Our Best and Worst “Slow Travel” Bases
Our Best and Worst “Slow Travel” Bases over 5 years of Full-time Travel While we’ve visited a lot of places during our full-time travels, our most lasting memories (good and bad) are of the “slow …
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Things You Must Know About South African Braai
Things You Must Know About South African Braai We were in Cape Town for 3 months a few years ago. It is still one of the highlights of our 6 years of full-time travel. There are a few things that are …
Are we all just photo-clicking monkeys? What’s travel about?
What’s travel about? On my last post I listed the “Must See” highlights in Kyoto. Kyoto has a lot to see as far as temples and gardens and we appreciated the architecture and natural …
A Review of Ukrainian Airlines
A Review of Ukrainian Airlines “Don’t fly Ukrainian Airlines” our Czech journalist friend warned us, “it’s not a safe airline, everyone on board was drunk and it was like a party in the air. It’s not …
Dealing with Trolls and other “Uglies” on Travel Forums
Dealing with Trolls and other “Uglies” on Travel Forums. Travel Forums can be great places. You need a tip on where to go in a particular country, where to stay, or just want …
3 Days in Istanbul
3 Days in Istanbul. Istanbul is an exciting, hectic place full of color and life. We spent a week here but for the sakes of this guide I’ve compiled the highlights and built them around a 3 day …
Why riding El Chepe through Copper Canyon is just mind-blowingly amazing
Why riding El Chepe through Copper Canyon is amazing El Chepe is one of the world’s great train trips, spanning 673 km (418 miles) from Chihuahua (northern Mexico) to Los Mochis on the Pacific Coast. …
The Ultimate Travel Guide to Split, Croatia
Travel Guide to Split, Croatia (including the best day trips) We first came to Split in 2015. After 3 visits, we decided we’d like to live here and in early 2017 applied for temporary residency. We …
5 years of full-time Travel! And on changes…
5 years of full-time Travel Last month we celebrated 5 years of full-time travel. 5 years! It’s scary how time flies. I still remember the day when we went to the airport in July of 2014 for that …