Adventure Archives – Earth Vagabonds

‘Travel the world in retirement’ pep talk

Ellen / May 30, 2022 / early retirement, travel experts

You’ve planned and saved – but still have doubts.

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Looking at Boracay during the pandemic

Theo / April 13, 2020 / budget slow travel

Tedly wonders how long it will take to paddle over to the famous island…

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Dauin Marine Sanctuary: Budget travel sweet spot

Ellen / March 7, 2020 / budget slow travel

The Dauin Marine Sanctuary is a great place to snorkel — for free — on Negros Island in the Philippines. I travel with a prescription dive mask and snorkel gear, so I didn’t even have to pay a few bucks for equipment rentals. I just walked into the water and started looking around. Heaven! But

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Giant clams dazzle at Sunken Cemetery, Camiguin Isle

Ellen / February 10, 2020 / budget slow travel

If you love to snorkel, you have to see this.

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Adventurous waterfall jumps in the Philippines

Theo / January 29, 2020 / budget slow travel

This early retired budget traveler feels like a kid again at these waterfalls and swimming holes.

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Astonishing Komodo dragon overnight trip on a budget

Ellen / November 7, 2019 / budget slow travel

komodo dragon tour stop on komodo island

(***This post was updated in September 2021 with pandemic information, and with the reclassification of Komodo dragons as a threatened species due to climate change. See the table of contents to quickly jump to these sections, noted with stars***.) We took a Komodo dragon trip in Indonesia to see cold-blooded carnivores living on some islands

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