10 Uncommon Family Travel Tips
We have been traveling for nearly 2 years, non-stop since 2009. We’ve been to 9 countries so far, including all of Central America and now find ourselves in  South America. We wanted to share with you some travel tips and travel advice from everything from pooping to learning while on the road.

1. Pooping & Other Stuff You Do in Bathrooms
First and foremost, carry you own toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Traveling through Central America and South America you will likely encounter a wide range of ‘bathroom’ options. …

Living Cheap & Comfortably Explored
So what do you get for $1000 A Month for Two People?
Child riding bike in a Granada neighborhood
Slow traveling allows us to settle in one location for a period of time. We have had the opportunity to explore living frugally in several countries and several cities. This is an exploration of two of the cities we lived in, as we explore the budgets and comfort levels.
Living cheap and comfortable are separate concepts but are definitely related to one another. Living cheaply in a country is different than living frugally in …

Wonder how one mom prepped for a slow travel?

We did.
Welcome guest blogger Marilia Di Cesare. We are so excited to have the opportunity to meet so many amazing families on the road, many of which, we connect with online. Sometimes we even come across a few amazing single moms out in the word, doing what we are doing. Any we always create  an instant bond with them. In the case fo Marilia, we were thrilled to meet a mom equally passionate about travel and  about providing her daughter with the best “world schooling” …

Follow your passion, live the dream.
In episode #7 Lainie & Miro take time to honor the friendships they’ve made on their travels as well as reflect together on some of the inner changes that have taken place over the last 400+ days. This episode includes Miro and Lainie’s thoughts on saying goodbyes, living from a source of passion and honoring friendships. Lastly, Miro answers a question about his favorite dish, discovered in Guatemala.

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
~Henry David Thoreau

As this month closes, …

Going Away Picnic, this is it!
Today was the day to say goodbye and make it official. We met in the park at Griffith Park, not far from the merry-go-round. It was wonderful seeing people, saying goodbye, and sharing well wishes.
We ate amazing food, drank great drinks, played with the hulu-hoops and frolicked in the sun. We climbed trees, took pictures, laughed and hugged a lot. We told stories, we shared memories and we were in the moment and it felt like such an honor to have our friends show up …

Get Read, Get Set, GO!

The past few days have, of course been a whirl wind, but luckily I found this packing list, on this site, and it’s been all so useful. Here’s where I’m at and many of the suggested packing items we opted out of:
Tent (The taller tents are harder to keep up in the wind – they need to be well secured with guy wire. I use two dome tents. One is my “bedroom” and is sealed up all day (dust free) and the other is for storage, …