Below are the last 100 Earth Vagabonds blog posts, travel articles and stories. We publish at least twice a week.
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How we found summer airfare deals & Airbnb discounts
The rhythm of Rishikesh
U.S. debt default defense
You won’t believe the price of progressive eyeglasses with Crizal lenses in India
Debt ceiling debacle might leave budget slow travelers in a lurch
Kortn’s crib: Video tour of Rishikesh apartment
Unique yoga school in Rishikesh has excellent story
Mosquito mystery & massacre in Buddhist Bodhgaya
Vipassana meditation retreat as an American in India
Playa Balandra near La Paz has new tourism limits
What it cost us to travel in Asia for 1 year
Bodhgaya and the Buddhist Circuit in Bihar
Shanti India School in Bodhgaya is impressive
Varanasi cremations are intense experiences
Shocking loss of unlikely friend – the indigenous Ati Chief
A week in Kolkata
I’m a privileged hypocrite
The best momos (dumplings) in the world
Playing tourist in Kathmandu
Pokhara to Kathmandu for more views
Impressions of Kolkata
The happiest guy in Nepal
Slow travel cost to live in Rishikesh 1 month
Lovely mountain village near Pokhara, Nepal
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We are Ellen and Theo (Ellie & Tedly) – and we are experts at budget slow travel in early retirement. We are “Earth Vagabonds.”
Vagabond: (n) A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job. (adj) Having no settled home.
Instead of retiring and relocating to one specific place as many retirees do, we wander the planet. Full-time since 2015! It’s a travel lifestyle for us – we are way different than tourists. You could say we are on a never-ending holiday!
We retired early to travel the world while we still were young enough — and healthy enough — to easily do it.
But our methods shared on this site can also apply to people of traditional retirement age. After all – we all have a budget to stick to!
There are more than 750 pages on this site. We share a lot about how to live the budget slow travel lifestyle in early retirement, and we hope you find some of it useful.
Our mantra: Life is Now.
We hope to see you out here!