This might have been the fastest month of my retired life. I had a great time, but fast travel is definitely not for me because while I had a lovely time, I can’t remember the last time I was this tired. It was probably during my career 4 years ago and I don’t like it! So let’s see what I did this month that was worth messing up my sleep schedule and my relaxed lifestyle 🙂 .
Continue reading “The Month Of The Solar Eclipse: April 2024 Recap”
I’m always curious about airlines I’ve never flown before. And in my typical neurotic fashion, I always search around to find reviews of new airlines before I fly them. So in the interest of helping anyone else that’s like me out there, this is my experience flying Air New Zealand for the first time. Continue reading “Review: Air New Zealand”
So I had heard that a must see when visiting New Zealand were the glowworms at Waitomo. It’s about a two and a half hour drive from Auckland and way back in 2018 when my Mom and I were originally planning this trip Down Under, we were going to rent a car and drive around New Zealand ourselves…on the left side of the road.
Well that was 6 years ago and since then, I’ve become a little less adventurous in the driving side of things and also bougier in general. So when we were re-planning this trip for 2023, we started talking about alternate ways we could see these worms! Continue reading “Review: Glowworm Waitomo & Ruakuri Cave Tour From Auckland, New Zealand”
When I announced that my partner hit his FI number on Instagram, someone commented (and I quote in its entirety): “Blog Post.” So here is “Blog Post.” I unsurprisingly vetoed using that as the actual blog post title, but here is my lovely Partner to tell you about his journey to FI, based on questions y’all submitted in my Instagram stories. Take it away my dude! Continue reading “My Partner Reached FI!!! A Q&A”
It’s been 3 years since I sold everything I owned and started living in Airbnbs. Every year, my thoughts, revelations and strategies for being a full-time nomad seem to change, so I like to record them here for posterity and in case they can help anyone else take full advantage of the awesome-ness that is long term stays. So let’s get into it! Continue reading “Lessons Learned After 3 Years Of Airbnb Nomad Life”
And with that, 1/4 of 2024 is complete. Wow. And I only got used to saying “2024” instead of “2023” recently. Oh well 🙂 . Anyway, let’s see what I got up to in March!
I’ve been racking my brain and I can’t for the life of me remember how Queenstown or Milford Sound originally made their way onto our New Zealand itinerary. I guess that just shows how many years this trip was in the works, even before we planned to (and obviously didn’t) take it in 2020.
But somehow, it remained on our itinerary for our parred down 2023 trip to Australia and New Zealand and I’m so glad it was! I absolutely love seeing natural wonders, especially since our world seems to be losing them at a rapid rate (thx climate change). And Queenstown was one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever been.
Continue reading “Review: Milford Sound Flight And Cruise Experience From Queenstown, New Zealand”
Welcome to my 4th International Slow Travel Review! I spent 6 weeks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México and want to share my experience with y’all. I originally heard about Puerto Vallarta (often abbreviated to its airport code PVR) from multiple queer friends saying it was a queer haven in México.
This intrigued me enough that I chose PVR as the destination for my 30th birthday celebration in 2019 where I played tourist for a week. I was happy to discover that PVR is the queer haven I had been told and that it’s also a gorgeous beach side town with turquoise water, an abundance of wildlife and delicious food. Continue reading “Slow Travel Review: Puerto Vallarta, México – The Land Of Beaches And Birds”