We’re not light packers. We’re not heavy packers, either. Basically, all of our travel goods can fit in our 5 backpacks (and 3 daypacks). However, on our quick 2 week stint to Vietnam, we decided we didn’t want to take all of our luggage (and pay for it all, either). After all…we were staying in a hotel and wouldn’t be needing everything!  We cut our junk down to only 2 backpacks (and 2 daypacks), and after mentioning this...

I have good news, friends! We were recently featured in a brand new magazine, Real Family Travel Magazine, available exclusively on iPad Newsstand. Okay…so what’s the good news for you??!! The Editor of the magazine has given us a gift voucher to pass along to our readers for a 3 month subscription…no strings attached! For more information on how to claim your gift, please visit: http://realfamilytravel.com/freegift4u The...

Merida is a lovely town. Really, it is. Problem is, we didn’t really get to enjoy it. You see, just a few days into our trip, we found ourselves with a MAJOR crisis. Both my computer, and Jared’s computer, were DEAD. “Great! More time to vacation! Good riddance!”, you say?  I wish!!  The thing is, we fund our travels by running our business remotely, and it means that we absolutely, positively, have to be...

This is the post where I reveal some of our expat-living secrets that have helped us make a cushie adjustment to living internationally. Most of these extras obviously aren’t necessary for life fulfillment, but they do make every day life a little sweeter  SOOO many people have asked me about these tricks of the trade, so without further ado, here is the much-anticipated scoop! It all begins with this really really really fun...

Call me crazy, but I’ve always been into “natural” things. Perhaps it stems from the fact that I was the one child in my family who was born at home with a midwife. Not just any midwife, but a midwife who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and given 0% hope from the doctors. I was told as a child about this midwife, who after learning she was dying, had a dream one night where her grandmother appeared to her. Her...