The heated pool, hot tub, and neighborhood are perfect for snowbirds or those looking to escape ...
Arizona / My Airbnb
My Airbnb in Mesa, AZ! 🌄🌵🌞😎
One of the best parts of traveling—anywhere—is street food and trying the local beer.
I don’t ca ...
HCMC / Saigon / Travel bucket list
Vietnam - Pho, coffee, tea and me!🍜
When I first thought about creating a website, I had a few simple goals in mind:
Document past ...
Travel bucket list
Top 15 travel spots! 11 done!!✅📍🌍
I won’t be the same stupid thing twice with Philippines immigration.
I’ve al ...
The Philippines Immigration process!💸
I made it back to the spectacular Santa Fe Beach on Bantayan Island in the Philippines during th ...
Santa Fe beach, Bantayan Island Philippines! 🩴🏖️
My entire adult life, I’ve chased time at the beach.
If I’m being honest, I couldn’t even begin ...
Happiness is spending time at the beach! 🩴⛱️
“Settling into my condo in Cebu Business Park has been fantastic! The building features an ...
Cebu, Philippines - living the city life!
There’s something peculiar about living in the Philippines, and the word I keep coming back to i ...
Shenan in the Philippines, you will ShenanAgain!
If you’re anything like me—and most people—you care what others think. It’s human nature. We’re ...
Summer in the Philippines - what if and why not!?
Spending time in the Philippines is kind of like living in the Twilight Zone, as nothing really ...
The Philippines - Trying gimmicks to feel and look younger!💸
I have always been a big believer in strict immigration and visa processes. Countries have every ...
Philippines visa renewal - Bohol experience! 🛂
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Panglao, Philippines - Alona Beach 🏝️
When I turned 54 on February 10, 2026, I started taking advantage of the affordable personal car ...
Hikari drip - anti aging IV treatment! 💪🏻
Many older men come to Southeast Asia looking for love after relationships back home didn’t work ...
Dating in the Philippines - who's your daddy?!
I took a four-day road trip to Siargao, one of the nicest islands in the Philippines.
It w ...
Siagaro, Philippines road trip! Amazing island!! 🏝️
Since landing in the Philippines on January 23, 2026, I’ve accidentally (and thankfully) fallen ...
The Philippines - Feeling young again on the cheap!
Trying to choose allegiance to just one country has always been tough for me—which ...
Being North American Darrell
Trying to find a place to stay longer term is a challenge, to say the least. I realize more and ...
Accommodations / Buy me a beer / Cebu City / Philippines / Travel bucket list
Cebu, Philippines - My future EXPAT home!?🌴
Getting to Hong Kong during this adventure was incredible. I honestly didn’t know what to expect ...
Buy me a beer / Slow travel / Travels Stories
Hong Kong #Freedom54 fun!
The number goes up, but at least the stories keep getting better.
Thi ...
Buy me a beer / Cebu City / Freedom 50 / Personal History / Siquijor/Dumaguete islands / Snuffaluffagus / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Your name here!
Birthdays - getting older is tough!
Today, February 1st, 2026, marks two years that I have been “taking a run at retirement ...
Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Personal History / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Work experience
02/01/2024 - Mandatory meeting invite! You're done! 👋🏻
I preach about setting up shop for the long term, building routines, becoming a regular… and the ...
Accommodations / AirBnb / Freedom 50 / Personal History / Philippines / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals
Cebu, Philippines - Moalboal road trip! 🚌
Schawetty
I talk about “slow travel” all the time, but it’s not just ...
AirBnb / Asia / Buy me a beer / Cebu City / Countries / Freedom 50 / Personal History / Philippines / Siquijor/Dumaguete islands / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals
Cebu, Philippines - amazing but, HOT! 🌴♨️
Tokyo came into my life at exactly the right time.
I spent the first two weeks of 2026 at my pad ...
Thank-you Tokyo - I'll be back! 😎
I was first introduced to 7-Eleven in Thailand, and ever since, it’s been a legendary five-star ...
Asia / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Slow travel / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
7-11 An Asian legend! Tokyo version!!🍥🍙
I blogged about my Tokyo accommodations in a blog that you can read by clicking HERE.
After jus ...
Accommodations / AirBnb / AirBnb recommendations / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Internet travel search tips / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Japanese bathhouse - Tokyo Airbnb
Ohtani selling hot dogs in the subway station.
I’m three days into traversing Tokyo, ...
Freedom 50 / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Stories
Tokyo transportation - Uber vs commuter trains
After a brutal two days of travel, I finally landed at my hostel. It was an incredible setup—cle ...
Tokyo pod hotel experience! 🛌🏻
Travel planning is such a fine line with me. Financially, I know I need to slow travel, BUT the ...
Accommodations / AirBnb / Buy me a beer / Countries / Hostels / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Japan - February 2026 for a month! 🏯
There were definitely some zigzags and zags in this plan …
I planned to leave for my Japan ...
Buy me a beer / Countries / Freedom 50 / Internet travel search tips / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Japan bullet train - POSTPONED! 🚅
I’ve bought three Euro rail passes so far.
