Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.6.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.

# Your Escape Blueprint

Adventures in Nomadic Retirement

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/blog/)
- [Phnom Penh the Bustling Capital of Cambodia.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/phnom-penh-the-bustling-capital-of-cambodia/)
- [Asia the Unwalkable](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/asia-the-unwalkable/)
- [Impressions of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-kuala-lumpur-malaysia/)
- [Impressions of Japan, 5 days in Tokyo and Kyoto](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-japan-5-days-in-tokyo-and-kyoto/)
- [Our 2025 Vagabonding Year in Review – Impressions, Reflections & Highlights](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/our-2025-vagabonding-year-in-review-impressions-reflections-highlights/)
- [Impressions of New Zealand](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-new-zealand/)
- [New Zealand - A Walk Down Memory Lane](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/new-zealand-a-walk-down-memory-lane/)
- [Bruised but not Beaten by Hurricane Beryl](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/bruised-but-not-beaten-by-hurricane-beryl/)
- [Memorable Malta: A Place That Makes You Go Hmmm](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/memorable-malta-a-place-that-makes-you-go-hmmm/)
- [THS -The Machiavellian Housesit Platform?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/ths-the-machiavellian-housesit-platform/)
- [When in Rome do as the Romanians do!  Trevignano Romano.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/when-in-rome-do-as-the-romanians-do-trevignano-romano/)
- [Montenegro a Land of Stunning Scenery and Ancient Settlements.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/montenegro-a-land-of-stunning-scenery-and-ancient-settlements/)
- [Borghese Gallery vs Vatican Museum - Clash of the Titans](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/borghese-gallery-vs-vatican-museum-clash-of-the-titans/)
- [Impressions of Tirana Albania. Authentic, Vibrant, and Unpretentious.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-tirana-albania-authentic-vibrant-and-unpretentious/)
- [Exploring the Northern Cyclades on the Star Clipper](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-the-northern-cyclades-on-the-star-clipper/)
- [2024 New Years Newsletter](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/2024-new-years-newsletter/)
- [Barra de Navidad, Mexico A Walk Back in Time](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/barra-de-navidad-mexico-a-walk-back-in-time/)
- [Dublin Fair City: Coffee, Cannabis and Guinness](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-dublin-ireland/)
- [Rome Italy: I was a fool waiting this long to visit the Eternal City](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/rome-italy-i-was-a-fool-waiting-this-long-to-visit-the-eternal-city/)
- [Turkish Cultural Experiences: Pummeled & Pampered.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/turkish-cultural-experiences-pummeled-pampered/)
- [Istanbul: The Eurasian Mega City](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/istanbul-the-eurasian-mega-city/)
- [5 Days Exploring Angkor Wat](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/5-days-exploring-angkor-wat/)
- [Dubai: The Extravagant, Slightly Schizoid Disneyland for Adrenaline Junkies](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/dubai-the-extravagant-slightly-schizoid-disneyland-for-adrenaline-junkies/)
- [Asia Tour 2023: The Highs and Lows](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/asia-tour-2023-the-highs-and-lows/)
- [Impressions of Hanoi Vietnam](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-hanoi-vietnam/)
- [Impressions of Luang Prabang Laos](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-luang-prabang-laos/)
- [An Open Letter to Seemingly Delusional Airline Executives](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/an-open-letter-to-seemingly-delusional-airline-executives/)
- [Sexy Benny’s Thai Cooking Class](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sexy-bennys-thai-cooking-class/)
- [Iguazu Falls From Both Sides and Above](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/iguazu-falls-from-both-sides-and-above/)
- [Spicy Rio de Janeiro](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/spicy-rio-de-janeiro/)
- [Exploring Our Own Backyard](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-our-own-backyard/)
- [Mystery of Mexico’s Monarchs](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/mystery-of-mexicos-monarchs/)
- [The Cape Horn Cruise that Wasn’t](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-cape-horn-cruise-that-wasnt/)
- [Mendoza's Hop on Hop Off Wine Tours.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/mendozas-hop-on-hop-off-wine-tours/)
- [Pushing out the boat on the Royal Clipper!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/pushing-out-the-boat-on-the-royal-clipper/) - The Royal Clipper explores the windward Islands of the Caribbean
- [Teotihuacán - An Enigma Enshrined in Stone](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/teotihuacan-an-enigma-enshrined-in-stone/)
- [Mexico City - Manic, Mighty and Multifaceted](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/mexico-city-manic-mighty-and-multifaceted/)
- [Puno to the Sacred Valley following the "Route of the Sun"](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/puno-to-the-sacred-valley-following-the-route-of-the-sun/)
- [A City Within a City](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/a-city-within-a-city/)
- [The Big Skim – How the Caribbean has Perfected Harassing Travelers into a Fine Art](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-big-skim-how-the-caribbean-has-perfected-harassing-travelers-into-a-fine-art/)
- [Mystic Machu Pichu  - a World Wonder](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/mystic-machu-pichu-a-world-wonder/)
- [Puno and the Islands of Lake Titikaka](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/puno-and-the-islands-of-lake-titikaka/)
- [Arequipa, Colca Canyon, and Condors](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/arequipa-colca-canyon-and-condors/)
- [Impressions of Lima Peru](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-lima-peru/)
- [Affordable Galapagos Cruising](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/affordable-galapagos-cruising/) - Last minute deals are key to cruising through the Galapagos affordably.
- [Highlights of 6 years of Travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/highlights-of-6-years-of-travel/) - When we started on this adventure, some of our family’s immediate concern (other than are you completely off your rocker?) was not seeing much of us any more.
- [Killing Time in Chania Crete](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/killing-time-in-chania-crete/) - Chania is a wonderful place to explore. It has it a very rich history, from the Minoans to the series of invaders who included the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, the Venetians, the Ottomans and the Germans during the second world.
