Announcing: Travel Tip Tuesdays! We thought we’d start a new tradition for the new year with a new travel tip every Tuesday. Now that we’re pros at being full-time travelers, we wanted to share the love and hopefully inspire you to do some traveling yourself! This week’s tip: what to do with your passport and other important documentation while traveling. Why does this matter?...
One might ask, how do you afford a leap year? We talk about this broadly in our FAQ, but I thought I’d dig a little deeper. While cost of living has been less expensive on the whole, things can get wildly expensive if we’re not careful. Cocktails are still ~$8-10 USD a pop and a pound of chicken at the grocery store is ~$5-7...
Here is the set of the video production yesterday, taken from the upstairs terrace. You can’t quite tell, but the guy in the black shirt at six o’clock is spraying “sweat” on the “icy cold” bottle of soda. Beautiful courtyard, huh? Today we walked more than eight kilometers, checking out different neighborhoods in Mexico City. We think we’ve found a place to live, so...
Here are our La Paz travel tips! As our two months here come to a close, we wanted to give a shout-out to some of the places we like and would recommend if anyone is visiting. It’s hard to keep the list short, but we tried. / ACTIVITIES & CULTURE / Roz in La Paz: Roz maintains a very comprehensive calendar of cultural events...
You may be wondering just what we’re doing with our time while we’re traveling full time. So here is a peek behind the curtain. / GENERAL LIFE STUFF / Some things don’t change. We do our laundry once a week, walk the dog three times a day, do the dishes, make our bed. Our rent includes cleaning service once a week, so that’s nice....
Sorry for the silence. Have been sick the past few days. The one good thing about this was seeing how great Mexican health care is. Chris has been so great taking care of me. (You’re the best, Chris.) I’ve pretty much been sleeping constantly since the 24th. I had a 103 degree fever, but no other symptoms. My dad took me to the hospital and...
Today is one of those days. For some reason, there are mosquitoes EVERYWHERE. But what matters is that we will win. We will win. #manversuswild UPDATE – Didn’t try the coil because the plug-ins worked great. The UltraThon lotion is very effective, but not appropriate for minor indoor use. The OFF! spray worked OK, but I ended up with skin irritation from reapplying too...
Today, Chris and I went with my dad to El Triunfo. It’s about an hour south and an old mining town, hence the big smoke stack. My dad was kind enough to buy us lunch porque no tenemos dinero! We opened a Schwab checking account because there are no ATM fees, which is an important feature when you are traveling abroad and need to use...
Here’s the official packing list. This part was easy; the hardest part was what to do with the stuff we’re leaving behind. / CHRIS / 4 t-shirts, 3 long-sleeve shirts, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of shorts, 1 hoodie 7 pairs of underwear, 7 pairs of socks, 1 bathing suit 1 pair of sneakers, 1 pair of walking shoes 1 waterproof rain jacket, 1 hat, 1...
Drum roll, please. WE RENTED OUR PLACE. But celebrated several days too early. Long story short, we had someone in the bag last Monday. Things were moving slowly, but our property manager told us they were signing the lease on Friday. So we popped the cork and celebrated… …Only to find out it fell through on Saturday morning. So after stressing and being mopey all Saturday...
