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Dreaming Bora Bora
Oceania Regatta We just finished the Dream Trip—a three-week cruise on the luxury-class Oceania Regatta from Los Angeles to Tahiti. Looking back on the experience, with gourmet meals, a night in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora, three days in a Tahitian villa with a private pool overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the island of Moorea, I’m still shaking my head—how did a public schoolteacher and an underpaid state health lawyer pull this off without consigning ourselves to ea
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Dec 30, 20254 min read


Green Mobility in Costa Rica -- Our Car Buying Adventure
Picking up our green wheels with our Costa Rica car buying consultant Russ, and our BYD salesperson Veronica. When Barbara and I...
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Aug 31, 20253 min read


Four Months in Europe at $30/night
Our first year of full-time nomad/fauxmad travel was intentionally planned as a learning experience. We have sampled travel by air, land,...
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Jun 16, 20256 min read


Even Cowboys Can Take the Bus
Our Home Exchange in Mlini, Croatia I set out as a traveling nomad retiree with a DIY mindset. Travel agents - pah! Cruise ships - for...
Bruce Todesco
May 5, 20253 min read


Fauxmads or Nomads Part III - Leverage
One of our back porch buddies in Santa Ana Barbara and I were ready to be possession-less. We were ready to be location-independent...
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Apr 27, 20254 min read


Nomads or Fauxmads - Part Two (Money)
I’ve written before about our grand plan to retire as Jack Reacher-style nomads—owning nothing but our debit cards, toothbrushes, and the...
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Apr 21, 20253 min read


Nomads or Fauxmads? Part One of Three
If you own a home, but spend more time on the road than in your own place, can you still call yourself a Nomad? Last year we retired from...
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Apr 17, 20253 min read


Trains, BOATS, and Planes
Our inaugural travel year strategy includes trying out a wide variety of travel and accommodation modes to see what works best for us....
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Apr 15, 20256 min read


Being an American Abroad in 2025
For years we traveled unconcerned about our identities as US citizens. Other than being sheepish about speaking only English in a world...
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Apr 5, 20252 min read


The Road to Liquidation
Embracing a Life of Travel: Our Journey to Minimalism For years, we filled our life with possessions—furniture, keepsakes, and everything...
Barbara Lindsay
Feb 19, 20255 min read
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