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Shibuya Crossing Scramble
To skip to the info on Shibuya Crossing scramble, see day 65 below. Travel Log: Day 63 (8/29), Tokyo Japan This is being written two days after the fact, so I may be missing some details. The school day was shortened today to remove social studies from the regular timeline. We instead wanted to go
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Costa Rica Travel Reflections
Before Costa Rica fades too far into the past, I wanted to capture my thoughts on 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 that
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Akihabara Electric Town (aka Akiba)
See travel log day 62 below for into on Akihabara Electric Town. Travel Log: Day 60 (8/26), Tokyo Japan I slept like crap again last night. I got somewhere around 5 hours of total sleep and my worst ever sleep score of 43. Daytime tiredness was also at a new high. Finding Food We decided
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Jet Lag, The Punishment For International Travel
In this series of days I was suffering badly from jet lag, which I recognize as the price to be paid (punishment) for international travel across extreme time zones. Travel Log: Day 58 (8/24), Tokyo Japan JC and I slept on the futon bed in the living room last night, and it was actually pretty
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Japan Travel Day
This duo of travel logs rolls up the hell of a travel day getting to Japan. Travel Log: Day 56 (8/22), Houston Texas, Pacific Ocean We caught our hotel shuttle to the airport at 7am, and did the airport stuff. We went through TSA pre check and the rules were of course different again. It
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Preparing For Japan Launch From Houston
In this series of days we are preparing for our Japan launch from Houston after arriving briefly back in the USA from Costa Rica. Travel Log: Day 53 (8/19), Jaco and San Jose Costa Rica Today we packed up all of our stuff and boarded our shuttle to San Jose. For BC and I this
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Final Days In Jaco Costa Rica
This set of days surrounds our final days in Jaco Costa Rica. Travel Log: Day 49 (8/15), Jaco Costa Rica Today we wrapped up the first week of homeschool. BC passed his vocab and spelling tests. We also did some fun stuff for astrophysics, learning about star deaths. We went to the pool in the
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Homeschool And Haircuts Family Travel Life
In this series of days you’ll see some of the less glamorous realities of a family gap year, where we tackle homeschool and haircuts in our family travel life. Travel Log: Day 45 (8/11), Jaco Costa Rica We had a really good day today. It was the first day of homeschool and we got to
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International Cell Phone – Simple Verified Approach
A small but critical part of the research for international travel surrounded how to manage our cell phones. Our phone numbers are critical for all sorts of things. The least important of those is staying in contact with family friends. We could find ways to get in contact with them without our phones. The most
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Denver To Guam Marathon Travel, Costa Rican Plumbing
In this series of days I’m researching booking options for the upcoming Denver To Guam marathon travel to get my mom, dealing with Costa Rican plumbing, and we prep to start homeschool. Travel Log: Day 41 (8/7), Jaco Costa Rica I spent most of the day doing post-Japan research, but squeezed in a workout while
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