- [House sitting around the globe. A 6 year retrospective.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/house-sitting-around-the-globe-a-6-year-retrospective/) - Photos of some of the places we have house sat in the 6 years since 2012
- [Dahabiya: Cruising the Nile in Style](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/dahabiya-cruising-the-nile-in-style/) - Because you are not separated from the Nile by a pane of glass you are able to experience life on the river as those earlier explorers did sailing on a Dahabiya
- [El Gouna …….. Egypt European Style](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/el-gouna-egypt-european-style/) - El Gouna is a small town consisting of hotels, marinas, gazillions of restaurants and shops all nestled around a series of man-made salt water lagoons.
- [Why Living in the Caribbean Can Drive You Fricking Insane (And How to Avoid it).](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/why-living-in-the-caribbean-can-drive-you-fricking-insane-and-how-to-avoid-it/)
- [My Philosophy of Travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/my-philosophy-of-travel/) - traveling is not only about geography, seeing the sights, tasting its cuisine or understanding the people. It also serves to mirror the traveler.
- [Cuba Time – Going with the Flow](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cuba-time-going-with-the-flow/) - Like the music that flows into the streets it is all about the groove. It is laid back and cruisy, punctuated by some activity if something actually needs to get done.
- [Exploring the Galapagos on the Mary Anne Part II](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-the-galapagos-on-the-mary-anne-part-ii/) - We have never seen so many sea turtles swimming in the sea at the same time.
- [Cuba – The Art of the Scam](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cuba-the-art-of-the-scam/) - Cuba is a cool place to visit; however, like any other destinations with boat loads of tourists - there will be those who will scam, swindle, and con.
- [Exploring the Galapagos on the Mary Anne Part III](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-the-galapagos-on-the-mary-anne-part-iii/)
- [Exploring the Galapagos on the Mary Anne Part 1](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-the-galapagos-on-the-mary-anne-part-1/) - Finally the first day of our adventure rolled around. We checked out of our hotel in Puerto Ayora and caught a cab to meet our fellow shipmates.
- [The Roller Coaster .. Do we Don’t we?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-roller-coaster-do-we-dont-we/) - Some decisions are easy. Like what to have for breakfast. However some are not so easy, like giving up a secure lucrative position
- [Galapagos Musings](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/galapagos-musings/)
- [Paute in Pictures](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/paute-in-pictures/) - Paute is only a 40 minute drive from the better known city of Cuenca
- [Festival de Artesanias de America, Cuenca](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/festival-de-artesanias-de-america-cuenca/)
- [Survived and Revived](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/survived-and-revived/)
- [Viagra of de Sea - Caribbean Love Potion #23](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/viagra-of-de-sea-caribbean-love-potion-23/) - The Caribbean is home to a veritable cornucopia of libido enhancing magic potions. These love elixirs are for keeping your back strong.
- [Our Story](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/our-story/)
- [What Christmas and no Turkey?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-christmas-and-no-turkey/)
- [Housesitting  -  Following our Bliss](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/housesitting-following-our-bliss/) - We were caught in the rat race. We worked long hours to maintain our lifestyle. We had mortgages, timetables and other people’s agendas.
- [How to show a girl a good time!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-show-a-girl-a-good-time/)
- [Nomadic Retirement in Your Own Backyard](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/nomadic-retirement-in-your-own-backyard/) - A nomadic retirement does not mean you have to travel in far-flung places you can do it in your own country, your own backyard
- [What does Panama and Arizona Have in Common?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-does-panama-and-arizona-have-in-common/)
- [How to Escape and Sail the World!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-escape-and-sail-the-world/)
- [The Road to Utopia is Never Straight](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-road-to-utopia-is-never-straight/) - Be brave. Embrace life. Challenge yourself. You may just find Utopia, even if you do have to correct and continue
- [In Search of the Perfect Abode!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-perfect-abode/) - One of the main reasons we are travelling the globe (besides the shear joy of travel) is to find the perfect abode.
- [The Truth About Blogging!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-truth-about-blogging/) - As you drool over the photos of faraway places, or dream over picturesque descriptions. Do you wish you were leading the life of a travel blogger?
- [How we saved 60% on Airfares from Mexico to Nicaragua](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-we-saved-60-on-airfares-from-mexico-to-nicaragua/) - Jane and Duncan offer advice to Baby Boomers on how to get off the treadmill and make a dent in that travel bucket list
- [Housesitting in Tuscany](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tuscany-at-last/) - We arrived at our Tuscany house sit a day earlier than the original plan
- [How to Test Drive Destinations for Free!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-test-drive-destinations-for-free/)
- [Why Housesitting is so Fricking Awesome!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/why-housesitting-is-so-fricking-awesome/)
- [How it happened - becoming Infopreneurs.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-it-happened-becoming-infopreneurs/) - We set an intention at the beginning of this year to find ways to earn extra income, enabling us to maintain our vagabond lifestyle indefinitely.
- [Playing Poker with Credit Card Underwriters](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/playing-poker-with-credit-card-underwriters/)
- [The Top 10 Places We Have Lived Since 2012](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-top-10-places-we-have-lived-since-2010/) - We have lived in a lot of places during the past 3 years - here is our top 10.
- [State Sanctioned Voyeurism](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/smile-you-are-on-camera/) - Big Brother is alive and well in the United Kingdom
- [Tragedy of the Commons](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tragedy-of-the-commons/) - Musing bout the accessibility of playing fields in the United Kingdom.
- [Lands’ End the “End of the World”](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/lands-end-the-end-of-the-world/) - Tips for visiting the most southern and wester points of England
- [Five months and thankful!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/five-months-and-thankful/)
- [Home! Or is it?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/home-or-is-it/) - Back in Vancouver for a while at least
- [Scottish Menu Revealed](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/your-in-scotland-eat/) - Exploring the dazzling array of scottish cuisine and wonderful names
- [Whats Really Important](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/whats-really-important/) - Reflections on what is really important in life
- [Colonial Karma](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/colonial-karma/) - Some residents of the UK don't understand the significance of their colonial history or the concept of karma.
- [Save money! Take a Bolt...](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/save-money-take-a-bolt/) - Looking for a inexpensive quick way to get from Vancouver to Seattle?
