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Slow travelers in early retirement
Hello! If you want to slow travel the world on a budget, you’re in the right place!
That’s our lifestyle since 2015, when we retired early.
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Earth Vagabonds are currently in the Philippines. Our latest blog updates are below.
We are constantly re-evaluating travel plans for the future.
We have a few helpful resources for the truly intrepid traveler. (And our blog updates cover the latest developments on Boracay Island.)
We live this lifestyle because we stay on budget. (Mostly.) The key to managing your money is to control your spending.
We offer lots of information on this site on how to save money and stretch money on a nonstop travel adventure.
We also reveal our expenses in monthly reports.
We retired early after many years of hard work, saving money, and making specific lifestyle choices back in the USA.
If we can do it – you can do it.
What does China plan to do in the West Philippine Sea?
COVID-19 cases grow, government restricts movement.
Continue Reading Parts of Boracay locked down for Holy Week 2021
Some thoughts on one full trip around the sun.
Continue Reading Earth Vagabonds slow travel pause hits 1 year
Jabs, beaches, and embassy bottle openers.
Continue Reading Vaccinations, Boracay, & embassy bottle openers
The latest effort to increase domestic tourism.
Continue Reading Swab tests nixed by Philippine feds, LGUs can still require
No one here gets out alive.
Ellen’s breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy in a foreign country was a difficult challenge during the third year of living a travel lifestyle in early retirement. But she made it!
We Earth Vagabonds enjoy helping people on our travels.
Whether it’s the Ati indigenous tribe in the Philippines, or refugees from the Middle East and Africa, or garbage pickers in Mexico — we believe everyone deserves respect, regardless of life circumstance, and we give back when we can.
We also are big believers in Kiva.org. (Hat tip to Theo’s mom Diane.)
We hope to inspire people for more authentic travel, instead of taking cruises and going to all-inclusive resorts. For us, slow travel on a budget is a more sustainable way to travel and really help local communities.
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