New York City Skyline I’m not going to lie – living in New York City is expensive. The cost of living in NYC is 68% higher than the national average of the United States (and living in Manhattan is more than double the national average!). New York City is not...
Living in Medellin If you’ve seen Narcos or followed the history of the drug trade in Colombia at all, you probably have the wrong idea of what Medellin is like. Before I visited, I imagined a town devastated by the drug trade that was so much a part of it’s...
Buenos Aires Streetscape (Photo by CC Nestor Galina, Flickr) Intro Who hasn’t seen the movies and dreamed of spending time in Buenos Aires? It’s like the Paris of South America, full of culture and good food and beautiful buildings. Like New York City and...
Living in Sucre, Bolivia Sucre, the Bolivian capital city, rarely makes it onto the lists of the best places to live in South America, but those who dismiss it are truly missing out. A charming, colonial city brimming with history and surrounded on all angles by...
What Does it Cost to Live a Month on the Road in Northern California and Baja California I have long had a theory that many people could live a much higher quality, more interesting and fulfilling life on the road while staying in good quality vacation rentals than if...
Rescue Dogs in Their Crates at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport About to Go Home for the First Time Just before Jon and I left for our road trip across Canada and the United States I came across a plea on Facebook from one of my favourite charities, the Soi Dog...
See also: Photo: Le Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France Photo: Hong Kong from Victoria Peak Photo: Atlantic Portuguese Coast During our road trip we met up with some friends near Asheville, North Carolina that I knew from San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico, to go...
See also: Photo: Azenhas do Mar, Portugal Photo: Le Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France Photo: Fisherman Battles Harsh Conditions in Taiwan Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway at mile 176 in Virginia is famous mostly for its setting and beauty. Built in 1903 the...
