Why Cambodia? When Michelle and I set out to travel 3 years and 9 months ago, we really didn’t have any idea where we’d finally end up. We had our dog, Roxy back then and we knew she needed to be along with us for as long as possible. We’d always wanted to buy an […]
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SO YOU WANT TO DRIVE INTERNATIONALLY? Over the last 3 years, I’ve had a chance to drive either a car or a motorbike in Mexico, Croatia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam. A lot of ex-pats seem to think that if they have a driver’s license from the U.S, that enables them to legally drive in
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Angkor Wat Temple, Siem Reap I think it’s safe to say that whenever you’re in a place, and time moves by very quickly, it generally means that you’re enjoying the place you’re in! Seldom does time seem to “speed up” when you’re in an uncomfortable situation, or a place you really don’t want to be.
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Well, it’s been a long while since my last blog! I hadn’t realized exactly how long until I logged in today and saw that my last post on here was back in June. So it’s been quite some time! But I’m back, and ready to go, so let me start by explaining why I quit
In my last blog, I listed the top 5 reasons we love to travel. Now I’m going to tell you about our top 5 hassles of traveling full time. These are things that make traveling harder, can be stressful and aggravating and can really make one ask the question, “Is this lifestyle really worth it?”
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1. THINGS ARE CHEAPER! We retired a little over 3 years ago, and the moment we did our combined income was cut by roughly 60%! Had we stayed in America, I’m certain that we would’ve needed to “lower’ our lifestyle in order to afford our bills. It’s also very likely that at least one of
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LANGKAWI This past week, Michelle and I made a short getaway to Langkawi, Malaysia. From Kuala Lumpur, it’s only a 1 hour flight (which is just the right length of time to fly if you ask me). We flew with Air Asia and for round trip tickets for both the cost was $78.00 total!
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On Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Northern Thailand, members of the Wild Boar soccer team (ages 11-16) and their coach went to explore the Tham Luang Nang Non Cave. It would be nearly 3 weeks before they emerged again! Early monsoon flooding trapped the group of thirteen over 1.5 miles inside the cave with no
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The Challenge We’ve stayed in quite a few Airbnbs over the last 3 years! Most have been very nice – some have been exceptional – but then there have also been 3 that have been, well…AWFUL! On those particular 3, we needed to make other arrangements after our arrival. The first one, we left almost
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Great Expectations! Halong Bay has been on our wishlist of places to visit for at least two years, so when we knew we were coming back to Vietnam this time, we booked this cruise 7 months in advance while we were still in Ecuador just to be sure we’d get exactly the cruise line we
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