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Since many of you are new to Travel Younger, I wanted to offer you some tricks, hints, and hacks of some of the ideas we have shared over the years.

Through 43 countries, hundreds of cities, and countless miles, whether we were on a plane, train, bus, or motorcycle, we have learned a lot of things over the years. Now that both Kat and I are over 70 (hard to believe as I write that!), it’s important that we do things better, faster, and with less effort, than when we started.

I combed through my 229 blogs to date on my Travel Younger website, and picked out a handful that I thought offered real value and information. There are links within this note, and I’ll have more as we go on.

It’s probably best to begin at the beginning, and that was in early 2019 as we prepared to leave the US, and sold or gave away anything that wasn’t coming with us. We never had a storage locker, but we did have a bin with some papers and such, at a friend’s house, but after almost six years, we’ve gotten rid of most of those items, and there was really nothing there of importance. My chapter 2 blog talked about purging, as in, what do you need, dump, leave to your kids, or ??, and, advancing to chapter 50, we get to two of the most important things to consider as a nomad (or any traveler!): the value of being flexible, and being patient.

The realities of island living comes next, prompted by the growing number of islands we have stayed on. We have lived on dozens, some for as little as a few days, some for several months. We love islands, but, with limitations…

Do you like to cook? Does it make sense to cook? We’ve gone both ways, but generally have learned our limitations, which is what chapter 85 was all about.

Health care, medical insurance, and health related questions, are probably the second most discussed question (after, “What’s your favorite country?), and I’ve shared our three emergency room visits, plus lots of doctors and dentist’s visits, over the years, along with lab work, etc… The Takeaway: medical costs outside the US are a fraction of the cost, and just as good—if not better. Here’s chapter 98 covering how to respond when “something bad” happens—like getting hit by a car in Mexico. Ouch; blog 152, sharing our thoughts on the first AHA moments of recognizing how cheap overseas medical care was, and #201, which offers the result of our $500 full body scan, along with blood tests, and cardio stress tests, and that doesn’t even cover our latest ER visit here in Kuala Lumpur!

On a more fun note, I posted two blogs showing indispensable things to carry to make your life easier, and some insider secrets, too.

I’ll share more later, but enough about US: I’d like to know about you, and where you are (literally) on your travel journey.

I put together a very brief survey, and yea, no one likes to do them, but I would love for you to take two minutes (I’ll share the results) to let us know about you.

Remember, you don't have to jump in with both feet, and you can ease into the process, and move at your own speed. We can help you do that.

If you’d like a 15 minute video call with me, that is just one of the perks of becoming a Travel Younger subscribing Founder. For about $5 mo, or $55 for the year.

To show you what the world can offer, here is a link to the Top 11 Most Jaw Dropping and Memorable Places video I did a few months ago, so I hope you enjoy it.

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In closing I invite you to submit the ONE question that you’d like me to answer, and everything is fair game. Send it to me via email, and let me know if it’s OK to share along with the answer. I’ll post them as the time comes.

And thanks!