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I know it’s been a little thin around here lately but I’ve been hunkered down working on my new project and really haven’t been seeing much of what northern Thailand has to offer. It’s been an exciting time though as I learn (again) about putting a site together and work my way through tweaking, building, [...]
Continue reading...4 Best Ways To Travel The Coast Of Australia
1. May 2013
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Photo Credit: Adriano_of_Adelaide Australia is an amazingly beautiful place which is as diverse as it is vast. Some of the most unique and picturesque places in this incredible country are located along the coastline, thanks to the natural spectacle of the land meeting the sea. With towering cliffs, pristine beaches, majestic mountains and lush rainforest [...]
Continue reading...It Might Be Time To Get Married
4. April 2013
I was 21 when I got married. I’m still not sure why. I think it was because that’s just what you did in my smallish home town. You graduated school, maybe took some college courses, got a crappy-but-okay job, and either met someone to marry, or married your high school sweetheart. Check, check, check, and [...]
Continue reading...How I Manage Travel With Chronic Illnesses
7. March 2013
This is it. Everything we have with us. And this is the tower of medication that I have to bring with me. In one of those bags. I have had psoriasis since I was 14 years old. It can be difficult to treat in Canada, where it’s cold and dry, but here in Thailand it [...]
Continue reading...Back In The Land Of Smiles
31. January 2013
Has it really been three years since we were here last? Memories of finishing our trip, returning home, and settling back into ‘normal’ stumble over one another and get lost as I am gently woken again by a bird whistling outside my window and the hum of the air conditioner. Wait, where am I again? [...]
Continue reading...The Ultimate Train Challenge: Are You Up For It?
24. January 2013
I predict that, in the next year or so, I will take part in a journey such as this. I love the idea of rising up to the challenge within a loose framework of ‘rules’ and the camaraderie of fellow participants. It just sounds like a damned good time, don’t you think? Today Michael Hodson of [...]
Continue reading...How We Quickly And Easily Obtained A Double Entry 120 Day Thailand Visa
10. January 2013
We know we’re heading to Thailand but, as you know, we don’t know anything after that. This makes it a little difficult to manage our time in a country that limits how long you can stay without a visa. For most holidayers it’s quite easy; most nationalities can arrive by air and enter the country for 30 days [...]
Continue reading...Where In The World Are We? And What The Heck Is Our Plan Anyway?
13. December 2012
It may be the Next Giant Step but it has started rather unassumingly; relaxed and quiet, as if we haven’t realized yet that we don’t really know what we’re doing and don’t know that perhaps anxiety and stress are the more usual responses. We left Calgary in a flurry of scrumpled packing paper and unanswered [...]
Continue reading...45 Years, 45 Things
6. December 2012
I turned 45 yesterday. I know, I can’t believe it either! Here are 45 random things about me. Just because. I am an introvert except that I love large crowds and quiet, intimate, conversations terrify me. I am English born, Canadian bred. I just quit my job to do I’m-not-quite-sure-what I’m-not-quite-sure-where. I am excited by [...]
Continue reading...On Letting Go
14. November 2012
It’s my last official day of W.O.R.K tomorrow. The last day, in my foreseeable future, that I will trek to the office to do a J.O.B. I don’t think I’ll miss it, but I worry a little that I will. I think it’s about defining success; learning what that looks like in a new light when all [...]
Continue reading...The Trigger Is Pulled
14. October 2012
“Yes! They said YES!”, I whispered as I read the email that we had been obsessively checking the inbox for. I looked up at Jason and saw mirrored in his eyes the same mixture of abject fear and excitement that was in mine. And so our plan is coming together. In so much as we have [...]
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Travellers. Giant-Steppers. Serial Expats.
Hi! We're Gillian and Jason. In January 2013 we left our 'home and native land' for untold adventures in far away lands. Our plan is loose at best; our only goals are freedom and happiness. Follow along as we make, and tell, our stories.
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16. May 2013
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