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Northern Thailand – National Parks, Waterfalls and Temples

January 16, 2024November 6, 2024Susan
Buddha at Wat Ban Den

During our three weeks in Chiang Mai we made two excursions into the countryside as well as our day trip to Chiang Rai.  The first one was to the Doi Inthanon National Park, one of the most popular national parks in Thailand Read more →

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Chiang Rai, Thailand

January 10, 2024November 6, 2024Susan
The White Temple

Chiang Rai is 3 hours north of Chiang Mai and in hindsight we should have come up here for two or three days.  Instead, we hired a driver and made it a one-day trip from Chiang Mai.  Read more →

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6 Years a Nomad

January 5, 2024November 6, 2024Susan

With 2023 behind us we are marking another nomadic anniversary!  On December 31 not only did we ring in the new year, we celebrated the 6th anniversary since we left our home on Grand Cayman to live a life of home free travel.  We have been traveling for 72 months or 312 weeks or 2,190 days!!!  Read more →

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

December 30, 2023November 6, 2024Susan

Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia and one of the fastest growing cities is Asia with over 2 million residents in the city proper, and 8 million people living in the metropolitan area.  This city is home to the tallest twin towers in the world, Read more →

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Singapore

December 23, 2023November 6, 2024Susan
Early morning at Marina Bay

It’s been a few years since we were in Singapore, 9 years actually, and for some reason I always think that Singapore is not far from Australia.  That thought was squashed when I realized our flight from Sydney Read more →

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Batemans Bay, Australia

December 15, 2023November 6, 2024Susan
The town of Batemans Bay across the water

Several years ago we became online friends with fellow nomads David and Di, and in the fall of 2018, we were all in the UK at the same time and arranged to meet in person.  We became fast friends and promised to meet again Read more →

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Sydney, Australia

December 12, 2023November 6, 2024Susan

Sydney, Australia was the culmination of our 31 day cruise crossing the Pacific, all the way from Vancouver, Canada.  It was fun to get up and see the city lights and the familiar outline of the magnificent Sydney Opera House as we cruised into port at 5:30am.  Well…it turns out that it was 4:30am because I forgot to turn my clock back the night before 🤔 Read more →

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Cruising for 31 days

November 8, 2023November 6, 2024Susan

Cruising is not a regular way of travel for us, in fact this is only our second cruise and our first one was also a one way journey.  That first cruise in late 2018 was 15 days long and took us from Rome, Italy to Abu Dhabi, UAE Read more →

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Welcome! We are Blair and Susan, home free nomads since January 2018

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We are touring the North island of New Zealand until March 31 after which we fly to Sydney, Australia and tour the East coast for 3 months.

“My life was so Good, that I would do it all again.  One Life is not Enough”

My friend, Bruce Goodall,  who passed away in August 2024

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” 

Saint Augustine

“Traveling-it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller” 

Ibn Battuta

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For our penultimate evening in Kuala Lumpur we enj For our penultimate evening in Kuala Lumpur we enjoyed dinner with friends at the Skybar in Traders Hotel. Simply the best views of the Petronas Towers 💕

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