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Just another day with the kids

April 5, 2019By admin8 Comments
Just another day with the kids

It was just a normal day. Then I thought about it for a few minutes and realized that this is a normal worth writing about. We’ll start with a hot travel tip: When you’re in a new city, try to […]

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Hanoi, Vietnam: Virtue and Talent

March 15, 2019By admin5 Comments
Hanoi, Vietnam: Virtue and Talent

Getting to Hanoi was frustrating and expensive. Vietnam is a country that requires e-visas for Canadian citizens. To obtain said visa, there is a long and arduous online application that involves uploading pictures of your passport, head-shots for every member […]

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The fragility of safety: Cambodia’s recent past

March 12, 2019By admin2 Comments
The fragility of safety: Cambodia's recent past

I was never that interested in history. People I knew and respected would devour history books but I was always busy with other things. Now that we’re traveling, however, history is a pillar of my midlife education. It’s not about […]

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Angkor Wat and the temples of Cambodia

March 11, 2019By admin5 Comments
Angkor Wat and the temples of Cambodia

It was the summer of 1999. I had just finished my undergraduate degree, found out I had been accepted into McMaster medical school and was preparing for a trip of a lifetime to Southeast Asia. Life was awesome, the stars […]

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The Value in Values (a post by Lindsay)

March 4, 2019By admin11 Comments
The Value in Values (a post by Lindsay)

This blogpost has been simmering in the back of my mind for months. Over the past week, I have been met with some overwhelming feelings that have forced me to sit down and write. We all know the power of […]

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Sailing school 2: life lessons

February 26, 2019By admin19 Comments
Sailing school 2: life lessons

We ended the last blog post with our crew departing from the marina to start our five days of sailing school. Aboard our 45′ Beneteau we had Paul, our instructor; Jess, his Thai girlfriend; Rudy and Tom, beginner sailors taking […]

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Sailing school 1: sailing into trouble

February 26, 2019By admin5 Comments
Sailing school 1: sailing into trouble

It’s bad luck to whistle on a ship – you might call up a storm. But there’s another historical reason not to whistle. The British Royal Navy used whistled patterns to communicate. The thoughtless whistle of a crew member might […]

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What does it cost to travel the world? Show me the money!

February 14, 2019By admin16 Comments
What does it cost to travel the world?  Show me the money!

Six people, six months of travel expenses How much does it cost to travel the world as a family? It’s the question that everyone wonders about but most are afraid to ask. Well, the wait is over. I’m about to […]

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Reflections on life, travel and leaving medicine (a six month review)

February 4, 2019By admin19 Comments
Reflections on life, travel and leaving medicine (a six month review)

We embarked on this family adventure because we were looking for something: a broader education for the kids, a defining family experience, and an alternative to a job that I was finding increasingly exhausting. Why would anyone want to leave […]

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Lindsay’s six-month check-up: it’s all about the kids.

February 3, 2019By admin7 Comments
Lindsay's six-month check-up:  it's all about the kids.

It’s official: we’ve been traveling for six months! Time to reflect on everything we have experienced and learned. We came into this with very few expectations. How could we know what to expect when this lifestyle was so foreign to […]

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