Live a Modern Fairy Tale Romance
WRITTEN BY MEGAN CLAIRE of MAPPING MEGAN Living on opposite sides of the globe, they met in Tanzania at the base of Mt Kilimanjaro. Their second date was in Edinburgh. […]
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Move to Spain – Our Family Dream Come True
CONTRIBUTED BY HEIDI AND ALAN WAGONER OF WAGONERS ABROAD Do you dream of living right on the Mediterranean? Of strolling along the beach every day? Of becoming fluent in Spanish? […]
Six Years as a Nomadic Photographer
INTERVIEW WITH GARY ARNDT OF EVERYTHING-EVERYWHERE Gary considered doing his PhD. Then he changed his mind. Instead, he sold his house in 2007 to travel the world. He started out […]
How to Cross Paths with Opportunity
INTERVIEW WITH KIM DINAN OF SO MANY PLACES Kim knows something important: that opportunity finds you when you put yourself out there. It likes to sweep in and rescue you when you have […]
Break Out of your Mind’s Prison
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Our mind has the power to lock us inside a mental or emotional prison that can very quickly keep us from living the life we WANT. […]
Around the World in 14 Months: Our Extended Honeymoon
INTERVIEW WITH MIKE AND TARA SHUBBUCK of TwoTravelaholics.com Why honeymoon for just a couple of weeks when you can do it for 14 months and see many of the places […]
Canadian Homestay Changes my Life
CONTRIBUTED BY ANONYMOUS Have you ever been so committed to something that you’d dedicate your childhood to creating the foundation that may one day make it possible? That’s exactly what […]
Earn a Living by Pursuing your Bucket List
CONTRIBUTED BY LESLEY CARTER of Bucket List Publications How would you like to earn a living by pursuing your Bucket List? That’s what Lesley Carter of Bucket List Publications decided […]
Perform Global Random Acts of Kindness
CONTRIBUTED BY EXPLORAMUM & EXPLORASON This inspiring Australian mom and son duo are travelling the world, helping the needy as they go. Aged 51, Exploramum decided that NOW is the […]
Unexpected Challenges on the Road to Financial Independence
WRITTEN BY AKAISHA KADERLI of RetireEarlyLifestyle.com Everyone thought they were crazy. But, with all of their possessions sold, there was no going back. Gulf War or not, Akaisha had to get on that […]
How We Prepared for Financial Independence and World Travel
WRITTEN BY AKAISHA KADERLI of RetireEarlyLifestyle.com Retirement expert, Akaisha, details the internal struggle of selling absolutely everything they owned, only to find their plans scuppered by the start of the […]
Adopt a Homeless Person
CONTRIBUTED BY KADEK ANIS How would you react if you came across a malnourished homeless woman whilst trekking through the mountains? Would you walk on by? Or would you welcome […]
Build a Life of Harmony in Bali
CONTRIBUTED BY KADEK ANIS Anis lost her father at the age of four, was abandoned by her mother from age 10-14, and became widowed by the age of 30. Despite […]
Open a Yoga Retreat on a Thai Island
CONTRIBUTED BY TERESA KENNARD Open a yoga retreat on a tiny Thai island? It’s the stuff dreams are made of! This couple has actually made it happen. Find out how… […]
How and Why we Retired at 38
WRITTEN BY AKAISHA KADERLI OF RetireEarlyLifestyle.com This incredibly inspiring couple has done what most of us only dream about because it’s widely considered impossible. They retired at age 38! That […]
Stay for Free (or…) in 140+ Countries
INTERVIEW WITH NICO SCHNEIDER OF STAYDU Welcome to a new website that’s tapping into what might just be the future of ‘real’ travel. It’s still early days, but this new contender […]
How I Bought a House in London with Just £7800
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS When you’re living in London (UK), a city where it normally costs less to pay a mortgage than it does to pay rent, how do you […]
Words of Wisdom from a 95 Year-Old Who’s Still Motorhoming Australia after 32 Years
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS David was one of the men we met prior to Wodara ever being an inkling in my mind. He’s one of the people who, unbeknownst to […]
Move to Qatar – Our Family Adventure
CONTRIBUTED BY JAMIE When lots of families with two young children are working hard to keep a comfortable, manageable routine, this inspiring family has instead opted to throw off the […]
Listen to your Wake-up Call
WRITTEN BY BETSY AND WARREN TALBOT OF MARRIED WITH LUGGAGE We are a recovering, 40-something, Type-A couple who learned that living large is not necessarily living well. We did all […]
Hike Newfoundland’s Gros Morne
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What’s it like to hike one of Canada’s most famous mountains? To hike for eight hours over dangerous scree into a climate of challenging proportions? And […]
Live on a Tiny Thai Island
CONTRIBUTED BY DAN KELSO (via personal interview in Thailand) What’s it like to live on a tiny Thai island that is famous the world over for diving? What’s the cost of living? […]
Sell Your House and Travel the World
WRITTEN BY CAROL VANDERWILP of the TRAVELLING MUDSKIPPERS What do you do when you have a house that’s anchoring you down and limiting the quality of your life? This brave 40-something couple from Canada […]
Rehabilitate Monkeys in South Africa
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL OMO-BARÉ What’s it like to visit a remote part of South Africa and volunteer at a monkey rehabilitation centre? What are your duties whilst there? What are the […]
Earn Well on a Working Holiday in Sydney
CONTRIBUTED BY DAN KELSO (via personal interview in Thailand) Maybe you want to travel the world but don’t have the money. You might want to consider a working holiday in Sydney to […]
Volunteer to Teach Orphans in India
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL OMO-BARÉ After being raised in foster care, Michael knows first-hand how one person truly can change another’s life! He is now pursuing opportunities to give back what was […]
WWOOF (safely) in Sicily
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What’s it like to WWOOF on an organic farm in Sicily? (What is WWOOFing anyway?) Does it always go the way you expect? What happens when it […]
Trek Deadvlei
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS It’s often so very hard to access truly isolated parts of the world. It’s harder still to access true desert landscape! It often takes days of difficult […]
Tent New Zealand
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Most people choose to hire a campervan when they travel New Zealand. Not this couple. They chose a tent! Two months later, here’s their story, including a […]
Elope on Whitehaven Beach
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What does it take to elope on one of the most beautiful and photographed beaches in the world? What is it like to fly by seaplane to […]
Sunrise on Dune 45
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What does it feel like to trek up one of the highest dunes in the world? What does it feel like to sit on the top and […]
Overland Safari Through Africa
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS There are many ways to go ‘on safari.’ But there is nothing quite like the raw, hot, dusty adventure of an ‘overlanding’ safari! See what it’s like […]
Teach English in South Korea
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What is it like to teach English in South Korea for a year? What is it like to live in a country whose language you can’t even […]
Dig Clams on Canada’s East Coast
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Digging for clams is one of those fabulously fun and tasty family activities that can only be done in a few select parts of the world. Eastern […]
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