We are done our road trip! When we dropped off our car in Seattle we got the grand total for miles driven on the west coast which was 3624km. Add that to the 804km we drove in Florida and you get 4428km, that's a lot of driving. To pick up where we left off last time, we were headed north along highway 101. The drive was great but a little tiring at times with all the winding up and down hills and mountains. The coast along Northern California was rough and rugg...

I have a confession to make. I don't wanna leave the US. I am addicted to Trader Joe's. When I first heard the name, I thought it was a Canadian Tire equivalent. But TJ's is a humble Whole Foods. They have amazing organic food at great prices. I have been doing research to see if they have any locations in Canada, and it turns out that they don't and they aren't planning on it either :( Is it so much for a girl to ask??? I just want great food at a great price....

Budget Once you know where and for how long you want to travel for, the next planning task that needs to be nailed down is a budget. Some may argue that this should be the first step in the planning process however it's pretty hard to set a budget if you don't know what you want to do! The way we came up with our budget was to use some of my past travels as a guideline. Here are some general criteria to set.Level of accommodation requiredLevel of dining req...

We have been super busy driving from one place to another and visitng many great family members!!! The following is the chronological order of what we have been up to in the last two weeks: - LA: The total time to get to LA from our place on Caye Caulker Island was over 18 hours. This included a water taxi, a regular half broken taxi, 2 flights, a shuttle bus and the ride in our rental car. The only things we wanted to do on our first day in LA were: Laundry (A...

This will be a multi part post on how to come up with a plan to travel the world for the long term. Hopefully this will provide people with a framework which they can use to realize their own travel dreams. Why Travel For The Long Term? Before going into how we planned for this trip I'd like to first share some of my own thoughts on long term travel, careers and life in general.Family and good friends will always be in touchAt work, no one is irriplaceabl...