Financial independence and early retirement, round the world travel — with three kids, travel and life hacks and lots of inspiration. Ups and downs, budget, we share it all.
Personally, I like to start at the very beginning of things. But apparently I’m weird that way. So just for your convenience, here are all our posts from newest to oldest. Enjoy!
- Baggage – We All Have Some
- When Couples and Money Clash
- Traveling Around the World with Teenagers
- Why a Repositioning Cruise is a Good Alternative to Economy Airfare
- One Month in a Nicaraguan Beach Town – San Juan del Sur
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Delphi
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Olympia
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Lake Kaiafas
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Methoni Castle
- Peloponnese Road Trip – The Palace of Nestor
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Ancient Messene
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Mycenae
- Peloponnese Road Trip – Nafplio
- The Acropolis of Athens
- Our First Days in Athens
- Bloukrans Bridge – The World’s Highest Bungee Bridge Jump
- Kruger Park – Self Drive Visit
- Charged by an Angry Elephant
- Live – From South Africa
- Stand Easy – Taking a Break in Nicaragua
- Living Beside the Panama Canal
- Tacos, Seriously Yum
- Breaking the Budget
- The Amazon Adventure – Birds, Bugs and Buses
- Walking around Quito
- Groceries, Toiletries & Cerveza in Quito, Ecuador
- Ecuador – Where We Stayed, What We Missed & Some Logistics
- Machu Picchu
- Peru – Where We Stayed, a Little Travel Hack, and More
- Bolivia to Peru – Witches, Beaches, and a Shaman
- Bolivia – Butch Cassidy, Pique Macho and Some Salt
- In Search of Giuseppe Garibaldi
- 3 month memory – Bangkok, Thailand
- Iguazu National Park – An Amazing Experience
- Argentina – The Bus, Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Salta
- Uruguay – A beautiful oasis
- The Repositioning Cruise – Costa Fascinosa
- Venice – the burbs, the canals and the wine
- Merry Christmas
- Florence / Firenze
- Ciao Roma / Hello Rome
- … And We Are Back
- 100 Days on the Road
- Chiang Mai – Ice Cream and the Lantern Festival
- Chiang Rai – Laundry and the White Temple
- Colleen left me in Singapore!
- Kanchanaburi, Thailand – The Death Railway
- Ayutthaya – a wonderful excursion from Bangkok
- Bangkok (One Night or more) …
- 77 Nights of Hotel Stays – Hard on the Wallet?
- Pchum Ben, the Killing Fields, Torrential Rain and Phnom Penh
- Day 3 – Angkor Complex
- Day 2 – the Angkor Temples
- Ta Prohm – Temple in the Trees
- Angkor Thom
- Angkor Wat
- Live from Bangkok in the Land of Smiles
- Phu Quoc – A vacation from the Trip
- A Day of Prices in Cambodia
- Crossing into Cambodia
- The Labour of Leisure – Where in the World Does the Time Go?
- Vietnam Visa on Arrival for Canadians – How To
- Loving Saigon
- Live From Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Vietnam Money Woes
- Hoi An (Ancient Town)
- What about the Vietnam War?
- 11 Nights in Japan – $1,630.16
- Second Class Vietnamese Sleeper Train – OMG Never Again
- Da Nang – A Beautiful Beach Town
- Road Move – Hue to Da Nang
- Hue – Eaten by a Dragon
- Hanoi, Northern Vietnam
- Live from Hoi An – the Ancient City
- Halong Bay – Northern Vietnam
- ‘Minor Surgery’ in Da Nang, Vietnam
- Adventures in Eating – Vietnam Part II
- Monkey Park, Bamboo Forest & Kimono’s
- Nijo-jo Castle
- Adventures in Eating – Vietnam
- Daimonji Okuribi – Bonfire Festival in Kyoto
- Douvris Barrhaven – A Karate Family
- Live from Hanoi
- A Lighter Side of Tokyo
- First Impressions of Kyoto
- Tokyo – a Taste of History with Temples and Shrines
- Konnichiwa from Tokyo
- Sweet Spots and Travel Hacking – Airfare
- Japan Airlines (JAL) Business Class Sky Suites
- Boston, A Walk About Town
- So, How Much is this Round the World Trip Going to Cost?
- How to Travel from Ottawa to Boston for only $1.19 (those are Canadian dollars!!) plus fuel…
- Our Round the World Travel Itinerary