The cost of eating out in Bangkok can be less than cooking at home. My post on our apartment in Bangkok (our apartment blog post) prompted some questions about the other costs of living here. In particular, people wanted to know about the cost of … [Read more]
Ha Long City Vietnam – Mega Tourist City in the Making or Real Estate Bust Waiting to Happen?
In our travels so far, we have seen numerous huge modern engineering projects, buildings, and construction. Asia has 15 of the 20 tallest buildings in the world, the Three Gorges Dam in China is the largest dam in the world, the 50km (31 mile) long … [Read more]
Ha Long Bay Vietnam Cruise
Ha Long Bay Vietnam has been recognized as one of the seven natural wonders of the world, I can see why! We spent 3 days and two nights on a small cruise ship among the islands and then stayed 5 nights at an Airbnb in Ha Long City itself. This is one … [Read more]
Our apartment in Bangkok – What we get for $508 USD per month
We just signed a one year lease on an apartment in Bangkok. This is a little change from our original plans to travel slowly, spending one to six months at a time in a location before moving on. After looking at things, we think we will spend less by … [Read more]
A Day at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center
The Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) is in Lampang, Thailand, about an hour and a half drive from Chiang Mai. The TECC is the only government owned and operated elephant camp in Thailand. It offers a variety of activities from month long … [Read more]
Exploring Angkor World Heritage Site
The Angkor World Heritage Site in Siem Reap, Cambodia is one of the most incredible places we have visited. Before visiting, I had heard of Angkor Wat – a large temple – and knew that parts of the Angelina Jolie movie, Tomb Raider, were filmed at the … [Read more]
Our Slow Travel Lifestyle Plan – What are we doing? How much will it cost?
It has been eleven months since I turned in my resignation at work and we left to travel the world continuously. So far so good! We have had some great experiences, seen a lot of things, and met some great people. Beyond stating that we plan to … [Read more]
Longhaired People of Longshen China
The Red Yao people have lived a unique lifestyle in the mountains near Guilin, China for thousands of years. They wear distinctive colorful clothing, but are most known for the long hair of the women. On our way to the Longshen Rice Terraces we … [Read more]
Longsheng Rice Terraces
We ended our 48 days in China with our most touristy few days of our whole trip based out of Guilin. Situated on the Li River in Southern China. The metropolitan area is home to about 5 million people. It is a very popular tourist destination and is … [Read more]
A Week in Anren Ancient Town – Chengdu, China
Our stay for a week in Anren Town, Chengdu was a pleasant surprise and very interesting. Our 48 day trip through China was fairly busy. Our master retirement plan is to travel the world slowly, spending months in each area or city. However, in China … [Read more]
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