Let me paint a picture. It’s nine o’clock on a Wednesday evening and we’ve been on the go since we walked in the door. Dinner, homework, the same conversations that go in the same circles, “tidy up”, “put your shoes away”, “how was your day”. And now, finally, for the first time since this morning,…
Series: Slow Travel SE Asia Disclaimer up front: everything in this post is the result of internet research, not lived experience. We haven’t arrived yet. What it actually costs, what the immigration officers actually say, and what surprises us when we land, that’ll come later. This is what we found when we looked properly. Cambodia…
Over the last few years I’ve searched jobs for ex-police more times than I’d like to admit. Not because I was ready to leave, nor even because I as particularly looking to go. I think, if I’m honest, I was looking for confirmation, that there was something out there for me after the job, something,…
When we started planning Classroom Earth, the education question was the one that we felt had to be solved. Travelling the world with a teenager is one thing. Travelling the world with a teenager who needs GCSE’s, internationally recognised qualifications, at the end of it is another. We’ve spent weeks researching this properly, looking into…
Series: Slow Travel Southeast Asia Disclaimer up front: Everything in this post is the result of internet research, not lived experience. We haven’t arrived yet. What it actually costs, what the immigration officers actually say, and what surprises us when we land, that’ll come later. This is what we found when we looked properly. New…
Stop waiting, start living, and recognize the hidden signs of burnout at work before it’s too late. We all have a word we use to lie to ourselves when we’re too tired to face the truth. For some, it’s “busy.” For others, it’s “trapped.” But if you are currently grinding through a career that is…
Thailand’s visa landscape is complex — especially if you’re not a digital nomad. We mapped every route for families living on pension income. Real numbers included.
Series: Slow Travel SE Asia Before you read: This is pre-departure research, not lived experience. We leave in September 2027. What it actually costs when we arrive, what the visa offices actually say, and what surprises us, that comes later. This is what we found when we looked properly. If you want the context for…
Series: Slow Travel Southeast Asia I still carry my dive certificate with me on holiday. Just in case. It’s an Open Water diver qualification from Cairns, Australia, dated September 1997. I’d just turned 22. I arrived in Australia and booked the dive course the same day I landed, no deliberation, no research. Just the kind…
Money wasn’t the thing that would stop us. This is what would. An honest post about the reasonable reasons that quietly kill dreams — and why September 2027 is written in permanent ink.