Traveling From Vietnam To Thailand
We had a busy week of activity, and anchoring that activity was traveling from Vietnam to Thailand. However, there were a few other noteworthy events this week. You can see our plans for our upcoming South Africa leg getting blown up, and then maybe put back on the table in Day 206 below. There is…
War Remnants Musuem, Beach, and Vietnamese Kiss, Marry, Kill
This week had quite a bit going on, much of which was forced upon us since we had to leave our Airbnb for a few days. That turned out to be a welcome nudge though to get us out there seeing more in Vietnam. We visited a beach town called Vung Tau which you can…
Manila Philippines Expat Family Budget
After living in Manila for about a month, we have real world numbers showing the cost to live there full time. This Manila Philippines expat family budget is based on our family of four, and I will cover both renting and buying scenarios. In some past posts in this series I have avoided the buy…
Cu Chi Tunnels, Ho Chi Minh Sights, and AK47s
In this week of travel we fit in a lot of activity. Most notably we went on a tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels (day 194 below) where we got to experience what the VC fighters and locals had to endure during the war. On that tour AC also shot an AK47 which felt like…
December International Travel FIRE Budget
The month of December saw us staying largely in Manila Philippines. This location was shaping up to be a massive cost savings in our international travel FIRE budget. It really had everything going for it; extremely cheap lodging, transportation, and food. When we tallied the final numbers however, the savings were meager and the discomfort…
Exploring Ho Chi Minh City With An Overclocked Brain
This week we really got settled into our great Airbnb and the immediate surrounding area. Feeling comfortable with our surroundings, we started exploring Ho Chi Minh City. First up was the tallest building in Vietnam, and the 17th tallest in the world, Landmark 81 (Day 185 below). Next was a motorbike tour of food and…
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…
The Risks Of Manila – Creeps, Vanishing Kid, Getting Stranded
This week of travel was full of danger, risk and uncertainty. Reading back through these logs I can understand the stress we’ve all been feeling through the week. The events include a vanishing kid, as BC disappears into the thin air of manila (12/12 log). BC also encountered a creep on the playground (12/8 log),…
Manila Philippines Sucks In A Useful Way
Why did we make a stop to travel to Manila Philippines on our international gap year, given that it sucks? It’s a good question and I probably need to remind myself of why, because I keep asking the question, why are we here? Currently we are in the thick of our stay at Urban Deca…
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