- [Wake up sleepy head!!!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/wake-up-sleepy-head/)
- [Beautiful Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/beautiful-belize/) - Landing in Belize and strategies to avoid Belize City
- [Looking for a pad? Save money, avoid hassle!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/looking-for-a-pad-save-money-avoid-hassle/) - Tips for finding the perfect home away from home.
- [Mamma Was Wrong, Talk to Strangers!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/yo-mamma-was-wrong/) - Did your mother ever tell you to never talk to strangers?
- [The Garinagu of Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-garinagu-of-belize/) - A once in a life time cultural experience!
- [Dogs in a perfect world](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/dogs-in-a-perfect-world/) - "In a perfect world, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog."
- [Close Encounters with Belize Wildlife](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/close-encounters-with-belize-wildlife/) - The most amazing morning in Placencia Belize - It is great to be alive!
- [On my bucket list ....... Hammerhead Shark!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/on-my-bucket-list-hammerhead-shark/) - Hammerhead Sharks are majestic creatures but endangered
- [Sleepless in San Ignacio Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sleepless-in-san-ignacio-belize/) - Anybody who describes San Ignacio Belize as a "sleepily little town", I dare to say, has never actually tried to sleep here.
- [Beautiful but deadly](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/beautiful-but-deadly/) - The Lionfish Vacuum Cleaner of the Reef
- [An Alternative Christmas in Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/an-alternative-christmas-in-belize/) - Here’s to a stress free Christmas! No shopping, no cooking and no huge credit card bills!
- [12:21:12  the End of the Mayan Calendar](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/122112-the-end-of-the-mayan-calendar/) - rumours had circulated about a special ceremony at Cahal Pech
- [The top reasons to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN)](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-top-reasons-to-use-a-virtual-private-network-vpn/) - how to keep safe on the internet by using a virtual private network or vpn
- [What will you do all day?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-will-you-do-all-day/) - So many people are caught up in the everyday routine and find it difficult to think beyond the 40 to 80 hours that they spend working every week
- [Punta Gorda Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/punta-gorda-belize/) - PG as it is affectionately known is the southernmost town of the Toledo district in Belize
- [Livingston not your typical Guatemala](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/livingston-not-your-typical-guatemala/) - Livingston is indeed a strange mix and well worth a visit. You won’t find fancy resorts at least not to Western standards anyway.
- [Los Siete Altares a must see.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/los-siete-altares-a-must-see/) - The boat was skippered by a very large, almost naked Rastafarian, who proudly introduced himself as the father of the dozen kids shrieking with delight nearby.
- [Exploring Escazu Costa Rica](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-escazu-costa-rica/) - It appears the price of success in this country is that you live the remainder of your days behind bars…….. not something we are really interested in doing.
- [Holy Crap my Eyes are Smoking!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/holy-crap-my-eyes-are-smoking/) - My personal account of PRK laser eye surgery.
- [Two months already!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/two-months-already/) - It seems impossible to say that we have now been on our “Escape” adventure for over two months!
- [The Land of a Million Scowls](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-land-of-a-million-scowls/) - During my travels in Italy, Spain and Portugal, my observation has been that it is "The Land of a Million Scowls"
- [Driving Like a French Boy Racer!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/driving-like-a-french-boy-racer/) - I have come to the conclusion that some drivers are just plain insane.
- [Sticks, water & tradition!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sticks-water-tradition/) - Sete, France an old Phoenician town intersected with canals has a very interesting sport! “Canal Jousting”
- [Gazpacho - Cool soup!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/gazpacho-cool-soup/) - Gazpacho is a tomato-based, vegetable soup traditionally served cold,. This type of soup originated in the Andalucía region of Spain.
- [A Taste of Tangiers!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/a-taste-of-tangiers/) - Morocco was not initially on the itinerary; however it is only a 45 minute ferry ride away and very reasonably priced
- [Earthquake creates Cheese!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/earthquake-creates-cheese/) - Over a million years ago, the ground, rattled and rolled, sinking down into a oval shaped valley.
- [Merida’s elusive ruins!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/meridas-elusive-ruins/) - We had been advised to visit the extensive Roman ruins in Merida on our trip through central Spain.
- [The Alps…. Switzerland, Liechtenstein & Austria](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/austria/) - It is still a source of amazement to me that within hours of driving you can travel to 4 different countries!
- [Citroen - not Lemon!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/citroen-not-lemon/) - This car is not your fathers Citroen!
- [Raving about Ronda](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/raving-about-ronda/) - We were advised by our friends that we had to visit Ronda……… they were absolutely right, it is a magical place!
- [Calling all Castle lovers!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/calling-all-castle-lovers/) - Exploring Conwy’s UNESCO world heritage site
- [Deep Sea fishing Cornish style!!!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/deep-sea-fishing-cornish-style/) - Today I struck another item off my bucket list
- [Mousehole](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/mousehole/) - At the far end of England, a land of rocks and moorland stretches itself out into a blue-green sea.
- [Still a vacation?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/still-a-vacation/) - After 3 months the question has to be….. is it still a vacation?
- [Tuscan Cooking Class](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/eat-your-doctor-will-hate-you/) - Eat lots of food from Italy and you will be so healthy your doctor will hate you!
- [Taking the A train](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/taking-the-a-train/) - Ever had one of those frustrating computer glitches? You know the whole thing freezes up and kicks you out of the system
- [Where’s the Bluebirds?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/wheres-the-bluebirds-2/) - There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
- [One day, Three Countries!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/one-day-three-countries/) - Three countries in one day. Bringing my total count of countries visited to a grand total of 50. Half way to my life goal of at least 100.
- [Another day and four countries!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/another-day-and-four-countries/) - Europe really is a place without borders, there are no border crossings, no guards, no checkpoints
- [Thru the Swiss Alps!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/thru-the-swiss-alps/) - There are places that you hear of all your life, places that summon images, feelings, desires
- [Sometimes it is best not to plan!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sometimes-it-is-best-not-to-plan/) - I used to (and still) subscribe to the seven P's ………..Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss Poor Performance.
- [Tuscany nights](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tuscany-nights/) - This is Tuscany, the Tuscany that has endured through millennia, grown and nurtured its people and its customs
- [Dinner Italian Style](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/join-us-for-dinner/) - Hunting season still goes on and apparently anything and everything will be shot at!
