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Who are we?

I’m Trevis, an early retired travel lover who has decided to take the opportunity of a lifetime to trade a conventional working life for one of long term travel. My profession was as a software developer and software development manager.

More people probably know me through my hobbies, though. Specifically social dancing (Salsa, Zouk, Argentine Tango, Swing, Bachata, Kizomba) dancing and photography. I plan to share my favorite images and the boring details of our slow traveling lives here and on Facebook.

I’m Chrissy, and my love for travel began when my parents, a pastor and a stay-at-home mom, took me and my sisters on road trips around the Midwest to visit relatives during summer vacations. We spent long hours in the car reading books and singing silly songs broken up by picnics, camping in our tent, and playing with cousins.

As an adult I started planning trips with friends to places like New York, Mackinac Island, and the Gulf Coast. Then I met Trevis and he caught my travel bug – yay! We both got passports and took off on our first of many trips together.

Where we are, where we've been?

Saint Louis, USA

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What have we been up to?

On My Turkish Bookshelf

My knowledge of the history of Turkey, or anywhere in that part of the world, is pretty scant.

Cappadocia, Turkey

We’re wrapping up an unforgettable stay in Cappadocia, Turkey, and I wanted to take a moment to share some highlights from our time exploring this surreal region.

Let’s Go to the Post Office in Türkiye

I put this post office visit off until almost the very last minute. Nothing against post offices, it was simply that I dreaded leaving the air conditioning and pool to go out in the 100 degree heat to do anything at all.

Three Weeks in Fethiye

We came to Fethiye, Turkey with no real agenda—just a desire to relax, enjoy the water, and slow things down after weeks in vacation mode traveling through Tokyo, multiple cities in China and Istanbul.

Church in Turkey

Finding a Christian worship service in Turkey can be a little bit challenging given that while there are a fair number of Christian churches which show up on the map, many of those are now only museums and don’t actually hold any worship activities.

Medical Care in Fethiye

A part of diving into this insane new way of living is figuring out how to take care of routine medical care when you’re not using standard American health insurance, and you’re in countries where you don’t speak the language.

I Got a Haircut in Turkey

My last U.S. haircut was in March. I’ve trimmed my own bangs along the way, but four months is a long time to go in between haircuts.

Welcome to Istanbul

It’s amazing seeing these thousand year old structures and marveling at standing in these places that you’ve seen and read about in history books.

China

As a person who was born and lived his whole life in the United States, my knowledge of China from an early age was always seen through that lens. The far east, this mysterious place with unusual customs and strange food that they eat with sticks?!?

On My Bookshelf in China

I began with the intention of reading a particular book during our time in China that I had seen recommended – I won’t name names, but it was not for me.

Huangshan – Yellow Mountains

The region is well known in China because of the yellow mountains. It’s a spectacularly beautiful area with stark granite peaks and sheer shards of rock jutting straight up into the sky at stunning angles.

Let’s Go to the Post Office in China

After my success sending mail back to the US from Mexico, I was more confident that I’d be able to repeat my success in another country.

Pig’s Inn Bishan

During our first two days in the Huangshan region, our travel agent set us up in a rural boutique hotel called Pig’s Inn Bishan.

Shanghai, China

We visited Shanghai for the first time in 2017. It was a pretty short stay that time too, but we did manage to see The Bund and go to the top of Shanghai Tower for epic city views. This time our time in Shanghai was generally unplanned.

Let’s Visit a Japanese Onsen Ryokan

As part of our visit to Mt Fuji, we spent a night at a traditional Japanese ryokan.

Tokyo Metro

In an attempt to keep costs from going parabolic we are committed to trying to use buses and metro’s when we can to save money.

Mount Fuji

A couple of weeks before coming I did a little digging and found a two day, overnight Mt. Fuji tour which would pick us up in Tokyo, visit some of the popular stops around Fuji and bring us back to Tokyo the next day.

First impressions: Japan

I will admit that most of my knowledge of Japan comes from video games and entertainment. That combined with the western fascination with Japan’s… lets just say cultural quirks I really just didn’t know what to expect.

China (6)
Japan (4)
Latvia (6)
Lithuania (1)
Mexico (12)
Spain (8)
Türkiye (8)
United Kingdom (2)
United States (3)

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