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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
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 shuttle ride was free of car sickness. Both AC and JC were a bit sick though. The shuttle driver was doing the classic continuous…
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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 afternoon and FAC followed. Travel Log: Day 50 (8/16), Jaco Costa Rica…
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Homeschool And Haircuts
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 put our plan to the test. We had a few glitches through the day. Examples are that we had some trouble getting assignments to flow to BC in Khan…
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International Cell Phone – The Simple And 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, Water Issues, And 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 the kids and JC were at the pool. I went full circle on this Guam stuff and now want to go to Guam after Japan, but in October. It also will be…
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The Correct Way To Notarize A Document
Hint, Not Here: More on notaries in Day 40 below. Travel Log: Day 38 (8/4), Jaco Costa Rica Today was leg workout day, and it went much better than last week. I think all of my struggles last week were probably due to recovering from my sunburn, which I still have peeling skin from. Also…
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July Gap Year Budget
July is our first full month of travel and is our first chance to see if the financial aspects of this trip are going according to plan. We projected expenses for the places we are traveling using numbeo, but the accuracy of that in practice is a complete unknown to us. Being in Costa Rica…
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Turtles And Amish Of Jaco
Travel Log: Day 34 (7/31), Jaco Costa Rica JC hit another breaking point with screens and wanted a no screen day. I’m always game for those, so we went ahead and did it. The kids, mostly BC maybe, act put out by this. In reality they come to life and thrive on it. I don’t…
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El Miro Abandoned Hotel, Mansion, Or Something
Travel Log: Day 31 (7/28), Jaco Costa Rica We didn’t leave the condo complex today, except for JC going for a walk. JC took the kids to the pool a couple of times, and I worked out while they were gone. I was really struggling, I think because it was leg day and I’m still…
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
