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Panama / Travel musings

HelpX: more real than an idyllic resort vacation

January 19, 2020February 14, 2020 - 12 Comments.

Hot, humid and sweaty – that’s Panama by the beach in January. But we’re not lying around sipping mojitos. Instead, we’re helping a guy named Gilbert, whom we met through HelpX.

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Costa Rica / Travel musings

Spotting wildlife is tricky business… for me

January 13, 2020February 14, 2020 - 12 Comments.

Despite my best, most concentrated and earnest efforts, I am terrible at spotting wildlife. And if you can’t spot wildlife in Costa Rica, where monkeys and morphos are everywhere, you’re very, very bad at it.

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Portugal / Travel musings

Long walks highlight the purrfect pet sitting day

November 8, 2019November 24, 2024 - 6 Comments.

Kathryn and Bill head towards the gate and the five dogs race after them, romping and wrestling and nipping at each other. They’re fired up for their daily long walk in the woods. “Nosher, are you coming?” Bill asks, as I saunter towards the gate.

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Travel musings

Boomerang kids and Rubbermaid bins: Getting ready to travel abroad is a full-time job

September 12, 2019November 24, 2024 - 13 Comments.

Keep, take, store, toss, donate, give away, sell? For every item in our home, including our home, we had to make decisions. We soon learned …

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