We love to travel and explore foreign landscapes, discover new and interesting animals and plants, swim with exotic sea creatures and meet people who are different from us. Writing about our adventures and taking photographs is one of the ways we keep in touch with our family and growing circle of friends and fans.
There are lots of travel blogs that show you places you can go. We help you put yourself in the picture by sharing all the lessons we have learned from almost continuous travel. We reveal our secrets for affordable ways to travel more, stay longer and have experiences most tourists miss.
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Ten Things to Know Before Traveling to Ubud
If you are looking for an untouched paradise on the edge of civilization, Ubud no longer qualifies. This also means Indonesian dishes, pizza, vegetarian, vegan and raw food restaurants are all available, it is easy to procure various means of transportation, and lodgings to fit most budgets can be booked online.
Visiting La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Discover why you must visit the La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica with our complete guide with photos, waterfall gardens map and tips to make the most of your visit.
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Trials On The Art Trails- in Western Australia
It has been fun attending the Plantagenet Pottery Group, here in the local shire. (Shire is like a county, American folks). I was fortunate to arrive in time to catch the tail end of people making sculptures for the annual art trails exhibition and was encouraged to...
Australia Wild: The Untimely Death of a Bobtail Lizard
When Laurie heard Chienne barking and went to investigate she came upon a frightening sight. The little terrier was face to face with a lizard that belonged in the reptile house of some zoo. At least sixteen inches long with a fat, heavy body and a purple mouth, the...
Learning to Speak Australian
One of our decisions regarding house sitting was to start with English speaking countries until we were more comfortable with the process of moving about the world. We did want to see the world though, so Australia was a great choice for a house sit. Now that we are...
Long Road to Oz
We have had a busy month full of changes and too much for one post, but I will do a recap of our travels for those who want to read a lot. Then get more into what it is like here, in Kendenup, in the next post. We left Boston, after a quick visit to Portland, Maine,...
Tourist or Resident? Housesitter…uh huh, uh huh!
I took a break from writing while playing tourist, using our City Pass to visit sites in and around Toronto. The pass is good for 9 days, so we had to cram it all in, even with our leasurely two months of time here! As we visited the big ciy, at first I was pretty...
Our Simple Housesitter Web Site Helps Us To Stand Out
By having a simple Wordpress blog set up as a house sitter web site, we are able to more easily show off our abilities, our experience, our qualifications and our personalities. Providing more information than we can fit in our profiles on the house sitting web sites,...
Serene Beauty of Humber Arboretum
The Humber Arboretum is an enchanting mix of natural areas and cultivated gardens. We saw Lavender, Peonies in a dozen colors, Pentstemmon, 3-foot tall Drum Allium, and huge Rhodedendrons, which seem to do really well and grow to enormous size in Ontario.
A to Z Appreciations
We love finding ways of focusing on the things that we appreciate and are grateful for. We find that the more we notice what we like and enjoy, the more we find to appreciate and every moment is more positive. See what we mean with this game.
Magical Time?
A good number of friends have expressed awe, appreciation, even envy over what we are up to. Depending upon my mood, I have different reactions. My most sarcastic response is something like this "You too can lose your house and most of your income and live this...
That Being and Doing Thing
How do I value myself? I am certainly not the first to notice that we tend to evaluate our own worth by our ability to contribute or produce in the world. And, lately, I have gotten a lot of appreciation for doing meaningful work, supporting service...
I Am In A Foreign Country!
This weekend is the unofficial beginning of spring in Canada because tomorrow is Victoria Day, and this weekend Canadians tend to head for "cottage country" to begin the summer parties and outdoor play. Last week the neighbor called to warn us the liquor store...
Time Traveling to Massachusetts
Our cross country trip from West to East meant that we lost time almost every day. Fortunately we had three secret weapons that kept us going and made each day a new adventure.
Traveling from Santa Rosa CA to Portland OR
As I sit in Ontario Canada on a bit of a grey day, it seems a good time to get started sharing about this experience. I am choosing to start with the travel. The history of the decision to do this is vast and will fill in on other sections of our blog as time allows....
Lost and Found
Finally settled into our family home base in Holliston, MA. Neil's dad is comfortably set up in the downstairs apartment they created for him just six weeks ago. We arrived a few days ago from Santa Rosa, CA with a short detour to Portland, Oregon to see our kids....
First stop, Portland OR
left our grown up kids in Portland, after a nice three days. Tonight we are headed for bed in Boise, Idaho. Next stop, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Read Next
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Laurie and Neil gave away or sold 99% of their possessions for a new life as international travelers. They share the secrets of how they turn limited resources into a life of unlimited fun and adventure. Read more
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