WanderALot
Traveling and living locally is an efficient way of seeing the world. You will get more bang for the buck since you will be approaching it as your lifestyle, not as a vacation.
Vacationing is a different mental framework and usually the trips are shorter term. We almost never go anywhere for less than a month at a time, so we get better pricing on housing, we have the choice of cooking at ‘home,’ and since we are not pressed for time, we use local transportation instead of renting a car to zip around. We get to know the locals and volunteer in local projects.
Billy and I have been living this ‘Global Resident’ lifestyle since 1991 and it has proven to be very rewarding.
DangerMouse
We just spent a year in Asia, 6 months in Mexico and the last 6 months in the States. Here’s an outstanding photo essay on Chihuly Glass in the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.
Enjoy the photos and travel stories!
Akaisha
Author, The Adventurer’s Guide to Early Retirement
I really admire people like MJ who can move some place for a long period of time. I think we would like to keep our home base and travel for 3 months at a time (get an apartment, live like a local etc). Doing volunteer work, going to an language immersion school or teaching English seems interesting. Anyone do this kind of travel?
Traveling and living locally is an efficient way of seeing the world. You will get more bang for the buck since you will be approaching it as your lifestyle, not as a vacation.
Vacationing is a different mental framework and usually the trips are shorter term. We almost never go anywhere for less than a month at a time, so we get better pricing on housing, we have the choice of cooking at ‘home,’ and since we are not pressed for time, we use local transportation instead of renting a car to zip around. We get to know the locals and volunteer in local projects.
Billy and I have been living this ‘Global Resident’ lifestyle since 1991 and it has proven to be very rewarding.
DangerMouse
I would love if those who travel would take the time to drop in and update us on their latest travels and share some pictures to remind us all of what is out there in the big world we exist in.
We just spent a year in Asia, 6 months in Mexico and the last 6 months in the States. Here’s an outstanding photo essay on Chihuly Glass in the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.
Enjoy the photos and travel stories!
Akaisha
Author, The Adventurer’s Guide to Early Retirement