Comments on: Living Differently, Uncertainties, Stories, and Bookings

By: alyson@worldtravelfamily

alyson@worldtravelfamily — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:24:42 +0000

In reply to Talitha. Back then 1US$=1Au$

By: Talitha

Talitha — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:22:13 +0000

In reply to alyson@worldtravelfamily. just to be precise : when you say 30k, you're talking UD dollars?

By: alyson@worldtravelfamily

alyson@worldtravelfamily — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:20:19 +0000

In reply to Talitha. Don't feel you have to Talitha, whichever way suits you best is the perfect way. Thanks for commenting, it seems these days hardly anybody does and it's quite disheartening. Cheers.

By: Talitha

Talitha — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:05:00 +0000

I keep loving reading your posts, Alyson. In the beginning (four years ago!) I was very much tempted to try to give it a go your way … and then my mother got sick and eventually died and after all, I’m glad I was “only” a five hours ride from their home, which allowed me to assist my parents through a very challenging period. Now I try to look after my father – I would love to take him on travel (like Driving Miss Norma, did you follow their amazing story ?!), but his health won’t allow it. As long as my father is there (and I surely hope that will be a long time), I can’t see us going on long term travel, the way you conceive it. But … I love to hear about and find it amazing!

Our kids have travel bugs, so we encourage them to travel as much as they can.

We did 14 days of Sri Lanka as empty-nesters (thanks for all the tips) which was not long enough, it was frustrating to come back home with so much of our travel-appetite unsatisfied … and thus we are planning a trip to South or Central America next autumn. I actually enjoy the planning, it allows me to travel-in-thoughts, I love it! And … it avoids terrible panic-attacks once we’re at our destination. If ever we are free enough to go on long-term-travel your style, I’ll try to “unplan”, just to see how I cope.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 06:32:00 +0000

In reply to alyson@worldtravelfamily. Oh wow! Good stuff, Thank you!