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
Retired in Tulum, Mexico: My monthly expenses
Installation features plastic, sargassum in Tulum
Secret and private cenotes near Tulum
Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue, Malaria: Which one do I have?
(Note: in the year Ellen had this infection, dozens of people in Tulum suffered from…
The coming out of a journalist
Tis the season in Tulum
Vagabond Spirits
How I almost missed sharing the wonder of a foreign country
Four “Tulums” – which one is the real one?
There are four areas tourists consider “Tulum.” First, there are the ruins on the sea….
Ocean vomits trash onto Tulum’s beaches
“Life only gets shorter…”
Escape
Getting my head out of the sand
On a break from the constant rain of the last few days, I set off…
Best massage in Tulum – or anywhere, actually
Tips for living overseas on a budget, and in comfort
El Fogon in Playa del Carmen
I finally made it to El Fogon in Playa del Carmen last night when I…
News life vs. beach life
Juiced up on patience
When there is a power outage in the states, it’s breaking news. People freak out….
Homes
My parents taught me early on: never, ever knock someone’s home. Dad stressed that as…
Fighting a tummy invasion
Celebrating God in Tulum
On a bike ride around Tulum last Sunday evening, I stopped at churches to listen…
The woman sitting on my curb, looking for work
A woman offered to clean my apartment for a reasonable price. She was sitting on…
Top 5 things to know about Tulum in September
A trip to Tulum in September can save money, because that’s “off season” for that…
First month’s digs in Tulum, Mexico
Unintended gifts from a dying cancer patient
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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!
