Below are the last 100 Earth Vagabonds travel stories and articles. We usually try publish at least twice a week.
We are currently in East Asia.
Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Ellen
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Last 100 articles, posts & travel stories on budget slow travel
Looking into North Korea
Kortn’s Crib: Airbnb rental in Seoul
Ancient city wall around Seoul for older budget slow travelers
What it’s like for a traveler near the Korean border in these crazy times
Korean DMZ: What it’s like and how to save money getting there
Feeling human in Hahoe Folk Village
Gyeonju – Land of kings & Buddhas for budget slow travelers
7 Great reasons budget slow travelers should visit Busan, South Korea
Back on budget in Busan
Breast Cancer ‘Detection’ Month
‘Eating the dogs’ in South Korea
‘Kortn’s Crib’ in Busan, South Korea
Busan is everything… almost
Japan travel budget breakdown
Safety first & quiet always in Japan
Fukuoka to Busan by ferry — finally
Budget breakdown: Travel in Japan
Hiroshima heartache
Hiroshima ghosts
What it cost: First 30 days in Japan
Budget breakdown for a trip to the USA
A visitor in Japan
Budget tourists in Kyoto
What our entertainment cost in Tokyo & Mount Fuji
10 Tokyo surprises
Solo journey to meet in Tokyo & our first few days there
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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!