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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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
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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Our Journey from Da Nang to Ninh Binh, Vietnam When we (and when I say we, I mean Michelle) are planning how we will get to our next travel destination, the first step is to decide on which form of transportation we want to use. In most cases, we choose to fly because it’s normally
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ARE THERE THINGS I MISS? Michelle and I have now been traveling full time for almost 3 years. We started out by traveling from Virginia, to Florida, then slowly making our way back up to Tennessee, Oklahoma, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, California, Arizona and then high-tailing it back to Florida in time to sell our car,
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IS “TET” OFFENSIVE? Many Westerners might know the term “Tet” because of an event that happened in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The event was called the “Tet Offensive”, and that happened on January 30, 1968 when the Viet Cong (VC) and the North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a sneak attack against
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WILL I BE ABLE TO VOTE WHILE LIVING OVERSEAS? I must start by saying that this information is for citizens of the United States only, and I apologize for that, but if you are not a U.S. Citizen, this information won’t apply to you. If you are from another country, it’s likely that there is
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IS IT SAFE TO GET MEDICAL CARE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, OR AUSTRALIA? It’s a fair question! If you grew up in the United States (as I did), it’s natural to think that almost everything is better in your own country. If you watch the news at all, you know that foreign people
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