The thoughts of being on a cruise ship always make me anxious.  It is like going to the “all you can eat resort” and staying behind the resort fence all your vacation.  More »

Sounds like as a strange concept, but please look closer, and you would realize that this is not a bad idea. The Georgian visa is the best visa we have seen during More »

We are celebrated Tet (Vietnamese New Year) in Hoi An.  Hoi An Ancient Town is one of the eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vietnam.    We love this little town. It More »

The Myanmar (Burma) trip started in Yangon. We stayed in the Sule Shangri-La hotel. The sightseeing day started at the fruit market, then pagodas, stupas, temples…           We visited Kyauk Htat More »

We made a conscious decision to splurge a little bit, and stay at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur (KL) hotel with the magnificent view of the Petronas Twin Towers. So glad that we More »

 

Searching the Internet

I planned to publish this post almost a month ago, but was destructed by various family issues. Additionally, our area was impacted by storm Sandy and that caused another delay. Anyway, I was searching the Internet for retirement

Vacaion in Mexico City

Our dearest friend just returned from the one week vacation in Mexico City.  His decision to go there was not the easy one, thanks to media and friends’ advice.  Honestly, he was so

“Go Naked”

Yesterday I called my former employer to check if I am eligible for the health coverage during my early retirement. At the time of separation, I was eligible for the coverage.  The operator

Executing The Plan

The train is still moving towards its final destination. The“train” represents my husband and I. A “final destination” is our departure day, the day when we’ll leave the US to explore the

Kailash Yatra – part 2

Tibet (Lake Manasarovar – Mt. Kailash) The spiritual Guru, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, said that the only one thing in the world is certain that everything is uncertain. I have experienced that truth every day during

Kailash Yatra – part 1

Delhi -Kathmandu- Pokhara I am back from the longest vacation I ever took – 25 days away from home. It is hard to describe the trip.  As I mentioned, it was not

Finding the Best Mail Forwarding Service

As I wrote in the Go Digital post,  you need the US address.  That can be established when you subscribe to the mail forwarding service. What is the best mail forwarding service

Kailash Yatra

Yesterday, I realized that we have less than five months left before our targeted departure date.  Once again, I started to panic if we have enough time to “wrap up all the US-based

My Retirement Guru

I love Kathleen Peddicord.  She is my “Retirement” Guru.  Whatever questions or concerns I have, she will answer them in her e-letters. Kathleen Peddicord, the publisher of the Live and Invest Overseas, often referrers

Memories

We have about 20+ photo albums. All these photograph were taken before the digital camera was invented.  Once in a while, we seat together and look at the photographs, telling our son