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The “house” we bought was really 3 small buildings cobbled together.  The original house was 2 small rooms which had the 2 additions attached to it.  Plywood siding, rolled paper roofing and plexiglass windows graced the outside, while the interior boasted fiber board walls, plywood floor, no staircase to the upper levels, a very small… Continue reading Life at Nomad’s Rest

Once our efforts to buy land in Maine fell through we hit the road again in search of a place to settle down and call home. Our search took us all over the US and Canada. We consulted psychics, astrologers, threw darts at maps, drew names of states out of a hat, flipped coins, you… Continue reading Nomad’s Rest

During our 14 years of “on the road”/travel trailer living, we did have an “intermission” of 2 years and even lived in a real house for a while!! We met Hawk, a Native American flute maker and musician, at one of the Pow Wows we had set up at.  We immediately hit it off and… Continue reading TRAVELING INTERMISSION

After returning from our 14 month around the world travels, with no home to come back to, we weighed our options.  We weren’t ready to “settle down” again, so we decided to buy a used, 17 foot travel trailer and truck to pull it.  With winter coming, we decided to “hit the road” in our… Continue reading DESERT “SNOWBIRDS”

Our one year “Round The World” airline ticket turned out to be not long enough for us.  We thought we wanted to keep going for another year but by the time we reached Kathmandu Nepal we were getting tired.  When Mount Everest was “just another mountain” and when we both came down with Giardia (Kathmandu was known… Continue reading Returning to the USA After 14 Months Away

I can’t leave India without talking about the Tibetans as they were the reason we spent 2 years living and working in that country.  On our first trip in 1990 we came across Tibetan’s in many of the Hill Stations selling their wares, like sweaters, jewelry and minerals.  We were so taken with their smiles,… Continue reading India #3: Bodhgaya and the Tibetans

We were in the town of Ernakalam, state of Kerala, in south-west India for Christmas 1990. This part of India was settled many years ago by Portuguese sailors which is why the state has a high percentage of Christians. There is also an ancient Jewish presence, especially in Fort Cochin, a ferry ride from Ernakalam.  Kerala… Continue reading India #2: Christmas 1990

Ah, India, the place where all your patience will be tested and all your buttons pushed.  We spent over 2 years traveling and living in India and were tested over and over again.  It is a great place to go when you feel that you have learned to be a very calm, patient, loving person… Continue reading India #1

We spent only a short time in Thailand, just doing business in Bangkok and seeing some sites.  We were running short on our 1 year round the world ticket and had so many other places we wanted to visit.  We now regret not spending more time there as we ended up staying longer than our… Continue reading Bangkok, Thailand

It is difficult to know which story to write about for Java as we were there for 3 months!  Indonesia, in general, is one of my most favorite places.  It has 25,000 islands all with different cultures, it would take a life time to visit them all!  We only visited 2 islands and fell in… Continue reading Three Months in Java