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
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
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
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
International Travel Log – Whites In Manila Philippines
This series of days includes our international travel log days where we move from Guam to Manila, and the hilarious reaction of Filipino kids seeing whites in the non-tourist area of Manila Philippines (more on that in day 155 below). Travel Log: Day 150 (11/24), Guam We ran out of coffee this morning, so JC
Movie Theater Costs And FIRE – Great If You Hate Money
We went to a movie today and we were reminded of why we never do that. Movie theater costs are not consistent with FIRE, or the budget for our year of travel in any way. In today’s world movie theaters are only really great, even in a non-FIRE context, if you hate money and would
Tarzan Falls Guam
Tarzan Falls Today (Day 149 11/23) we finally got around to adding Tarzan Falls to our Guam adventures. These falls are on the east-central side of the island near Yona. It took a 30 minute drive to get there from Tumon Bay, and then it’s about a 1.5 mile hike into the falls. The Hike
Dudes That Talk But Don’t Listen
Travel Log: Day 146 (11/20), Guam school and beach Regular school day, nothing noteworthy. We went to the nearest beach in the afternoon where BC played with his newly built boat. The boat is pretty cool with a sail and outrigger coconuts to keep it stable. While we were there a guy I recognized from
Family Travel In Guam – Mundane Days
This collection of travel logs was a particularly boring set of days. I’m posting them so as to not gather too many of these together, potentially burying more interesting days to come. Travel Log: Day 141 (11/15), Guam JC and I decided not to run today. I have excuses but it boils down to us
University Of Guam Post-Apocalyptic Campus Visit
Travel Log: Day 140 (11/14), Guam Today was the end of our first full week back to school after my mom left, so we resumed Field Trip Friday. We decided to go walk around the University of Guam. The University and campus were really not what I was expecting. To start with there was ample
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
