For our stay in Thailand, we each brought an Osprey Porter 46 backpack, and another carry-on bag. We chose the Osprey Porter 46 because it is the largest legal carry-on size. We wanted to avoid checking bags if at all possible. As for the brand, this is the third Osprey backpack that I have owned. […]
24 Hours in Bangkok
The wait is over, and we have arrived in Bangkok. We chose to spend our first 2 days at an out-of-the-way hotel on the edge of town to simply chill and get over our jet lag. Yet, our first day was interesting enough. We blew the circuit breaker in our room, walked through a Thai […]
Goodbye Portland – On the Road
We’re a bit overdue for an update. We hit the road at the beginning of January to visit our families before we leave the country. Needless to say, we’ve been too busy to sit down and write about it. December – Goodbye Portland In our last update, we talked about selling all of our stuff. […]
Letting Go of What Serves You No Purpose
This week we downgraded from our one bedroom apartment to a room that we’re renting. The topic of letting go entered my mind as I was choosing which things to discard. Letting Go For our possessions we had three piles. A pile for things we would keep at least through December, a pile for trash, […]
Point of No Return – We Sold Our Bed
Hey everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! I wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on with us. Our possessions are dwindling, and we feel as if we’ve passed the point of no return. Two weeks ago I talked about how we began selling all of our things. Most of the big things are gone, […]
Selling Our Stuff
Last week we began the long arduous process of selling all of our things. We’re trying to limit our anxiety by getting on top of this sooner than later. The ball got rolling on this project in October when we received a note from our landlord that our rent was going up in December. The increase […]
Travel Gadgets: Sentey 20800mah Portable Charger Power Bank
Remember the last time that you were away from home and your phone died? You probably felt a little anxiety or panic from being disconnected from the internet. It kind of freaks us out when our ability to communicate with anyone not currently with us is compromised. This happened to me recently, and led me to […]
Anxiety and Panic
I never truly thought that this blog would become that interesting until we are actually overseas. Yet, I had hoped to relay the experience of what it’s like to prepare to leave your home country, the anxiety and panic, and all the little details that one must attend to in order to make this a […]
3 Months Out
Hey everyone, I want to update you on our progress to become expats. We have our plane tickets purchased, and we fly to Bangkok on January 25th. So, there’s a date set. We’re 3 months out, and it’s on! It’s hard to describe where my mind is. There’s a dichotomy of being truly happy here […]