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Moving On To Vietnam
This week we wrapped up our time in Manila Philippines and we are moving on to Vietnam. This week was full of stress for me, but was also a major relief to get our of Urban Deca Homes Ortigas. Travel Log: Day 178 (12/22), Philippines JC and I went for separate walks again to rack
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The Unglamorous Days Of Travel
This is a pretty depressing set of days as I read back through them. We are simply running out the clock in Manila, and we can’t wait to get out of here. If you enjoy reading about unglamorous days of travel, this set of posts is for you. Travel Log: Day 171 (12/15), Philippines We
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Guam Travel Reflections
Guam is the one destination on our year of travel that was truly a vacation-like destination. The plan to go to Guam started brewing way back around 2018 and was the idea that eventually grew into the full gap year plan. The Guam vacation and the gap year were opposing forces however. Our international gap
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The Risks Of Manila – Creeps, Vanishing Kid, Getting Stranded
This week of travel was full of danger, risk and uncertainty. Reading back through these logs I can understand the stress we’ve all been feeling through the week. The events include a vanishing kid, as BC disappears into the thin air of manila (12/12 log). BC also encountered a creep on the playground (12/8 log),
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Manila Philippines Sucks In A Useful Way
Why did we make a stop to travel to Manila Philippines on our international gap year, given that it sucks? It’s a good question and I probably need to remind myself of why, because I keep asking the question, why are we here? Currently we are in the thick of our stay at Urban Deca
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Diarrhea In Manila Philippines – This Place Sucks
This collection of travel logs spans the week of 12/1 – 12/7, and involves great things like bad food leading to Diarrhea in our shoe sized apartment in Manila Philippines (day 157). We’re trying to see the redeeming qualities of this city, but it’s not going well. This week was full of struggles like issues
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Guam Expat Family Budget: The Cost Of Living In Paradise
My family of four lived in Guam for a total of 45 days recently, and during that time we closely tracked our spending to determine what an expat family budget would look like. Guam is a special destination because my parents were stationed there in the Air Force. It’s a location that has fascinated me
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November International Travel FIRE Budget
For the month of November international travel FIRE budget, we were almost entirely in Guam. Only the final three days of the month were not in Guam. Those final three days were in Manila Philippines which is a sharp drop in spending compared to Guam. This budget shares similarities with the October budget in that
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October International Travel FIRE Budget
October was a chaotic month with two extremely long haul flights (first, second), round-tripping to Denver from Guam twice to pick up and drop off my mom. In all of that planning, traveling, and spending time with my mom, I completely forgot to document the October international travel FIRE budget. The month of October was
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
