Review: Bioluminescence Kayak Tour Near Auckland, New Zealand

by A Purple Life, posted in Reviews, Travel, Travel Reviews

One of my dreams has always been to see bioluminescence. I saw it in Seattle once and also very briefly during my trip to the Great Barrier Reef in 2023, but I’ve never had a full experience with it.

After visiting Australia in 2023 I went to New Zealand and stayed in Auckland for a few nights. While there I discovered that they have tours to kayak at night to see this bioluminescence. However, it was historically windy while I was there and all the tours were cancelled. Continue reading “Review: Bioluminescence Kayak Tour Near Auckland, New Zealand” →

Travel Delays In Retirement: Surprisingly, Not A Big Deal

by A Purple Life, posted in Musings, Travel

Travel delays are never fun but recently, I was reflecting on why I went from someone who was almost furious when delays happened to now being a chill little cucumber. And I think it all stems from retirement and my new freedom of time and money. So let’s get into it and see why travel delays suck a lot less in retirement.

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I Got A Homebase! (But Will Still Travel 1/3 Of The Year)

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Finance, Musings, Relationships, Spending, Travel

Well, it finally happened. But like a lot of things in life, how it happened was a complete surprise. Of all the reasons I suspected that I would settle down again, such as getting tired of traveling or wanting to create ‘roots’, FOMO was no where on that list🤣. But let me explain. Continue reading “I Got A Homebase! (But Will Still Travel 1/3 Of The Year)” →

My Packing List As A 5 Year, Full-Time Nomad

by A Purple Life, posted in Finance, Reviews, Spending, Travel

It’s finally here! Y’all have been asking me for literal years to write a post detailing my nomad packing list. I put it off because y’all requested, at minimum pictures and ideally video, and that sounded like a lot of work 😉 . But I finally found the motivation so it’s happening! Here is everything I pack to travel the world. Continue reading “My Packing List As A 5 Year, Full-Time Nomad” →

The Month Of Seattle: April 2025 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Keto, Net Worth Update, Taxes, Travel

2025 is 1/3 over and time is dumb 🙂 . The month absolutely flew by for reasons I’ll explain below, but in general it was nice to be back Stateside after spending the first few months of the year on the other side of the world. It was also lovely to land when spring had sprung in one of my favorite cities in the world. Let’s see what I got up to in April!

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Review: Singapore Air Economy Class – Singapore to Auckland, New Zealand for $37

by A Purple Life, posted in Reviews, Travel, Travel Hacking, Travel Reviews

This is the second part of a very long post about my experience flying 17 hours in Singapore Air Economy Class. In case you missed it, here’s the first part:

So let’s get back into it! When I left off, I had just finished a 7 hour layover in Singapore.

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Review: Singapore Air Economy Class – Tokyo, Japan to Singapore for $37

by A Purple Life, posted in Reviews, Travel, Travel Hacking, Travel Reviews

Surprise surprise – I’ve written a lot on this blog about Singapore Air Business Class, First Class and their First Class Suites, but until now I had never sampled their Economy Class product. That all changed this year 🙂 . So let’s dive into if Economy on this airline lives up to the rest of its plane classes.

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