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DANANG, VIETNAM – After living in Hanoi for seven months, we decided to escape the pollution and chaos and move to Danang, on Vietnam’s central coast.
Don’t get me wrong; we really enjoyed our time in Hanoi. We loved visiting its historic cultural sites and exploring its labyrinth of narrow bustling streets, and it certainly presented an eye-opening introduction to life in Southeast Asia.
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HANOI, VIETNAM – June 15th marks one year since leaving the farm property we called home for 26 years and setting out to travel the world with all our worldly possessions packed into four suitcases.
Where have we been and what have we done over the last 12 months?
Continue reading “12 months, 10 countries, 27,000 miles, two happy travelers!”
HANOI, VIETNAM – Back in the United States I often found coins on the ground… pennies mostly, sometimes a nickel, occasionally a dime or even a quarter. And one time I found a $20 bill. Whoo-Hoo!
Being the frugal person that I am, I’ve always picked up the coins (as long as I could do it safely, that is) – even the pennies that were so banged-up you could barely tell what they were (OK, I admit it; I’m a cheapskate).
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HANOI, VIETNAM – When Melanie and I first started planning to sell everything and travel the world, we thought we would each take just one carry-on suitcase so we’d never have to worry about lost luggage or hauling around too much stuff.
We read everything we could find about traveling light, and what you really need to bring when you travel. Continue reading “Everything we own in just one bag? Yeah, right…”
HANOI, VIETNAM – John and I “never” travel with a tour, except for those rare occasions when we do…
Tours tend to hustle you along from point A to point B to point C with a limited amount of time at each one. We, however, might want to spend a little more time at point A, don’t really care about point B, and think point C looks like it should take a whole day.
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