Six months ago last week we arrived in Miami to begin our Expat Experiment. I can’t believe it’s been six months since we left Canada with little in the way of money and possessions but filled with excitement and grand expectations. I've started this post and deleted it many times not being sure of the story I wanted to share. Lately bits of fear and doubt have started to …
Visiting South Lake Tahoe | How We See and Experience More and Stay on Budget
We are budget travelers so we look to save wherever we can when we take a trip. We look for ways to see a destination efficiently to save vacation time and money. Most people plan activities in a destination before they travel. We like to check out the destination before solidifying our travel activities. Doing this ensures our money is well spent. Taking advantage of local …
South Lake Tahoe: Why we Choose to Stay Like a Local
We had never used AirBnB for accommodation before we started traveling perpetually. We first considered them because their entire-place rentals offered the most value for the money. Airbnb Makes Travel Affordable I have done a lot of reading and research on great destinations in the States for my writing assignments. I have started to plan trips for us to the locations I …
Otavalo: a Tale of Two Waterfalls
Otavalo is a city nestled between three volcanoes in the Andes of Ecuador. You can clearly see the volcanoes from the center of town and the view stopped me in my tracks more than once as we explored the city. We rented an Airbnb apartment for three weeks in downtown Otavalo and had a view of two of the volcanoes, Imbaburu and Mojanda from our fourth floor walk-up. We …
The Best Yet: South Americas Largest Market
When our our plan to sell it all and travel was first hatched our starting point was going to be Ecuador. So many things about Ecuador appealed to us: Eternal spring weather, the Andes, the ocean, rain forests, and islands. Ecuador has so much natural and cultural diversity it seemed the perfect country to start our expat experiment. Our plan changed course as the wait …