Visiting Family Southland bound – We heading south to visit family and to take the opportunity for a road trip around the bottom of the south and ending back up to Queenstown. Invercargill was our destination for family catch up and then we headed to ‘lands end’ before taking in the views around Lake Manapouri and […]
Is Middle Age Just a Number Okay, we’re both in our early 50’s. When we first started researching everything there is to know about long term travel, nomads, backpacking or budget journey’s, there were a whole host of YouTube videos on ‘twentysomething backpackers’ and how to make the most out of hostels, drinking and the […]
“The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life – it’s so easy to make it complex” So Could You Do It? When did life become so complex? It could be when you buy your first property or when you have children, when you get a pet or when you get your […]
Everything you need to know about vaccinations The goal posts keep changing when it comes to finding out what vaccinations are required. That’s why it pays to go to a clinic which specialises in overseas travel. They have the up to date information on the warnings and outbreaks around the globe. It’s not cheap but […]
Waiting, waiting, waiting And so time marches on and we watch the days and weeks tick by. There has been some progress being slowly made behind the scenes to make this happen. After what seemed like an eternal holding pattern, we’re getting closer to being ‘flight ready’. Now that our one way tickets to the […]
Turning the Dream Into Reality I can’t pinpoint the moment that we sat down and said ‘buggar it, we’re outta here’. We spoke about it for so long, dreaming, researching and watching endless Youtube channels. We have been through so many scenarios in our heads that it would be easy to focus on just one of […]
Of course one of the first things you have to figure out if you are going to embark on such a life changing journey is ‘how can we fund this new lifestyle’. As previously mentioned, we will have to be careful with our budgeting so that we can make the most of our time away […]
So your teenage daughter or son wants to do their OE around South East Asia. It’s a ‘right of passage’ after all. So they might finish their job or schooling, arrange Travel Insurance (hopefully), get their jabs (hopefully), load up the backpack and they are off. So what if you’re in your 50’s, the list […]
People travel the world and often haven’t explored their own backyard. Sometimes it’s good to peel back the layers of surrounding area close to home and discover just how lucky we are. Our trip to the Manukau Heads Lighthouse and Awhitu Regional Park made for a great day out yet all within an hours drive […]