- [Driving in Italy..... Part 1](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/driving-in-italy-part-1/) - If our bus had left the road the result would have looked like mice and shards of glass being run through a food processor
- [How To Travel Affordably?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-can-you-afford-to-do-that/) - The great thing about doing house sits is that we do have complete cooking facilities and local contact’s as well
- [Driving in Italy Part II - Driven to Distraction (and Chianti)](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/driving-in-italy-part-ii-driven-to-distraction-and-chianti/) - Driving in Italy certainly is not boring or for the faint of heart
- [Tourist beware!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tourist-beware/)
- [Cinque Terre will it ever be the same?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cinque-terre-will-it-ever-be-the-same/) - The mass of water, rolled down the mountainsides, devastating all five villages
- [Getting to Cinque Terre](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/getting-to-cinque-terre/) - Getting to cinque terre is part of the adventure.
- [How to get great deals on hotel rooms!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-get-screaming-deals-on-hotel-rooms/) - There is an even better way to find good deals for hotels
- [Life begins](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/life-begins/)
- [I wish I could do that!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/i-wish-i-could-do-that/) - The biggest challenge is fear of the unknown!
- [Now it is getting scary!!!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/now-it-is-getting-scary/) - The question we were asking ourselves was, what to do with our house
- [110 days until “E” day! “E” = Escape day!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/110-days-until-e-day-e-escape-day/) - Do we pack the old backpacks and be itinerant wanderers or rent for weeks or months at a time?
- [Getting rid of the stuff!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/getting-rid-of-the-stuff/) - I am not sure how much you have collected, I do know that 11 years in one house has led to a substantial collection
- [Renter terror!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/renter-terror/) - The thought of letting someone else live in my home, while I still own it is actually rather perturbing
- [Getting rid of the stuff! Part II](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/getting-rid-of-the-stuff-part-ii/) - The little voice in my head was saying “You should have asked for more!!”
- [Clearing out the physical and emotional garbage!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cleaning-the-closet-such-a-mundane-act-or-is-it/) - Making the decision to go exploring, renting your house out and selling most of your belongings, was not a decision we came to lightly
- [Frickin Huge Moving Sale!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/frickin-huge-moving-sale/) - This weekend we held a Frickin Huge Moving Sale
- [Seller Beware! Craigslist scams!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/147/) - I will really appreciate if you can delete posting from Craigslist because am willing to buy this now
- [21 Days to Escape Day!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/21-days-to-escape-day/) - There is no turning back now
- [How to get the best deal on car rentals in Europe.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-travel-europe-without-restrictions/) - One of the biggest dilemmas for anyone is how to get around while in Europe
- [Rising tension!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/rising-tension/) - Anxiety, fear and angst abound! Which adds up to a somewhat explosive environment right now
- [We Escaped!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/we-escaped/) - The adventure begins……….. We have Escaped!
- [Spanish Tapas](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/spanish-tapas/) - when in Rome do as the Romanians do
- [Safe and Sound!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/safe-and-sound/) - After toasting our "Escape" at YVR we boarded our Boeing 777 on schedule, settled in to our cosy Air Canada seats and we were off!
- [My Hometown!  Boston…. No not Massachusetts!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/my-hometown-boston-no-not-massachusetts/) - Boston, Lincolnshire, England and yes my North American friends founded before “The Boston Tea Party”
- [Christmas in Malitbog Part II](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/christmas-in-malitbog-part-ii/) - Christmas morning arrived hot and sunny
- [The Thrilla of Manila](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-thrilla-of-manila/) - Manila is the essence of discombobulation, a great big amorphous mass of humanity
- [My 100th Dive](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/my-100th-dive/) - This is the Zen of diving
- [Trains, planes and automobiles ..........](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/trains-planes-and-automobiles/) - They pack a lot on their saddles and are famous for being able to transport a family of 5 plus the pig
- [Green Turtles slaughtered for curio's](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/750/) - OK so they now have 100 DEAD turtles, the shipper will face charges great
- [Intramuros the Hidden Peace of Manila!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/intramuros-the-hidden-peace-of-manila/) - After the crazy taxi ride at breakneck speed from the airport
- [The Zen of Diving](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-zen-of-diving/) - This is considered to be one of the best dive sites onUtila. The site consists of solitary rock formation in the middle of an otherwise flat seabed.
- [How to Skype from anywhere in the world.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-skype-from-anywhere-in-the-world/) - Use a vpn to skype from anywhere in the world
- [The Jade Seahorse Utilta](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-jade-seahorse-utilta/) - The Jade Seahorse is something you have never seen or imagined in your wildest dreams. Enter though the colourful gate and prepare to be amazed.
- [First Impressions of Honduras](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/first-impressions-of-honduras/) - Honduras is a place where you can be mugged or even shot without even trying; Honduras has the highest per capita murder rate of any nation on the planet.
- [Come dive with us at Roatan Banks!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/come-dive-with-us-at-roatan-banks/) - Our destination is the Roatan Banks. An area just off Cayo Cochinas a spot very seldom dived. Alton’s is the only dive shop that goes there from Utila.
- [Shopping fun in Escazu](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/shopping-fun-in-escazu/) - Every Saturday morning, central Escazu is home to a plethora of growers & farmers, they stream in to set up a long row of colourful stalls
- [What a difference a day makes](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-a-difference-a-day-makes/) - We left the house just five minutes after completing packing and we were on our way to an uncertain future.
- [The Inner Game of Money](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-inner-game-of-money/) - We have retired early, at 45 and 54 and want to help others do the same!
- [Why one should travel light Reason # 97](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/why-one-should-travel-light-reason-97-2/) - It has often been said if you can't run a 1/2 mile with all your gear you are carrying too much.
- [Is debt stopping you from retiring early?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/is-debt-stopping-you-from-retiring-early/)
- [The outdoor life in Boquete](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-outdoor-life-in-boquete/) - Most impressive of which is our ever-changing view of Volcan Baru, subtle sunsets, crisp mornings, dense fog, and torrential rain.
