I make no bones about it folks. I have been really out of sorts for the past 153 days, since I got stopped in Texas on my way to Mexico. The Airbnbs I have lived in during that time have been nice, and in different times I am sure I would have enjoyed myself immensely….
Category: Travel Minutia
In Montrose: this is a pretty neighborhood
Today I decided I had better just stop playing Stardew Valley and get back to blogging. I was surprised to see that I had never finished this post. So I am going to get it done now, though it should have been finished a month ago. I will expand it to include the days since…
Nomad Interrupted
So, you might have noticed that I haven’t been posting lately. Well, don’t worry Covid19 hasn’t gotten me, but it has tossed a big monkey wrench into my plans. When last we met, I had just returned from a trip to the Galápagos Islands. As it turned out the rains, which had delayed my return…
Truth in Visa: Peru
I was noodling around on the Arequipa Expat’s Facebook page yesterday, when I read a post one woman had written about having only been given a 90 day visa, when she came into the country, though she had received 183 day visa in the past. Before coming to Peru, I researched as much as I…
A Year of Nomad Travel: The Spreadsheet Edition
When I first started planning to travel the world I found a great website called A Little Adrift. It is a great resource, and Shannon’s books are well worth buying. One of the best things Shannon has is her travel spreadsheet, which you can download for free. To get your own click here. Thanks Shannon!…
Kicking around the apartment in Arequipa, Peru.
If you are bored by minutia, stop reading now. This post is dedicated to the minutia of daily life living in different country than the one I was born and raised in. I know that it has been quite a long time since I posted anything to my blog, but I do have a good…
Heading back to the USA
Well, my visa ran out.
A Year in a Life of a Nomad
One Year, 12 Months, 365 Days, 8,765.82 hours, 525,949.2 minutes, or 31,556,952 seconds: It is all relative. August 20, 2018, I boarded a flight bound for the mainland, leaving Hawaii behind, after it had been my home for thirteen years. Face it, I was on the run. I was running away from financial pressures. I…
Adventures with Airbnb
I have a great niece. When she graduated from her masters program, the two of us flew to Paris for a celebratory vacation. I tell you, the best way to enjoy the museums of Paris is to go with a Forensic Archeologist. My niece planned what we did in Paris. My job was to get…
How I Pick a Temporary Home
For those of you, who haven’t been following my story: I was set up to head out on a wonderful year of traveling, after my retirement, when I was hit by some financial reversals. My home was already on the market, and I was nearly done with getting rid of almost everything I owned. Suddenly,…