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Theo and Ellen in an empty Bangkok airport terminal as they restart a slow travel lifestyle in the 'new normal' with COVID.

Earth Vagabonds restart slow travel lifestyle

  • border crossing
  • COVID-19
  • slow travel
April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Ellen 1 comment

First stop: Bangkok!

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Ellen & Theo in the Philippines, April 5, 2022.

Earth Vagabonds to leave the Philippines

  • budget travel
  • retired budget travel
  • slow travel
  • travel experts
April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Ellen 5 comments

We are changed. We are older, and hopefully wiser.

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Left, Narbin almost smiling; right, doctors try to get the boy with the pellet in his ear to lay still for extraction.

The adorable young boy with a pellet in his ear

  • health care abroad
  • slow travel
March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Ellen No comments

Another charitable effort by Earth Vagabonds.

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3 new travel hacks for the new normal in a COVID world.

Travel during COVID: 3 budget tips

  • budget travel
  • COVID-19
  • travel experts
March 26, 2022May 31, 2022 Ellen No comments

Beat marketing trickery and save money.

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Ellen's broken toe on Boracay happened near Willy's Rock.

Broken toe on Boracay & the Cleveland connection

  • health care abroad
  • slow travel
March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Ellen 4 comments

God has a sense of humor in this small world we call Earth.

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Norman's grave in Malay, Aklan, Philippines, and a picture of the former U.S. service member.

Norman’s grave

  • commentary
  • early retirement
  • life lessons
February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Theo No comments

Theo’s effort to help a dead expat.

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Sunset on Boracay Island with sailboats.

Foreign tourism opens in Philippines

  • travel destinations
  • travel experts
January 29, 2022February 5, 2022 Ellen No comments

Three requirements get you here.

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A vacation to Boracay Island means a lot of beach time on the famous "White Beach" - pictured here in the golden hour before sunset.

Budget vacation to Boracay Island

  • budget travel
  • COVID-19
January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Ellen No comments

Ellen splurges for once.

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A sailboat is seen through trees on Boracay Island in the Philippines.

Boracay Island in the Philippines

  • COVID-19
  • slow travel
  • travel destinations
January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Ellen No comments

So beautiful, despite pandemic problems.

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How to hand wash clothes and sheets is not difficult, but it's time consuming and strains the back.

How to hand wash clothes, sheets

  • COVID-19
  • retired budget travel
  • travel experts
January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Ellen No comments

Not difficult, but it’s time consuming and strains the back.

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The boy on the beach

  • COVID-19
January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Ellen 2 comments

Just a story.

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The progressive, Transition eyeglasses with titanium frames that Ellen bought in the Philippines.

What progressive eyeglasses cost in the Philippines

  • health care abroad
  • retired budget travel
  • slow travel
  • travel experts
January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Ellen 3 comments

You will be amazed.

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Boracay Island as seen from mainland Malay Municipality from tribal Ati land in the Philippines.

2021: A final roundup from the Philippines

  • COVID-19
  • early retirement
  • slow travel
January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 Theo No comments

What a year!

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NASA pic of the Philippines from space, with Malay, Aklan circled.

1 year, 10 months, in Malay, Aklan, Philippines

  • COVID-19
  • slow travel
January 15, 2022January 16, 2022 Ellen No comments

I’m counting.

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A crystal ball on a beach at sunset gets Ellen thinking about travel predictions - and whether they came true.

Did these tourism and travel predictions come true?

  • budget travel
  • COVID-19
  • slow travel
  • travel experts
January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Ellen 4 comments

Eleven predictions, 11 realities.

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Boracay has few tourists during the Omicron phase of the pandemic.

What’s happening on Boracay during Omicron phase

  • COVID-19
  • slow travel
  • travel destinations
  • travel experts
January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Ellen No comments

The famous island and nearby mainland are on Alert Level 3.

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The Bureau of Quarantine building in Kalibo and the WHO COVID vaccination certificates the department issues.

WHO COVID vaccination certificate in the Philippines

  • COVID-19
  • slow travel
  • travel experts
January 12, 2022April 27, 2022 Ellen No comments

How foreigners vaccinated in this country can get the official card.

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Ati celebration in Malay, Aklan, Philippines..

Seasonal celebrations, a full social calendar, another special year

  • early retirement
  • slow travel
January 9, 2022January 10, 2022 Theo No comments

Theo’s third Christmas and New Year in the Philippines.

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Ellen gets boosted in the Philippines with a Pfizer shot in Malay, Aklan.

Boosters in the Philippines

  • COVID-19
  • health care abroad
  • slow travel
  • travel experts
January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 Ellen No comments

Navigating a process so unlike in the USA.

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Tourists walk on Boracay's White Beach with masks pulled down under their chins.

Boracay holiday vacations bring domestic tourists

  • COVID-19
  • travel destinations
December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Ellen 1 comment

Ellen people watches on the island.

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BUDGET SLOW TRAVEL HACKS

  • How to travel cheap and handle problems
  • Living in Airbnb in early retirement
  • How to shortcut proof of onward travel – the legal ways

HEALTH CARE HITS

  • Cheap progressive eyeglasses
  • Prescriptions overseas
  • Ellen is a “flattie”

RETIREMENT FAVORITES

  • Do you need a million dollars to retire and travel the world?
  • Early retirement steps you can take right now
  • Best places to retire in the world on social security

IF WE CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT

  • ‘Travel the world in retirement’ pep talk
  • Our first COVID-era trip
  • 3 reasons to rent in retirement and travel the world

HOT SPOTS IN MEXICO

  • This is what brings expats to Mazatlan, Mexico
  • Exactly how to get to cool upriver waterfall in Yelapa
  • Useful Mexico City travel guide for savvy travelers
  • 5 great reasons why Mahahual is better than Tulum
  • Playa Balandra: Magical beach near La Paz, Mexico
  • What makes Zihuatanejo stand out as a unique place

LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES

  • Boracay Island in the Philippines
  • 10 reasons to love Filipino people and the Philippines
  • Extraordinary trip to Gigantes islands
  • Negros Oriental for retired budget travelers
  • Bohol Island, Philippines: Hot spots to visit
  • Bohol Island away from tourists

A FEW ADVENTURES

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  • 7 Incredible waterfalls, thrilling cliff jumps in Bali
  • Adventurous waterfall jumps in the Philippines
  • Perfect dive spot on Panay Island
  • Bangkok to Hua Hin by bus in COVID era
  • Giant clams dazzle at Sunken Cemetery, Camiguin Isle
  • Ati tribe in upper village has power in Malay, Aklan!
  • Ati water pump project is HUGE success!
  • Shared wealth in the Ati world
  • A fantastic swim with whale sharks in La Paz

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