It’s been over a month since we left Colombia and all three of us really miss it. After our longest travel day by bus, right after crossing the border into Ecuador we noticed a difference in the people and the culture. Ecuador was calmer, more reserved, quieter. We admit there were times in Colombia we felt outside our comfort zones. We felt we needed to be aware of our …
Leaving Home
As we got closer and closer to leaving for a life of perpetual travel things got busier and busier. So much so, at the end of last week I felt a lot like I did the night I delivered Makai: exhausted, in shock and overjoyed all at once. We accomplished so much, tied up most of our growing loose ends. But we still didn't get everything we wanted to get done, done. Seriously, 2 …
Making decisions… like your life depends on it
What if we pursued every passion we had with the same commitment and urgency we would have if our life depended on the success of our pursuit? No time for pause or procrastination, this means your life. Would more of our dreams come to reality, would the life we dream become the life we are living? Would all the things we want to get done, actually get done? This is the …
The Start For The Expat Experiment
South America has always been the continent we wanted to visit first on our adventure. Where to start in South America has changed a few times. If we had sold our house 2 years ago it would have been Cafayate, Argentina or a year later would have put us in Ecuador. We searched Ecuador, from Otavalo to Cuenca then up the coast as far as Esmereldas and settled on …
Letting go: Selling our Stuff
We passed the 2 year mark for selling our home this past July. I can't believe it's been 2 years.... But recently we have been in negotiations to get the house sold. I don't want to be too optimistic but this is the closest we've been to selling in the 2 years, so we began to sell off more of her contents... Through this whole process we have been systematically …