On August 1st 2008 we began our journey South…
July 31st was my last day at the “corporate job” - it was also the day we finalized the sale of our house. - so that night was spent sleeping at a friends house down the block.
We spent the night re-packing the car and suitcases. In our...
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Tags: 12 Months, August 1st, Bolivia, Corporate Job, Decis, Economic Reasons, Goodbyes, Journey South, Joy And Happiness, July 31st, latin america, Nothing But Joy, Panama, Regrets, Rough Time, Sales Position, Sentimental Type, Suitcases, Workforce, Year Anniversary
I apologize in advance if I offend anyone that calls Buenos Aires home, but I just have to get this off my chest…
….what is up with all of the Dog Shit on the sidewalks!?
I mean, we are not talking about a few poops here and there, we are talking about huge amounts of dog crap...
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Tags: Apartment Building, Bombs, Dog Crap, Dog Poop, Dog Shit, Hansel And Gretel, Hansel Gretel, Horse Track, latin america, Little Ones, Local Stores, Poops, Sidewalk, Sidewalks, Story Of Hansel And Gretel, Street Dogs, Subway, Tango, Transportation System, Walking Down The Street, Wild Dogs
I have struggled from the very beginning with what the focus of Portable Parents Blog should be and what sort of content/stories I should write about and what I shouldn’t include on the website. I had not really thought of writing a blog until it was recommended to me by a friend, I thought I...
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Tags: Decision Making Process, Decisions, Diatribe, Different Life, Dramatic Changes, Drunk, Experiences, Friends And Family, Idealist, Insight, latin america, Lifestyle, Parents, Philosophies, Photos, Pleasure, Static Website, Travel Information, Traveler, travelogue
We spent Tuesday nite in Loja Ecuador after a manageable 5.5 hour ride down from Cuenca. We splurged and decided to stay in a “3″ star hotel, apparently one of the finest in the city. Lets just say that everything is relative…
Traveling with 4 people we run into unusual circumstances about costs in certain situations. ...
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A quick update. We have not had many posts this week and I’ll share a little bit about what is slowing that down, as well as our current travel plans. But first…
Last night the power went out in town. The power goes off a couple times a month…as does the water and...
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Tags: around the world, Blogging, cotacachi, Ecuador, firefly's, latin america, Peru, rtw, south america, Travel with Kids, travelogue, website
We have already taken 10’s of thousands of photos and I have kept maybe 30% of these. Just the process of managing our photos has turned into quite the project. I was working on these yesterday and thought I would post some of my favorite of the kids and Gina…maybe one or two of the...
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