- [Journey to Islas Secas](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/journey-to-islas-secas/) - As we sped across the glistening swells, a small pod of Spinner Dolphins joined us, racing alongside, riding the bow wave and leaping for joy.
- [Escape to Isla Palenque](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/escape-to-isla-palenque/) - The resort is an award winning design, featuring wood clad steel framed buildings, open-air halls, bamboo decking and local artwork.
- [Sleepy islands, hell hole or expat heaven?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sleepy-islands-hell-hole-or-expat-heaven/) - Boca del Toro has reputation as a party town meaning the drinks and other substances flow late into the night.
- [The Panama Canal - The Big Ditch](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-panama-canal-the-big-ditch/) - The best way to see this engineering marvel is to transit the canal by tour boat, which gives a personal up-close perspective.
- [Freedom 55](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/freedom-55/) - Why then are so many, still chained to their work into their sixties and beyond?
- [Globe-trotting on $50 a day.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/globe-trotting-on-50-a-day/) - Our European adventure lifestyle was not sustainable; however Central America certainly is.
- [Turtle Love on Playa Bluff](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/turtle-love-on-playa-bluff/) - After a starlit, walk along Playa Bluff, Bocas Del Toro, Panama this was the sight that rewarded us.
- [What the Frick was that?!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-the-frick-was-that/) - Belize is a country of exotic sounds that lull you to sleep and waken your senses.
- [Lobsterfest comes to Placencia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/lobsterfest-comes-to-placencia/) - The mega 3-day beach party like, no other in Belize is the boast of Placencia Lobsterfest organizers!
- [What Will You Do, After You Retire?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-will-you-do-after-you-retire/) - What are you escaping to?
- [Reasons to Retire Early Part I](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/reasons-to-retire-early-part-i/)
- [Warning  -  Bad News!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/warning-bad-news/)
- [Impressions of San Ignacio](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-san-ignacio/)
- [Impressions of Placencia Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-placencia-belize-2/)
- [Impressions of Boquete Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-boquete-panama/)
- [Luxury Travel on the Cheap](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/luxury-travel-on-the-cheap/)
- [Slow travel, slow down and smell the Panzanella.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/slow-travel-slow-down-and-smell-the-panzanella/) - The lure of slow travel is the opportunity to connect to a place and its people, to get an in-depth experience of its true culture
- [Impressions of Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-utila-bay-islands-honduras/)
- [Impressions of Pedasi, Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/impressions-of-pedasi-panama/)
- [A Witness to Mass Extinction?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/a-witness-to-mass-extinction/)
- [The trucker, teacher and three-legged dog adopt a “Pickled Parrot”](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-trucker-teacher-and-three-legged-dog-adopt-a-pickled-parrot/)
- [What do Iguanas, Boas, Frigates and Crabs have in common?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/what-do-iguanas-boas-frigates-and-crabs-have-in-common/)
- [Christmas Panama style!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/christmas-panama-style/)
- [Dancing in Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/dancing-in-panama/)
- [Panama’s Big Hairy Wart](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/panamas-big-hairy-wart/)
- [Shoddy Construction makes Cranky Gringos](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/shoddy-construction-makes-cranky-gringos/)
- [Retirees find new purpose in Playa Uverito, Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/retirees-find-new-purpose-in-playa-uverito-panama/)
- [Belize, a Tax Haven? - I am not convinced](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/belize-a-tax-haven-i-am-not-convinced-2/)
- [Are You Ready For A Medical Emergency?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/are-you-ready-for-a-medical-emergency/)
- [Cooking Country Style in Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cooking-country-style-in-panama/)
- [Avoiding the Rip offs in Cartagena, Colombia.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/avoid-being-ripped-off-in-cartagena-colombia/)
- [The Travel Secret Cruise lines Don't Want you to Know!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-travel-secret-cruise-lines-dont-want-you-to-know/)
- [The Perfect Abode Country Index](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-perfect-abode-country-index/)
- [The Devil gets down in Penomone](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-devil-gets-down-in-penomone/)
- [Celebrating two years of full time travel! (Part I)](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/celebrating-two-years-of-full-time-travel-part-i/)
- [Three Years of Defying Convention](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/three-years-of-defying-convention/) - With three years of nomadic lifestyle hindsight to share, we want to cover some of the questions that crop up on a regular basis.
- [Celebrating two years of full time travel! (Part II)](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/celebrating-two-years-of-full-time-travel-part-ii/)
- [Shakin' it at Carnival in St Vincent](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/shakin-it-at-carnival-in-st-vincent/)
- [Travel Writing - When Work is a Never Ending Holiday](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/travel-writing-when-work-is-a-never-ending-holiday/)
- [Shaking Dem Dangerous Curves -  Dancing in the Streets](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/shaking-dem-dangerous-curves-dancing-in-the-streets/)
- [Chikungunya - Coming to a Mosquito near you?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/chikungunya-coming-to-a-mosquito-near-you/)
- [The Importance of staying in touch while being a Nomad](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-importance-of-staying-in-touch-while-being-a-nomad/) - In this day of emails, Skype, text messaging, blogs and Facebook you would think that staying in touch with family and friends while travelling would be easy.
- [9 ways to avoid getting ripped off - and pay local prices!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/9-ways-to-avoid-getting-ripped-off-and-pay-local-prices/)
- [Luxury Caribbean living for only $2,000 a month.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/luxury-caribbean-living-for-only-2000-a-month/) - You heard us right. We have been living and playing in the Caribbean since February 2014 and have spent on average $2,000 Candian per month.
- [The Savvy Traveller's Guide to Affordable Accommodation](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-savvy-travellers-guide-to-affordable-accommodation/) - How to find rental accommodations smarter, better, and cheaper.
- [Six Ways to Save Money on Airfare](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/six-ways-to-save-money-on-airfare/) - By thinking outside of the box, considering different routes and fooling the software into different points of sale you can spend a lot less.
- [New Year Resolutions and the Emergency Room](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/new-year-resolutions-and-the-emergency-room/)
- [DVT -  A Travellers Game of Russian Roulette](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/dvt-a-travellers-game-of-russian-roulette/) - Are you playing Russian roulette with your health? The chances of dying from a Pulmonary Embolism are the same as playing the deadly game.
