago Wrap Up It's our last day in Spain and we have loved every minute of our time here, the ups, the downs, the...
Sep 21, 20224 min read
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Camino Days 23 -26: Finesterre
Days 22-26, Finesterre A stomach bug kept us from walking from Lires to Finesterre but we made the most of our extra time in Lires....
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 22: Muxía to Lires
Day 22: Muxía to Lires (15.8km over 4.5 hours) We couldn’t wait to get outside this morning after seeing the sunrise from our window. We...
Sep 17, 20221 min read
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Camino Day 21: Muxía
Day 21 Muxía Muxía has been magic! We were drawn to Muxía as it is along the coast and is one of the farthest points of the Camino, going...
Sep 17, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 19, 20: Santiago de Compostela
Days 19, 20: Rest Days We’ve had a great time exploring the city of Santiago de Compostela. On our first day we rested, dried out, did...
Sep 17, 20223 min read
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Camino Day 18: Pedrouzo to Santiago
Day 18 Pedrouzo to Santiago de Compostela (21.7km lover 6.5 hours) We decided as a group to do a longer last day to make it to Santiago...
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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Camino Day 17: Arzúa to Pedrouzo
Day 17 Arzúa to Pedrouzo (19.8km over 8 hours) Today was our longest day yet but we felt pretty good! We started at 8am and reached our...
Sep 13, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 16: Melide to Arzùa
Day 16 Melide to Arzúa (17.0 km over 5.5 hours) Today started and ended with Estrellas del Camino. We woke early, packed up our laundry...
Sep 11, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 15: Palas de Rei to Melide
Day 15 Palas de Rei to Melide (15.5 km over 6.5 hours) We had a bit of a late start and got out the door around 8:15am. We followed the...
Sep 10, 20221 min read
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Camino Day 14: Narón to Palas de Rei
Day 14 Venta de Narón to Palas de Rei (12.5 km over 3.5 hours) We were up at 7am today and it was another chilly morning. Since...
Sep 9, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 13: Portomarín to Narón
Day 13 Portomarín to Narón (15km over 5 hours) I believe we are getting our groove now, ya'll! This morning we were up around 6:45 am...
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 12: Ferreiros to Portomarín
Day 12 Ferreiros to Portomarín (9km over 3.5 hours) We stayed at a great Albuergue last night Cruz Cruceiro and got a good nights rest....
Sep 7, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 11: Sarria to Ferreiros
Day 11 Sarria to Ferreiros (14.4km over 4 hours) Today we resumed our Camino on foot and were rewarded with lovely weather and beautiful...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 10: Ponferrada to Sarria
Day 10 Ponferrada to Sarria (via bus) We woke early in Ponferrada ready to get to Sarria and restart our walking of the Camino....
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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Camino Day 9: Leòn to Ponferrada
Day 9 León to Ponferrada (by bus) We awoke early to walk to the bus station and caught our bus to Ponferrada. On the bus, we passed...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 8: León
Day 8 Planning Day in León We awoke after a wonderful night of sleep, hot showers with real towels, and breakfast at the airbnb. We...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 7:Puente de la Reina to Leòn
Day 7 Puente de la Reina (bus)– Pamploma (rental car)– Burgos – León We awoke having had a good night’s rest and walked out to the nearly...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 6: Pamplona to Puente de la Reina
Day 6: Pamploma (taxi)– Zariquiegui (walking) – Puente de la Reina Another way we are be easier on our bodies is to take taxis to get to...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 5: Larasoaña to Pamplona
Day 5 Larrasoaña to Pamploma by bus We really wiped ourselves out during that last stage, carrying our packs on what we thought was a...
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 4: Biskerreta to Larasoaña
Day 4 Biskarreta to Larrasoaña ( 15km over 8 hours) According to our Camino book, this day is a day of mostly flat terrain so we were...
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 3: Roncevalle to Biskarreta
Day 3, Roncesvalle to Biskarreta ( 12km over 5 hours) On this stage and the previous one, we utilized the Barricot transport service to...
Aug 29, 20221 min read
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Camino Day 2: Orisson to Roncevalle
Day 2: Orisson to Roncevalle (17.3km over 7 hours) We woke up early to the sound of what we thought were cowbells, but learned they were...
Aug 28, 20222 min read
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Camino Day 1: St. Jean Pied du Port to Orisson
Day 1: St. Jean Pied du Port to Orisson (8km over 5 hours) This first stage is said to be one of the most scenic of the entire Camino...
Aug 27, 20222 min read
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Camino de Santiago Day 0: touchdown
Day 0: Madrid, Spain to St. Jean Pied de Port, France We made it! We were very impressed with TAP Airlines and the Lisbon customs and...
Aug 26, 20222 min read
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The Camino de Santiago, Ultreia!
We're off on the journey where thousands of pilgrims have gone before us, to the resting place of St. James at Santiago de Compostela....
Aug 20, 20224 min read
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Banff and Jasper by RV
Day 1: Touchdown We could not have asked for a better start to our travels! We arrived in Calgary from Baltimore without a hitch. All...
Jul 8, 20226 min read
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Back home to the Bay Area
The Bay Area is all about family! We lived here for about 10 years so our roots run deep. Our 3 weeks here gave us time to visit with...
Jul 7, 20222 min read
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