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Below are the last 100 Earth Vagabonds travel stories and articles. We usually try publish at least twice a week.

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Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Ellen

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Philippine Quarantine Day 6: Movement

Ellen March 22, 2020

Movement in our bunker, stillness in our plans…

Philippine Quarantine Day 5: Free-er

Theo March 21, 2020

Europeans dash to the airport as we are granted more mobility at the resort.

Philippine Quarantine Day 4: Settled, yet unsettled

Ellen March 20, 2020

Rhythm of daily life and silence from the future.

Philippine Quarantine Day 3: A TV

Theo March 19, 2020

New info from local TV, utility outages, and stranded foreigners.

Philippine Quarantine: Day 2, World War Z minus zombies

Ellen March 19, 2020

Fresh food, health checks, acceptance.

Philippine Quarantine: Day 1, safe & sound

Theo March 18, 2020

Temperatures, laundry soap, and beer.

Philippine Quarantine: Day 0. How Earth Vagabonds got stuck

Ellen March 17, 2020

This the story of how we ended up under Philippine quarantine.

casarorro falls on the left, the original casaroro falls on the right

Directions to ‘Original Casaroro Falls’ near Dumaguete

Theo March 12, 2020

A step-by-step guide to get you to a secret waterfall near the famous one.

Coronavirus and travel plans for Earth Vagabonds

Ellen March 10, 2020

Short-term, mid-term, and long-term early retired budget travel talk.

Dauin Marine Sanctuary: Budget travel sweet spot

Ellen March 7, 2020

The Dauin Marine Sanctuary is a great place to snorkel — for free — on…

Cockfighting in the Philippines: What it was like

Theo March 5, 2020

Tedly’s curiosity brought him to a cockfighting ring.

Cost of living in the Philippines for 1 month

Ellen March 2, 2020

See how much we spent on food, housing, and more.

Budget travel in retirement: Q+A with readers

Ellen February 29, 2020

Our answers to some common reader questions.

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Natural hot springs near Dumaguete, Philippines

Ellen February 27, 2020

Warm water to soothe your body and soul.

Be grateful despite loss: A travel story

Ellen February 24, 2020

A resentful pity party while traveling turns into an experience with divine grace.

Best places to retire in the world on social security

Theo February 22, 2020

These 12 spots are great for smaller budgets.

10 reasons to love Filipino people and the Philippines

Ellen February 20, 2020

A countdown of the top reasons why this island-nation rocks.

3 reasons to rent in retirement and travel the world

Ellen February 16, 2020

Why renting is better than buying if you really want to travel in retirement.

A virtual mailbox while traveling in retirement

Theo February 15, 2020

There are challenges to frequent travel in retirement, such as how to handle U.S. mail….

mazatlan's famous three rocks at sunset on southern-most part of the malecon

This is what brings expats to Mazatlan, Mexico

Ellen February 13, 2020

This Mexican city tops retirement lists again in 2020. Earth Vagabonds know why.

Giant clams dazzle at Sunken Cemetery, Camiguin Isle

Ellen February 10, 2020

If you love to snorkel, you have to see this.

Retired and traveling — and over budget

Theo February 8, 2020

Watch out for these unexpected expenses.

ellen wades at playa balandra with no one else in sight

Playa Balandra: Magical beach near La Paz, Mexico

Ellen February 6, 2020

This Mexican Baja Sur beach is simply gorgeous.

Bohol Island, Philippines: Hot spots to visit

Ellen February 5, 2020

This overview has hot spots, and a couple of places without many tourists.

Thailand elephant debate: Gentle giants and their care

Theo February 2, 2020

This travel commentary is based on living with elephants in northern Thailand.

How to snorkel the easy, cheap way

Theo February 1, 2020

Make your snorkel adventure more pleasant with these tips and hacks.

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We are Ellen and Theo (Ellie & Tedly) – and we are experts at budget slow travel in early retirement. We are “Earth Vagabonds.”

Vagabond: (n) A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job. (adj) Having no settled home.

Instead of retiring and relocating to one specific place as many retirees do, we wander the planet. Full-time since 2015! It’s a travel lifestyle for us – we are way different than tourists. You could say we are on a never-ending holiday!

We retired early to travel the world while we still were young enough — and healthy enough — to easily do it.

But our methods shared on this site can also apply to people of traditional retirement age. After all – we all have a budget to stick to!

There are more than 750 pages on this site. We share a lot about how to live the budget slow travel lifestyle in early retirement, and we hope you find some of it useful.

Our mantra: Life is Now.

We hope to see you out here!