Category: Technology
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Diving Mauritius
As you can see, after all my whining and sadness, Dive Spirit Mauritius was able to get us in the water. However, before I inundate you with dive photos (someone got a dive housing for a better camera, yeaaaaa!) I have to pass on some photos I forgot to include in the first Mauritius blog.…
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10 Year Travel Anniversary
This week marks a fairly significant milestone in our retirement life. On November 7, 2013 we boarded a United Airlines flight with the final destination being Ambergris Caye, Belize. Our initial line when people asked what we were doing, we would say that we would give full time travel a go for 3 to 5…
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Travel Essentials
As the Christmas season rolls around I can’t help but notice the proliferation of articles on “The perfect gift for…..”. Whether it is the golfer, the outdoorsman, the photographer, or the traveller, it seems everyone has their own idea of what the perfect gift idea is. Don’t worry, I am not going to suggest a…
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Saying Goodbye
Hello and Happy Canada Day! It has been a while since our last post. The last couple of months have been quiet here on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. I have mentioned this before and it still bears out to be true. This type of travel is just living. It is not daily or…
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Living Without Power
Day 1 As I am typing this it is very dark and very hot. Due to a situation beyond our control we are sitting in the dark (except for a dozen valiant candles holding back the darkness) due to our electricity being cut off today. After returning home from yoga this morning we found the power…
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Panama City
Karen and I spent 7 nights in Panama City. Initially when talking to ex pats who live down here most were saying 2 or 3 days is good. However now having been there I have to disagree. We had 7 full days which in the end I found about a day and a half too…
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A Day in the Life
I thought it would be informative to give people an idea of how our days are spent. As I have said before, we are not touring all over the country doing the touristy thing most of the time. We are doing the same things people do all over the world every day. Just living. In…
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Top Ten List After 1 Year Abroad
Here we sit, one year on the road. I pondered several ways of commemorating this milestone date and have decided to go with a Top Ten list of things we have learned in the last year of roaming around Central America living out of a suitcase. Though the purpose of our journey has been to…
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Tech Challenges in Belize
Due to circumstances beyond our control we have been forced to learn more about internet connectivity in Belize. The resort we are staying in is having some challenges. One of which appears to be the ability to keep the free wifi we have become accustomed to up and running. It depends on who you talk…
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Diving Ambergris Caye
One of the joys of living on Ambergris Caye is the incredible close proximity of some great dive sites. Most of the dive shops on the island will come and pick you up from the closest pier to wherever you are staying and bring you to the dive shop and at the end of the…