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You Had Me At Hello: Venice, Bali, Varanasi

November 28, 2021

This is the fourth post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …

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The Love of Small Things – settling into home after years on the road.

September 24, 2017

From Alison: August 31st was our six-year anniversary of becoming homeless and nomadic. Five years and nine months later, on …

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The End of an Era

July 2, 2017

Six years ago Don and I made the decision to sell our apartment and our car, sell or give away …

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Why The Best Travels Of My Life Started After Fifty

April 6, 2017

An article I wrote for Intrepid has just been published in The Journal, by Intrepid Travel. Head on over and …

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Time For a Time Out

March 5, 2017

It’s snowing. In Vancouver. In March. It has apparently been one of the worst winters in Vancouver in decades. Worst …

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Five Months In Vancouver: a long rambling story

November 21, 2016

31 May-31 Oct 2016. We haven’t had a home for over five years now. People ask us if we ever …

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#freshfish #icecream #sunsets #pelicans #paradise

November 14, 2016

4 April – 31 May 2016. On Mexico’s Pacific coast, eighty kilometres (50mi) north of Manzanillo is Tenacatita Bay. Where …

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An Oriole in a Hibiscus Tree – the beauty of La Manzanilla

November 4, 2016

4 April – 31 May, 2016. I’m snoozing on and off in the big luxurious padded seat. I’ve been writing …

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It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This!

September 6, 2016

For months now a post about the inner journey has been rumbling around inside of me trying to find a …

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Snail Mail

February 12, 2016

I’ve been on the move again. Ra, over at rarasaur has put together a series of articles called the Sonder …

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A Week to Arrive: creating a home in San Miguel de Allende.

January 21, 2016

14 January 2016. We had to be in Canada for two months after we returned from Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt …

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Do you want a home or do you want a life?

August 14, 2015

We were in our sixties and faced with the reality that we couldn’t have both. We didn’t see it with …

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This Nomadic Life – Guest Post and Interview

May 20, 2015

We are honoured to have been invited once again to write a guest post for Retirement and Good Living. This time …

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This Nomadic Life – To travel or not to travel?

January 13, 2015

In July 2014 Don suffered a burst disc in his lumbar spine. The injury was revealed by an MRI scan …

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