South Africa Travel Reflections
South Africa is a location that we nearly scratched from our itinerary. This wasn’t due to a lack of interest, but because of the daunting travel and cost involved to get there. In these reflections I ultimately feel that had we skipped South Africa, there would have been something missing from our year of travel.
Sri Lanka Travel Reflections
Sri Lanka was our shortest stop of the year at just two weeks. The trip got off to a bad start when we pivoted last minute, throwing our plans into disarray. We learned at the last minute that Hikkaduwa, where we planned to stay, had issues with dumping sewage into the ocean and unethical treatment
Thailand Travel Reflections
Before we went to Thailand I really didn’t know much about it, and most of my travel reflections are starting from a clean state. I of course knew some things; people went there because it is affordable, there are elephants, and it had the bad reputation in my mind for sex tourism. The only one
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
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
