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Swimming With The Sharks
“Snorkeling sounds like fun honey. Why don’t you go first” While we’d figured out how to visit the Maldives on a budget, we knew we’d be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn’t get out to see the amazing blue water that the destination is known for. Besides, we’d saved so much on our accommodations,…
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It’s easier to get things done with kindness than commands
It was the first time I’d seen a tour director and a coach driver yelling it out, and this was a seasoned tour director, at least that’s what she told me. She shared with me that she’d been to one of America’s premier tour schools and that drivers work for you. What I know, and…
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Living Free and Getting Paid
I’d planned to spend the summer in Seattle at the same place I did last year. It was a cozy studio directly across the street from Pike’s market. In just two minutes, I could be shopping at my favorite fruit and vegetable stand or picking up my mail at Wanderers’ mail service. Bus and…
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What do I even know about the Maldives?
The Maldives had been on my list for a long time, but we almost skipped them as we were getting a little travel weary after two months of moving every few nights. In the end, I figured I will never be closer to them than I am now as I’d just finished two weeks around…
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My Portable Kitchen for Cooking while on the Road
Because I spend months at a time on the road, food expenses are bound to be a major part of my budget. Not only does dining out add up economically, it adds to the waist line as I tend to eat more when I go to a restaurant than I would if I was at…
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Driving on the Wrong Side of the Wrong Road in Thailand
Picking up our rental car from Chiang Mai Airport The fact that my phone announced “the GPS signal has been lost” before we even left the rental car center should have been a harbinger for things to come. I wasn’t in a position to appropriately heed the foreshadowing because all of my attention was focused…
