
Vietnam Travel Reflections
Our time in Vietnam was a learning experience for me as much as it was for the kids, and I have many travel reflections related to this leg of our journey. There were many things I came to realize about Vietnam that I didn’t previously know, and many feelings I now have about Vietnam that

Urban Deca Homes Ortigas – Manila Philippines
Our time in Manila Philippines has been spent entirely in one place, which is a condo complex called Urban Deca Homes Ortigas. We basically became trapped in this complex and the immediate area, which I’ll explain in more detail below. Due to this, we didn’t get to explore all or even much of Manila. While

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

Reflections On Our Time In Japan
Before this year started, Japan was a cornerstone location of our travel year. It may have been our most desired location after Guam, which was the seed of our international travel adventure. Our time in Japan was spent across two different cities, Tokyo and Osaka. During that time I was tracking reflections on our time

Costa Rica Travel Reflections
Before Costa Rica fades too far into the past, I wanted to capture my travel reflections from our time there. It was overwhelmingly positive but I came away with things that I both loved and hated about it. There were also other things that I don’t judge as positive or negative, but instead just observe