- [The truth about credit card insurance protection.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-truth-about-credit-card-insurance-protection/) - Think your credit card provides you with trip cancellation protection - Think again! You may be in for an exercise in frustration.
- [House sitting from a homeowner’s perspective](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/house-sitting-from-a-homeowners-perspective/) - Housesitting is for homeowners who never want to leave their pets, unless they have someone to stay and care for them in their own environment.
- [Sticker Shock](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/sticker-shock/) - Volunteering is expensive
- [Dominica in Pictures](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/dominica-in-pictures/) - Dubbed 'The Nature Island' Dominica is sandwiched between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique has its own unique character.
- [Fort de France Martinique in Pictures](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/fort-de-france-martinique-in-pictures/) - We were smitten at first sight! Our whirlwind visit to Martinique allowed only a brief glimpse into the people and sites of Fort de France.
- [St Lucia in Pictures](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/st-lucia-in-pictures/) - St Lucia is a island of many faces. Miles of golden beaches, sparkling azure ocean and towering above it all the dramatic Pitons.
- [Banking for Travellers with Mortgages](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/banking-for-travellers-with-mortgages/) - If you think banking can be frustrating when visiting your branch - try banking remotely. Not all banks are created equally.
- [Banks, Love or Hate them?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/love-or-hate-them/) - We have a love, hate, affair with our banks
- [The 9 types of housesits you may want to avoid!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-9-types-of-housesits-you-may-want-to-avoid/)
- [The Wests - Committed to Community](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-wests-committed-to-community/)
- [ATM Cave of the Crystal Maiden, Belize ](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/atm-belize-cave-of-the-crystal-maiden/) - This is a sacred place to the Maya people. Mayas believed that gods, who provided rain and crop fertility, resided in this underworld.
- [Why we love to housesit.](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/why-we-love-to-housesit/) - One of the benefits is looking after other peoples pets - Like Elle an 11 year old American Golden Retriever.
- [Experience a Different Life Go House Sitting!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/house-sitting-an-experience-like-no-other/) - With no human neighbours and no streetlights, we sleep like logs. A walk rewards us with fresh lemongrass, limes, mango, avocado, passion, and dragon fruit.
- [Less hormones please!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/less-hormones-please/)
- [Break free, loose the “stuff”!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/break-free-loose-the-stuff/)
- [I gave away a member of my family!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/i-gave-away-a-member-of-my-family/) - How can you do this heart breaking thing and indeed why you ask?
- [How to make debt disappear with a snowball!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-make-debt-disappear-with-a-snowball/) - You gain control over your finances and pay a lot less in interest payments to the banks.
- [Shark Fin Soup - Does it really give you gas?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/shark-fin-soup-does-it-really-give-you-gas/)
- [My First Ocean Dive](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/my-first-ocean-dive/) - That was it, I was hooked line and sinker forever
- [Central America Debris  -  a mid year review](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/central-america-debris-a-mid-year-review/)
- [Exploring the Islets of Granada](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/exploring-the-islets-of-granada/) - Within a few hours of arriving we were advised that we had to visit the Islets of Granada: (Isletas de Granada) which are just southeast of Granada city.
- [Granada's Famous Tiles](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/granadas-famous-tiles/) - Granada is famous for its beautiful churches and colonial houses; it is also famous for one feature of these buildings that I found absolutely fascinating.
- [How to set up a Blog](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/how-to-set-up-a-blog-2/) - I am a big believer in the 80-20 principle. The 80-20 rule, or the Pareto Principle, states that 80% of the results come from 20% of key activities.
- [Lucca snubbed!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/lucca-snubbed/) - The walls of Lucca are a park lined with trees, 50 meters thick at points they provide a wonderful view of the city below and the countryside around.
- [It compelled me………](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/it-compelled-me/)
- [The Rock!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-rock/) - Gibraltar has been fought over for centuries
- [The Alternate Algarve!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-alternate-algarve/) - Southern Portugal is known the world over for its stunning beaches
- [The tip of Portugal](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-tip-of-portugal/) - Off the beaten track in the Algarve of Portugal
- [Barren desert to Alpine meadow!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/barren-desert-to-alpine-meadow/) - An amazing day to wonder the alpine meadows of Soldeu Andorra
- [Cicadas  - Noisy Sap Suckers!](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cicadas-noisy-sap-suckers/) - Cicadas are recognizable because they are big, very ugly, and even noisier.
- [Placencia, Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/placencia-belize/) - The lowdown on the best beaches in Belize

## Pages

- [Home (for dreams of going to)](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/)
- [Resources](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/books-and-resources/) - Goods and services we have found very valuable when travelling
- [Interviews](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/interviews/)
- [Keys to Housesitting Success](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/house-sitting/keys-to-housesitting-success/)
- [About](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/about-us-5/)
- [Contact Us](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/about-us-5/contact-us/)
- [404 Page](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/404-page/)
- [Thanks For Subscribing](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/thanks-for-subscribing/)
- [Thank You Very Much](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/thank-you-very-much/)
- [The Caribbean](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/)
- [Cuba](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/cuba/)
- [Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/belize-2013-14/)
- [United Kingdom](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/europe-2/united-kingdom/)
- [Guatemala](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/guatemala-2/)
- [Portugal](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/europe-2/portugal-photos-2012/)
- [Italy](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/europe-2/italy-photos-2012/)
- [France](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/europe-2/france-photos-2012/)
- [Europe](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/europe-2/)
- [Characters we met on our travels](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/characters-we-met-on-our-travels/)
- [Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/panama-2013-14/)
- [Nicaragua](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/nicaragua-2013/)
- [Honduras](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/honduras-2013/)
- [Costa Rica](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/costa-rica-2/)
- [Central America](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/central-america/)
- [Martinique](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/martinique-2/)
- [Barbados](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/barbados-3/)
- [The ABC's  - Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/the-abcs-aruba-bonaire-curacao/)
- [St Vincent & The Grenadines](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/st-vincent-the-grenadines/)
- [Photo Galleries](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/)
- [Dominica](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/dominica-2/)
- [Free Retirement Report](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/free-retirement-report/)
- [St Lucia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/st-lucia-2014/)
- [Grenada](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/grenada-2014/)
- [Bequia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/the-caribbean/bequia-2014/)
- [Getting from A to B](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/getting-from-a-to-b/)
- [Spain](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/europe-2/spain-photos-2012/)
- [Wildlife](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/wildlife-2/)
- [Places Around The Globe We House Sat](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/places-around-the-globe-we-house-sat/)
- [Landscapes](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/landscapes-2/)
- [Housesitting Report](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/housesitting-report/)
- [The Great Escape Fall 2015 Newsletter](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/the-great-escape-fall-2015-newsletter/)
- [Housesitting](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/house-sitting/)
- [Free Housesitting Report](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/free-housesitting-report/) - Imagine being able to retire early, having the freedom to travel full time, and live like a local not a tourist.
