Category
I can still remember my first year retiring to the Philippines like it was yesterday. I had already made several small short trips to check out the things like the cost of living, the culture and language. I felt fairly…
Continue reading
The idea of retiring to the Philippines is not something that comes up when a person is thinking about where to retire. Most retirees from western countries are generally satisfied living out the rest of their lives in their home…
Continue reading
Anybody who has ever flown, knows of the frustration and stress a traveler experiences after deplaning and waiting for their luggage. It seems like hundreds and hundreds of suitcases and various boxes go by and none of them are yours….
Continue reading
One of the biggest issues many fans of the GoPro action camera series have had is getting quality audio from their GoPro cameras. As a long time GoPro user, I have to honestly say that with the GoPro Hero 8…
Continue reading
Before we talk about the keys to long term travel, we must first define what long term travel is. Long term travel is traveling for extended periods of time, from a couple of months to years. Yes, believe it or not,…
Continue reading
Just an hour’s drive outside the city limits of Chicago is Illinois Beach State Park. What really makes this state park so unique is it is the only remaining beach ridge shoreline left in the state, with dunes and swales,…
Continue reading
When I was in the Phlippines, last year I took a trip to Mambukal Resort. Mambukal Resort is located just outside Bacolod City in the town of Murcia. This Philippine mountain resort sits at the foot of Mount Kanla-on which is…
Continue reading
Just outside the city of Bacolod, in the Negros Occidental providence, at the Silay International aiport is a quick 50 minute flight that lands us in the Aquino International Airport in Manila. Before there was the pandemic there was six…
Continue reading
We have all become discouraged at one point or another, and we all have had to find ways to over coming discouragement. Even now as the world fights the pandemic a world traveler such as myself is discourage as travel…
Continue reading
Today I want you to seize the day! Here is five ways one can seize the day. Carpe Diem or seize the day is a Latin term for pluck the day or as it is commonly referred to seize the…
Continue reading