Tag: house sitting
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Valparaíso, Chile
As we returned from Rapa Nui we had one more Chilean city on our list to visit, Valparaiso. It is a unique and quite interesting city. For me the biggest attraction was the fact that nearly all the locals we met in Santiago told us not to bother with going there because it was dirty…
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Diving Jeju Island, South Korea
Once we arrived on Jeju Island for our 4 week house sit we started checking out in more detail what we might do while we were here. As it turns out there is a fairly healthy diving community and to top it off dives are reasonably priced, so we were in. This was also the…
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A Month on Jeju Island
We have been fortunate enough to have secured a 4 week house sit on Jeju Island off the south coast of South Korea. This is much more our style and speed of enjoying an area. We are loving our time here. The current heat wave makes it a bit challenging but still a wonderful place.…
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Our BC Winter
Currently, Karen and I are looking after a lovely pup in Kelowna, British Columbia. It may not be the most adventurous destination, but it holds some definite advantages. The biggest one for me is reminding me that a winter in BC can be quite nice. We spent the month of February on Vancouver Island and…
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Winter Sacrifices
As we were out walking the dogs this morning Karen commented that by the time we head to Mexico at the end of November we will have been on a 7 month solid run of house sitting. This has consisted of 7 sits in 3 countries, with 3 of the sits being repeats with home…
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An 11 year Reminiscence
As I was relaxing on the back deck of our beautiful current house sit in Kelowna, British Columbia listening to a book, Karen commented to me that we were coming up on our 11th year of being ‘retired’ from our careers. This gave me pause to consider that statement. If you are a person who…
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Hurricane Beryl
Hurrah!! After 12 days we finally have internet again. As we were preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in our house sit on the island of St. Vincent we didn’t realize the biggest hardship we ourselves would face would be 12 days of no or very intermittent internet service. Fortunately for us that was…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
So here we are on the island of St. Vincent in the tiny Caribbean country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Honestly we never really had considered this as a possible destination, however when we were referred here for a two month house sit it was obviously meant to be. With my camera housing leaking…
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An English Layover
After our 15 day cruise on the Queen Mary 2 we were looking forward to a 15 day stop over in southern England. Karen had worked her scheduling magic and had us set up with a new and unique house sit followed by a repeat sit for a fantastic couple we first met in October…
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House Sitting in Abu Dhabi
We were so excited to be confirmed for our house sit in Abu Dhabi. It has provided us with the excuse to explore an area of the globe that we had never experienced. The good news is we have absolutely no regrets. As we were here for the purpose of house sitting, most of our…