- [Archives](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/archives/)
- [Newsletter Sign Up](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/newsletter-sign-up/)
- [Join Our Newsletter](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/join-our-newsletter/)
- [Free Reports](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/free-reports/)
- [New? Start Here](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/new-start-here/)
- [Destination Reviews ](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/destination-reviews/)
- [Travel & Inspirational Quotes](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/photo-galleries/travel-inspirational-quotes/)
- [Your Perfect Abode?](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/destination-reviews/your-perfect-abode/)
- [Your Perfect Getaway](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/destination-reviews/the-perfect-getaway/)
- [St Georges Caye Resort, Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/destination-reviews/st-georges-caye-resort-belize/)
- [The Black Orchid Resort Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/destination-reviews/the-black-orchid-resort-belize/)
- [Travel Videos](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/travel-videos/) - For more videos and updates, visit and subscribe to my Youtube page.
- [Isla Palenque Panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/destination-reviews/isla-palenque-panama/) - The Resort at Isla Palenque is a unique 5 Star Eco-resort on its own 400-acre island in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama.

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [De-cluttering](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/de-cluttering/)
- [General](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/general/)
- [Europe](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/europe/)
- [Planes Trains Automobiles](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/planes-trains-automobiles/)
- [House Sitting](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/house-sitting/)
- [Cultural Musings](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/cultural-musings/)
- [Awesome Food](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/awesome-food/)
- [The Inner Game](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/the-inner-game/)
- [Travel Advice and Tips](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/travel-advice-tips/)
- [Random Ramblings](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/other-cool-stuff/random-ramblings/)
- [Central America](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/central-america/)
- [Career Breaks](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/career-breaks/)
- [Philippines](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/philippines/)
- [How to](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/other-cool-stuff/how-to/)
- [Tech Stuff](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/other-cool-stuff/tech-stuff/)
- [Experience](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/)
- [Retiring Early](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/retire-early-2/)
- [Slow Travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/slow-travel/)
- [Ocean Experiences](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/ocean-experiences/)
- [Money Matters](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/money-matters/)
- [Escape](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/)
- [Explore](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/)
- [Other Cool Stuff](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/other-cool-stuff/)
- [Staying Healthy and Happy](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/staying-healthy-and-happy/)
- [The Perfect Abode](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/the-perfect-abode/)
- [Fellow Escapees](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/fellow-escapees/)
- [The Caribbean](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/the-caribbean/)
- [Funding a Life of Travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/escape-2/funding-a-life-of-travel/)
- [Saving Money](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/saving-money/)
- [Nomadic Retirement](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/explore/nomadic-retirement/)
- [Our Story](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/our-story/)
- [South America](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/south-america/)
- [Africa](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/africa/)
- [The Snark Files](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/the-snark-files/)
- [Mexico](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/canada/)
- [Asia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/asia/)
- [Middle East](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/middle-east/)
- [Newsletters](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/newsletters/)
- [Dodging Bullets](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/dodging-bullets/)
- [Oceania](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/category/experience/oceania-experience/)

## Tags

- [escape](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/escape/)
- [freedom](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/freedom/)
- [rat race](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/rat-race/)
- [simplify](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/simplify/)
- [indecision](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/indecision/)
- [financial security](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/financial-security/)
- [new adventure](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/new-adventure/)
- [renting](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/renting/)
- [property managers](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/property-managers/)
- [security](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/security/)
- [finding a property manager](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/finding-a-property-manager/)
- [angst](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/angst/)
- [fear](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/fear/)
- [your dreams](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/your-dreams/)
- [making space](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/making-space/)
- [downsizing](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/downsizing/)
- [craigslist](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/craigslist/)
- [moving](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/moving/)
- [pertubation](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/pertubation/)
- [peak potentials](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/peak-potentials/)
- [anxiety](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/anxiety/)
- [Finances](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/finances/)
- [banking](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/banking/)
- [banks](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/banks/)
- [fees](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/fees/)
- [money maven](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/money-maven/)
- [de-cluttering](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/de-cluttering-2/)
- [dealers](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/dealers/)
- [bargains](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/bargains/)
- [money](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/money/)
- [adopting pets](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/adopting-pets/)
- [cats](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cats/)
- [Scams](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/scams/)
- [scam artists](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/scam-artists/)
- [fraud](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/fraud/)
- [short term lease](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/short-term-lease/)
- [Home](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/home/)
- [Homecoming](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/homecoming/)
- [Heathrow airport](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/heathrow-airport/)
- [Boston](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/boston/)
- [Windmills](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/windmills/)
- [The Stump](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/the-stump/)
- [travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel/)
- [borderless](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/borderless/)
- [food](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/food/)
- [Pietrasanta](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/pietrasanta/)
- [parking tickets](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/parking-tickets/)
- [old town](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/old-town/)
- [walls](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/walls/)
- [Cinque Terre](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cinque-terre/)
- [mudslides](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/mudslides/)
- [cooking class in Tuscany](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cooking-class-in-tuscany/)
- [Roquefort](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/roquefort/)
- [blue cheese](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/blue-cheese/)
- [ruins](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/ruins/)
- [citroen C3](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/citroen-c3/)
- [driving in Europe](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/driving-in-europe/)
- [Europe car lease program](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/europe-car-lease-program/)
- [Ronda](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/ronda/)
- [Conwy Castle](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/conwy-castle/)
- [Lands End](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/lands-end/)
- [The Lizard](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/the-lizard/)
- [Cornwall](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cornwall/)
- [haggis](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/haggis/)
- [cullen skink](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cullen-skink/)
- [stovies](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/stovies/)
- [travel scotland](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel-scotland/)
- [families](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/families/)
- [friends](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/friends/)
