We must be nuts planning a trip over two years in the future. I’m hoping that once we’re on our way the 2+ year wait won’t be remembered as being sooo long. We’ll look back and see that we were smart to take the time to save up enough money so that we had a comfortable cushion, smart to … Read More
With only 2.5 years to go until our big getaway the time has come to begin planning. Ideally we would probably only save & plan for about a year, maybe a year and a half but we’ll be traveling with our young son and the timing is important. We decided that missing grade 4 would be the best for him. … Read More
We’re still so far out from the Trip, the Grand Tour we’ve labelled it. June 2016 is our planned departure. Wife, 9 year old son (he’s only 6 now) and myself will embark what we expect to be a 13 month, 30 country voyage. Yesterday I came up with a loose plan to save up enough money, enough to have … Read More
I came across an entry in Google + that I was just thinking about yesterday afternoon. How I no longer have any real distinction between work time and non-work time. The thought occurred as I was finishing up watching Pacific Rim (which was surprisingly good) in the middle of a Wed. afternoon. In the morning I had finished up a … Read More
As we plan our trip we try to keep a nice cup of realism brewing. Kept on the backburner, we don’t worry but do notice. Here’s a nice post by Peter from Nomadical Sabbatical. While you’re on his site take some time to enjoy his spectacular photography. I have been asked the question fairly frequently on my travels: What exactly … Read More
It seems that many Nomadics are also serious amateur photographers, some being very good. From time to time I’ll share some photography tips, mainly coming from the pros since I’m only a hack. Hope it helps with your own travel photography. Lighting is the thing. bad light = bad image. So much amateur travel photography seems to happen around … Read More
It all starts with the decision. My wife Baharak and I made a huge one a couple months ago. We want to see the world, we want to do it while we’re young enough and we want to share the experience with our young son. We decided that once Kasm finishes grade 3, which we think is an optimal time … Read More