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Vacation photos anyone?

September 28th, 2024 at 07:58 pm

I was not born in America, but have lived here for nearly all of my life.  I have always figured I would travel back to my native country some day, you know, just to visit my birth place, and see if I should even expat there some day due to the much lower cost of living.

Unsurprisingly, between work, marriage, divorce, kids, and the overall cost of traveling internationally, I just never really gotten around to it.

However, because I currently can't legally drive, and am between jobs, it kind of opened up a rare window of opportunity to actually travel.  This is the first time I was able to do so in 30 years, and chances are good, it would also be my last.

Needless to say, I took lots of photos.  Shocking even myself, more than 5000 of them if you can believe that!  But you know, it's better to take too many than too little I think, and don't worry, I'm not going to post all of them haha.  That would be so insane.

Bonus question: Is it my imagination, or is the SA blogs really slow?  If so, has it been like this for a while, or is this something new?  And what's causing it?


 

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9 Responses to “Vacation photos anyone?”

  1. Dido Says:
    September 29th, 2024 at 01:34 am 1727573669
    1727573669

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

    China?

  2. Dido Says:
    September 29th, 2024 at 01:35 am 1727573726
    1727573726

    I bet posting all of those photos made loading that post super slow!

  3. Tabs Says:
    September 29th, 2024 at 02:04 am 1727575486
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    Dido: Nice guess! Technically, this is Taiwan. As for the slow speed, it was already slow just to click on the blogs link to read anything, but yeah, trying to post this particular post was especially slow.

  4. Dido Says:
    September 29th, 2024 at 01:48 pm 1727617724
    1727617724

    What do you think about the ex-pat option now that you've visited again?

  5. Tabs Says:
    September 29th, 2024 at 08:40 pm 1727642401
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    Dido: Oooh that's a really good question. There are some serious pros and cons to this. A big con, and the main reason why I have decided not to expat right now is the fact that all of my family is in the US, especially with my aging parents who have decided to retire here. Their English is not great, but I am helping as much as I can for them, and I imagine them needing my help for anything will only increase over time.

    However, imagine maintaining your current standard of living, but with only one third of the cost compared to the US. That is huge, and would definitely allow me to retire successfully. Furthermore, citizens over there also enjoy actually affordable, quality healthcare.

    Of course, changing your entire finances to another country, updating all your legal paperwork, and even (re-)learning to read or write in a new language is challenging to say the least. So, while it's still an option I am mulling over, and even sort of working on it a little bit here and there, for now, I've decided against it.

  6. Dido Says:
    September 30th, 2024 at 12:05 am 1727654756
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    That sounds reasonable. Having aging parents is a primary consideration; you can re-consider what things are like after they have passed and decide whether or not the option seems reasonable then.

  7. PatientSaver Says:
    October 2nd, 2024 at 01:50 pm 1727877055
    1727877055

    I love your pictures! Nice variety and some things I have not seen before, so I enjoyed them. SA has always been slow to me. This Jeffrey Strain sold this site, it's been the neglected step-child to current owners, IMO. It doesn't get much love.

  8. Tabs Says:
    October 2nd, 2024 at 02:39 pm 1727879965
    1727879965

    Ah ok so this is is "normal". Whatever happened to Jeffrey anyway? Hope he is doing well for himself out there.

  9. rob62521 Says:
    October 2nd, 2024 at 03:40 pm 1727883606
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    Enjoyed perusing your photos! Thanks! Glad you are making good use of your "staycation."

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