- [no regrets](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/no-regrets/)
- [Belize](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/belize/)
- [howler monkeys](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/howler-monkeys/)
- [airbnb](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/airbnb/)
- [accomodation](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/accomodation/)
- [talking to strangers](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/talking-to-strangers/)
- [experiences](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/experiences/)
- [diving](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/diving/)
- [bucket list](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/bucket-list/)
- [scuba diving](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/scuba-diving/)
- [marine conservation](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/marine-conservation-2/)
- [awesome food](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/awesome-food-2/)
- [eye surgery](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/eye-surgery/)
- [cultural musings](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cultural-musings-2/)
- [random ramblings](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/random-ramblings-2/)
- [travel advice tips](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel-advice-tips-2/)
- [travel advice](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel-advice/)
- [house sitting](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/house-sitting-2/)
- [reef creatures](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/reef-creatures-2/)
- [coral cay conservation](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/coral-cay-conservation/)
- [malaria](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/malaria/)
- [thailand](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/thailand/)
- [the inner game](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/the-inner-game-2/)
- [planes trains and automobiles](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/planes-trains-and-automobiles/)
- [tech stuff](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/tech-stuff-2/)
- [how to](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/how-to-2/)
- [central america](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/central-america-2/)
- [ATM Cave](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/atm-cave/)
- [Sacred](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/sacred/)
- [placencia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/placencia/)
- [christmas](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/christmas/)
- [blogging](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/blogging/)
- [guatemala](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/guatemala/)
- [livingston](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/livingston/)
- [gatemala](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/gatemala/)
- [Honduras](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/honduras/)
- [utila](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/utila/)
- [costa rica](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/costa-rica/)
- [nicaragua](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/nicaragua/)
- [granada](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/granada/)
- [travel light](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel-light/)
- [financial independence](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/financial-independence-2/)
- [retire early](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/retire-early/)
- [early retirement](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/early-retirement/)
- [panama](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/panama/)
- [the perfect abode](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/the-perfect-abode-2/)
- [staying healthy and happy](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/staying-healthy-and-happy-2/)
- [slow travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/slow-travel-2/)
- [Escapee](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/escapee/)
- [pollution](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/pollution/)
- [fellow escapees](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/fellow-escapees-2/)
- [South America](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/south-america/)
- [caribbean](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/caribbean/)
- [travel writing](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel-writing/)
- [photography](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/photography/)
- [follow your dreams](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/follow-your-dreams/)
- [Dancing](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/dancing/)
- [health](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/health/)
- [save money](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/save-money/)
- [saving money](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/saving-money/)
- [Heath Care](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/heath-care/)
- [cranky traveller](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cranky-traveller/)
- [Dominica](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/dominica/)
- [martinique](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/martinique/)
- [Nomadic Retirement](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/nomadic-retirement/)
- [Travel Insurance](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/travel-insurance/)
- [insurance claim](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/insurance-claim/)
- [roving retirees](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/roving-retirees/)
- [Europe](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/europe/)
- [Tuscany](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/tuscany/)
- [Lucca](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/lucca/)
- [Italy](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/italy/)
- [Philippines](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/philippines/)
- [Experience](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/experience/)
- [Explore](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/explore/)
- [tropical christmas](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/tropical-christmas/)
- [barbados](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/barbados/)
- [Caribbean Cruise](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/caribbean-cruise/)
- [St Vincent](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/st-vincent/)
- [Grenadines](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/grenadines/)
- [Tobago Cays](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/tobago-cays/)
- [St Lucia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/st-lucia/)
- [Marigot Bay](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/marigot-bay/)
- [The Pitons](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/the-pitons/)
- [our story](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/our-story/)
- [follow you bliss](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/follow-you-bliss/)
- [sex](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/sex/)
- [Ecuador](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/ecuador/)
- [Cuenca](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cuenca/)
- [galapagos](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/galapagos/)
- [Philosophy](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/philosophy/)
- [cuba](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cuba/)
- [Sailing](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/sailing/)
- [Egypt](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/egypt/)
- [africa](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/africa/)
- [greece](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/greece/)
- [crete](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/crete/)
- [Lima](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/lima/)
- [Peru](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/peru/)
- [tourist traps](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/tourist-traps/)
- [Machu Pichu](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/machu-pichu/)
- [UNESCO](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/unesco/)
- [air travel](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/air-travel/)
- [the snarky traveller](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/the-snarky-traveller/)
- [mexico city](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/mexico-city/)
- [archaeology](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/archaeology/)
- [mexico](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/mexico/)
- [teotihuacan](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/teotihuacan/)
- [monarch butterfly](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/monarch-butterfly/)
- [macheros](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/macheros/)
- [wine](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/wine/)
- [Argentina](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/argentina/)
- [Mendoza](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/mendoza/)
- [brazil](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/brazil/)
- [rio](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/rio/)
- [canada](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/canada/)
- [British Columbia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/british-columbia/)
- [asia](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/asia/)
- [cooking class](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/cooking-class/)
- [unseco](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/unseco/)
- [Dublin](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/dublin/)
- [Guinness](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/guinness/)
- [Ireland](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/ireland/)
- [Barra de Navidad](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/barra-de-navidad/)
- [ocean view](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/ocean-view/)
- [tirana](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/tirana/)
- [albania](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/albania/)
- [balkans](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/balkans/)
- [Montenegro](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/montenegro/)
- [Oceania](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/oceania/)
- [New Zealand](https://yourescapeblueprint.com/tag/new-zealand/)