Life is too short to stay in one place!
This morning we got up early to record our third in the series of Reader Questions. Today we address 2 questions that are on the minds of readers: Do you guys ‘check’ out the places you visit and think ‘hmm, this is where I’d like to spend my retirement’? – from Joanna Can I ask what [...]
At this time last year we were glued to the laptop in Seattle for news of the erupting coup in Ecuador, the first destination on our long-awaited RTW (round-the-world) trip. Would we be able to leave? Would we have to start somewhere else at the last minute? It was exciting and unpredictable from the very [...]
If you have a blog you know the joy of connecting with people on a subject you love, discussing the pros and cons of a variety of topics, and teaching each other things along the way. It is a pretty fantastic experience, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Strangely enough, though, we feel more [...]
We love France. We honeymooned in Paris 7 years ago, where we became huge fans of the bread, cheese, and wine. It wasn’t until this trip, though, that we learned to appreciate the people of France. Last year we met French couple Audrey and Pierre in Chugchilan, Ecuador, a remote little village in Andes Mountains. [...]
Most people are curious about someone who lives a completely different life than they do. I know we are. So it isn’t a surprise that we get reader questions about our experience traveling around the world. Instead of answering these one by one, we decided to start a video series to share these responses with [...]
After five weeks of living amongst the Scots, we have just one thing to say: cheers fur a stoatin time! (That’s “thanks for a good time” in Scots to all you English speakers out there.) We loved your country, your people, your beers, and your attitude. You are the hardiest people we’ve met on our [...]
Who doesn’t love a good challenge? Well, most people, actually. But we know you are different, and so are we. That is why we are embracing the challenge by author Erica Bauermeister to do something new, difficult or scary in the next year and the opportunity for one of you to win a copy of [...]
Can we have a drum roll, please? We’ve made our final decision on where to settle down for the winter, and it is… Wait! Let’s do a quick recap first. You remember we first talked about settling down for 6 months this winter to work on our business to help fund our trip indefinitely. We [...]
We love hiking. There is a thrill that comes from discovering the more remote landscape in an area, and we meet and talk with more local people this way. So when we arrived at the Turismo Explorer office in Chachapoyas, Peru to explore local hikes and day trips, we were easily swayed by the guide’s [...]
As 2010 winds down we have found ourselves humbled by all the support, from friends new and old, that we have received the last 12 months. This has been an exciting year for us and the opportunity to share it with so many of you has both Betsy and I a little misty eyed. We [...]
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