Every day can be the trip of a lifetime.
It's been a little over a week since we've left Asia and I miss it already. Each country we visited had its own little quirks. We unexpectedly fell in love with some of the places we visited. The most pleasant surprise of the trip, so far, has been Malaysia. I don't want to take anything … Continue reading Asia in the rear view mirror
Ever since grade school, think 1960's, teachers have been telling me that the metric system is coming, so we'd better learn it now. Well, 50+ years have passed, and we're doing fine without it. Fine, that is, unless you venture outside of the U.S. where the metric system is alive and well. If you run, … Continue reading The metric system & other conversions and translations.
It's finally starting to sink in. The endless sunny days with their hot, humid weather will soon be in my rear view mirror. After almost 9 months living in some of the hottest cities on the planet, we're headed west, albeit slowly. In about a week we'll fly from Asia to Africa, or more specifically from … Continue reading Turning the corner, heading west, and bundling up.
I never imagined myself in Borneo. It sounded like one of those places that only National Geographic photographers or very serious candidates for a PhD. in Zoology would be allowed to venture off to. But here I am, being neither of the aforementioned, in Borneo. How did I get here you ask? Well, Malaysia was … Continue reading 8 months down, 4 to go, & a field report from Borneo.
Pemba woke to the cool morning air with a feeling of comfortableness. The decision to let go of Gedhun felt natural, like the right thing to do. His son would receive and education with the monks and perhaps break the familial cycle of living and working at their mountain homestead. It would be a first. … Continue reading Green means go.
We landed in Kuala Lumpur (aka KL), the capital of Malaysia, about 3 weeks ago. We weren't sure what to expect. A few people we know have travelled here. Some liked it and stayed for a few days, others really liked and stayed longer. There's a lot to explore and we had about a 6 … Continue reading The most pleasant surprise of the trip, so far.
I'm going to assume that at some point you've visited a Verizon or Apple store. For most it's a long and weary visit. You show up and are greeted by someone whose sole purpose is to put your name in a virtual cue. She splits the rest of her time telling people there are 14 … Continue reading Competition. The future is here already.
In this post I'm going to talk about 2 things. The first is the cost of travelling internationally vs. the cost of living in the U.S. The second is the cost and options for living/retiring in the countries I've visited. The cost of travelling internationally vs. the cost of living in the U.S Occasionally … Continue reading The Cost of Travelling, Living, Retiring & Snow-birding Abroad.
We first visited Nepal in 2007. It was a last minute decision. We had planned to spend a month in northern India. Nepal is close by. We have a friend who has family there so we booked a flight and arrived in Kathmandu. It seemed like a journey back in time. Medieval looking buildings, dusty … Continue reading Greetings from Nepal
The monks offered to educate young Gedhun in their school at their monastery. They would be back at the market in 3 weeks time. Jampa and Pemba could think about it. If they decided to send Gedhun for an education it was just a matter of meeting the monks back at the market next month. … Continue reading Decisions, decisions.
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