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Category Archives: Practical information

What to do with your home while traveling long-term Header
5 February 2023 by Rieneke Elzerman
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What to do with your home while traveling long-term

One of the things to think about when you are planning to travel long-term is what you want to do with your home. Whether you rented or bought something, you call it home for a reason.…

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The Power of Slow Travel Rieneke Mui Ne Vietnam
1 February 2023 by Rieneke Elzerman
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The Power of Slow Travel

One of the things that nobody talks about is travel burnout. When you’re running around like crazy and filling your days with activities at some point it isn’t fun anymore. You don’t have the energy to…

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How to find good food Cooking Class Chiang Mai
28 January 2023 by Kenji Elzerman
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How to find good food

Before we left for our first world trip we had no idea what to expect, especially about food. It seems to be really important you eat on a daily basis. We had no practice or experience…

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26 January 2023 by Rieneke Elzerman
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Why You Should(n’t) Buy Travel Insurance

Before our first world trip, we had a lot of research to do. One of the items on our list was travel insurance. Did we need it and if so, where should we buy it? While…

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18 January 2023 by Rieneke Elzerman
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The best free travel apps

In this day and age, it’s hard to imagine there was a time we didn’t use smartphones to plan a trip. People going on a world trip in the 80s would bring a Lonely Planet and…

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Save Money while Traveling by House Sitting Gidget Rieneke
10 January 2023 by Rieneke Elzerman
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Save Money while Traveling by House Sitting

One of the things we spend a lot of money on while traveling the world is accommodation. And although some countries are cheaper than others, it’s still a big chunk of our daily budget. We started…

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Diving on your travels - Boots and sunshine
4 January 2023 by Kenji Elzerman
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Learn to Scuba Dive

It wasn’t something I ever thought of or wanted to do when we left in 2016, but around Malaysia, I got this crazy idea to learn to scuba dive. Because of Ramadan in Malaysia, it didn’t…

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27 December 2022 by Rieneke Elzerman
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Which Travel Vaccines Do You Need To Travel the World?

One of the things you have to think about in an early stage once you know you want to travel the world is travel vaccines. It’s one of those things people often forget or don’t want…

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Travel Tips Transportation Bikes Jakarta
15 December 2022 by Kenji Elzerman
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Travel Tips: Transportation

Something you always need when traveling is transportation. Think of a taxi, plane, boat, tuk-tuk, scooter, motorcycle, car, or bus. Doing everything by foot just doesn’t work. One time you have to go with a (small)…

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Travel Tips Navigate with Apps
9 December 2022 by Kenji Elzerman
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Travel Tips: Navigate with Apps

Navigating abroad can be achieved in four different ways: How We Navigate with Apps We hardly use maps anymore, except for subway maps. We put everything on our phones. There is an app Maps.Me, also called…

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