The first time we visited Sri Lanka in 2014, we fell in love with this small, pearl shape, multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual country at the southern tip of India. We spent 3 weeks here, mostly exploring the Southern part of…
From Bagan, we thought we might take a slow boat up the river to Mandalay, but then decide to take the short plane flight of 30 minutes, rather than spend 2 days on a boat. In addition, I (Peta) was…
We both contemplated a nomadic lifestyle for many years before we actually started our journey. One factor is that we both have had the experience, early on in our lives, of changing countries and living in different countries. (Peta from…
We get asked a lot of questions from friends and from those we meet along our travels, about our life as empty nesters on the road…. We were surprised to find out that the national organization of AARP (American Association…
After 6 years of living in Nicaragua and 20 months as global nomads (in Asia and Europe), we are about to kick off yet another phase in our Green Global Trek: We return to Chicago for a while (6 months?…
When you live nomadically, there are sometimes cross roads where the question of “Should I stay, or should I go?” yields muddled answers. And so it was for us with Portugal. We bounced back and forth between Portugal and Spain…
Seduced as we were during our first visit, by Lisbon’s urban kaleidoscope of ceramic tiled buildings, we want more! A return visit to Lisbon a month or so later, allows us to delve deeper into Portugal’s Azulejo (ceramic tile) culture……
Our stay in Granada is an opportunity to wink at our personal history. We were here, years ago, when early-on in our relationship, we seized every opportunity to travel together. We return to Granada thus with somewhat faded, but warm…