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97 Days left…

2nd February 2014

We have 97 days left until we leave and we’ve reduced the list of renovations to do around the house to two sides of an A4 page of refill paper. I think we’ll call that a win!

How we tricked ourselves into saving money—Saving for long term travel: Part Two

3rd April 2014

As you saw in Part One: Not winning the lottery we aren’t especially awesome at saving. But due to the fact that we have not as yet won the lottery it has proven to be the only way that we can afford a trip like the one we have planned.

Saving money is far from being glamorous. It is actually rather dull. To be honest, we wouldn’t have done it if we hadn’t tricked ourselves into it.

So here follows our Top 10 tips to trick yourself into saving:

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Why we are driving next time

28th July 2013

The following are accepted facts when booking transport in Cambodia:

Two hours will mean four… or more.
Descriptions like ‘VIP’ and ‘Air-con’ are unrelated to the actual trip you are booking (they are simply added to make the sign eye-catching)
Booking a ‘seat’ does not guarantee and actual seat, contortionist manoeuvres may be required

We were told the journey from Kampot to Saigon would be about 8 hours, we thought 12 was probably a more reasonable estimate. We thought wrong…

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97 Days left…

How we tricked ourselves into saving money—Saving for long term travel: Part Two

Why we are driving next time

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