Budget slow travelers in early retirement
Budget slow travelers in early retirement
My parents taught me early on: never, ever knock someone’s home. Dad stressed that as he dropped me and my sister off at a home where we could be looked after while he and mom worked. We started going there when I was about eight years old, my sister about five. The house was lived […]
On a bike ride around Tulum last Sunday evening, I stopped at churches to listen to people celebrate faith in God. One church had a lot of singing and dancing and happy, loud celebrating. I could hear the song down then street because the speakers sent the music through the quiet night air. Another church
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A woman offered to clean my apartment for a reasonable price. She was sitting on the curb in front of my apartment building in Tulum, where the trash can is kept chained up. I didn’t know what she was trying to say. She kept saying “limpieza” and I hadn’t learned yet that’s the Spanish word
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A trip to Tulum in September can save money, because that’s “off season” for that part of Mexico. It is ridiculously hot and humid in the summer, and some of the rainy days in September and October can last days – literally – several days straight. However, the trade-off is more money in your pocket
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What does $11 a day in rent look like for me? Have a look.
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A dying cancer patient with no close family and a single woman just laid off from her job each reach life-altering decisions.
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