The travel lifestyle is not for everyone nor is a lifestyle of frugality and financial freedom. For 43BlueDoors it is our path to freedom.
“Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop! The guns were going off and we paddled as fast as we could.” That’s Jinger, our spin instructor, telling us a story. She and her cousin were paddling out past a yacht in the bay, she recounts, when they noticed the men in suits holding automatic rifles. “Pop, pop, pop!” …
To be financially independent one must first get out of debt. It’s a lot like physical health, one must first get rid of the extra fat. Personally, I find the steps to financial health easy, but the steps to losing extra pounds extremely difficult. Putting our retirement and nomadic travel on pause for six months …
Life is a journey of changes, and Trin and I are about to embark on two big changes: I’m coming out of retirement and we are giving up our nomadic status – at least for a little while. Navigating big changes in life can cause strain on relationships. I believe that there are four key …
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The frigid wind blew around us as we led her by the hand. Her eyes were closed tightly. Madi, my niece walked one side of her and I on the other. We steered right and left as the path wound towards the cliff edge. “Almost there, keep them closed,” we whispered. She giggled. We guided …
After a long cold night in the terminal, we returned to the Finnish immigration counter at 10 AM. We were promised tickets that would take us to Arizona but there were no tickets when we arrived. Days of waiting followed while Japan Airlines tried to weasel their way under Finnish law and charge us almost …
Leaving Australia, we planned to isolate in Helsinki and hope that the roll-out of vaccines would soon open up travel again. We made it to Helsinki, but what followed was hours in immigration holding rooms and a sleepless night in the terminal. We didn’t end up where we expected when we left Australia, what now …
As of December 31st, 2020 we have been nomads for 1,546 days. Over four years of moving, exploring, and living minimally. It is a constant act of saying goodbye to people, places, and things. But it is also a continual welcoming of the new. Today was one of those goodbyes, this time to Lil’ Beaut, …
We might be in this crazy pandemic together, but everyone has different circumstances that they are going through. We hear so much fear in the media and we are being bombarded with ideas on how we are supposed to feel. No one can tell someone else how they are supposed to feel. The video below …
Many of us have watched one country after another on every continent close their borders. Curfews have been imposed. are closing and gatherings are being restricted to small numbers. In some places, a printed form with the reason for leaving one’s home is required. The US government has sent a notice informing us to come …
For 2.5 years we wandered around Central and South America with a 40-liter backpack for me and a 50-liter backpack for Trin. After traveling all the way down to Antarctica we came “home” for a four-month visit. It has been a wonderful and relaxing four months reuniting with friends and family. For the next leg …
