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Screen shot, Gone Workabout

Introducing: Gone Workabout

January 17, 2014by Too Mutch For Words Leave a comment

“My life is better than your two-week holiday.” – Written on a women’s bathroom wall, Queenstown, New Zealand The arrogant chalk statement, scrawled above the pub toilet in New Zealand’s […]

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Choices & Philosophies, Destinations, How-To, Jobs & Employment, Volunteering
Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

10 Adventures to Enhance Your Kiwi Experience

July 20, 2013by Too Mutch For Words Leave a comment

As featured on GoAbroad: In New Zealand, trail maps, guardrails and souvenir shops are not associated with outdoor excursions like they are in other countries. With so few people and […]

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Destinations, Nature & Environment, New Zealand, South Pacific, Sporting and Athletics, Volunteering
Karenni students

A Wise Person is One Who Says ‘Thank You’, Pt. 2

March 28, 2013by Too Mutch For Words 4 Comments

An anecdote: Traveling puts us at the mercy of strangers.  Especially when stumbling over the barriers of language, minute relationships are built on help – freely given – and gratitude […]

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Burma, Destinations, Language, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Volunteering
Wwoofing, Renwick, New Zealand

New Year’s Resolution #8: Volunteer (That Is, No Excuses)

February 23, 2013by Too Mutch For Words 3 Comments

Diploma packed away, plane ticket booked, and my new suitcase – a graduation gift – bulging at the zips, I prepared for a year-long volunteer program in Glasgow, Scotland.  22 […]

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Choices & Philosophies, Destinations, Development, New Zealand, Volunteering

Little Princes (An Armchair Travel Book Review)

December 11, 2012by Too Mutch For Words 2 Comments

As featured on The Traveling Advisor: Too many travel narratives are written about the highly improbable, crazy or suicidal, vain-glorious antics someone participates in simply to publish.  Too few are […]

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Asia, Destinations, Development, Literature, Nepal, Volunteering
School building, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Thanaka Cheeks: The Impact of Burmese Refugees in Thailand’s Land of Smiles

July 29, 2012by Too Mutch For Words 4 Comments

It was not how I expected to spend my last English class: clustered into a darkened bedroom with the students, watching Korean Pop TV on mute, and anxiously hoping Thai […]

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Burma, Destinations, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Volunteering
Monks the Lonely Planet in Halin, Burma

“Share or Die”: It’s The Same in Any Language

July 26, 2012by Too Mutch For Words Leave a comment

Every one of you has traveled at some point, or shown an interest in the world around you. You’ve lived on a shoestring, or exchanged ideas with other backpackers. So […]

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Burma, Destinations, Development, Language, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Volunteering

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The ’Mutch’ Behind TooMutchForWords


Like a lot of foreign destinations, my last name's often mispronounced - so friends call me 'Mutch.' You can call me the same, as you explore this library of travel books, movies and music: all the things that move us through the aisles of this big, wide world! Check-outs expected, exploration intended...

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