The first two months/ten-day pass I canceled—I was bu ...
Countries / Europe / Freedom 50 / Greece / Personal History / Spain / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / United Kingdom
My Eurorail pass - 10 days over two months!
Insurance is probably one of the biggest scams in the world.
And the worst part?You absolutely n ...
Buy me a beer / Countries / Guest travel stories / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Travel insurance - don't leave home without it!
Why I Stay Here
I stay in Rocky Point because life here constantly reminds me that the world doe ...
Accommodations / Buy me a beer / Countries / Mexico / Personal History / Rocky Point / Travels Stories
My Mexican life - everyday, something new! 👀
I spent a month traveling slowly through Hanoi, Vietnam, with a brief stop in Malaysia and Indon ...
Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Vietnam slow travel like Bourdain!
2025: My first full year taking a run at retirement!
2025 turned out to be my most traveled year ...
All you can fly / Asia / Austria / Bangkok / Barcelona / Countries / Europe / Freedom 50 / Frontier - AYCF! / Greece / HCMC / Saigon / Italy / Koh Phi Phi / London / Madrid / Mexico / North American / Personal History / Philippines / Rocky Point / Rome / Singapore / Slow travel / Spain / Thailand / Travel bucket list / Travels Stories / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam / Volaris - AYCF! / Wizz - AYCF!
15 Countries visited in 2025📍🌎😎
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Buy me a beer / Internet travel search tips / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Malaysia - short but sweet visit! 🏭
Christmas time is for kids, since I do not have any minions, it is not my favorite holiday.
We a ...
All you can fly / Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Countries / Dual Citizenship / North American / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Stories / United States
Christmas 2025 - You're a mean one ...
One of the coolest tourist traps in Hanoi is the traditional water puppet show—and I snagged fro ...
Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Personal History / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Stories / Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam - water puppet show!
I’ve been dreaming about Vietnam ever since I watched Anthony Bourdain on Parts Unknown. Vietnam ...
Accommodations / AirBnb / AirBnb recommendations / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Vietnam
Vietnam - slow travel life at its finest!☕🧘🏻
I do sometimes wonder how I’m not at least moderately famous with gems like this. Then I immedia ...
Buy me a beer / Dual Citizenship / Personal History / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
The quest for the best Pho ... 😋🍜🤤
If you’ve watched even a handful of travel videos, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen Trai ...
Buy me a beer / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Stories
Hanoi, Vietnam - train street experience!🚆🍻
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Buy me a beer / Costa Rica / Quepos / Travel bucket list
A little bit of monkey business ...🐒
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Buy me a beer / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Bali, Indonesia road trip - an amazing vibe! 😎
Careful what you wish for… it starts with ‘just one trip’ and ends with no fixed address,
No sh ...
Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / My Airbnb / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Vietnam
Careful what you wish for ...
A few years ago, during a perfectly innocent fishing trip to Hawaii, I applied for a Hawaiian Ai ...
Buy me a beer / Internet travel search tips / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Tokyo, Japan - $12 on points Feb 1st, 2026!
I started 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and I’ll be ending the year in Hanoi — and honestly ...
Accommodations / AirBnb / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Travel bucket list / Travels Stories
11/17/25 Hanoi ~24-hour travel itinerary!
“I hope that giddy ‘new place’ feeling never goes away. At this point, I’ve only got 4 of the to ...
AirBnb / All you can fly / Buy me a beer / Countries / Freedom 50 / Internet travel search tips / Personal History / Travels Stories
25 most visited Countries *21 completed!🌎
When I talk about travel, I’m simply sharing my own experiences and opinions. Everyone travels d ...
Accommodations / Buy me a beer / Countries / Freedom 50 / Hostels / Internet travel search tips / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
It's just my opinion! Travel man! 🙌🏻
Another reason I started this website was to help me navigate the absolute chaos that is early r ...
Accommodations / Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Countries / Personal History / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Legend in my own mind - A Mocumentary!
I’ve been dealing with travel visas for over 25 years—long enough to know this topic is wildly m ...
Arizona / Buy me a beer / Countries / Dual Citizenship / Georgia / North Carolina / Travel bucket list / Travels Stories / United States
Green card, Citizenship & travel visas🛂
There’s a balance I’m always chasing when I travel—but I wish I understood it better, so I’d sto ...
AirBnb / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Internet travel search tips / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Hanoi, Vietnam - Nov.17/25🍜🫖
The days were officially counting down, and I needed to start migrating toward London for my 9:0 ...
AirBnb / Europe / Freedom 50 / Hostels / Italy / Travels Deals / Wizz - AYCF!
Paris and London - 100% tourist mode!
I somehow managed to miss Venice the last time I was in Italy, so this time I overcorrected—with ...
Accommodations / Buy me a beer / Europe / Freedom 50 / Hostels / Italy / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Stories / Wizz - AYCF!
Venice, Italy - The Grand Canal🛶🍷👍🏻
My September 2025 European vacation began in Faro, Portugal, following a travel day that felt li ...
Accommodations / All you can fly / Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Europe / Hostels / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Wizz - AYCF!
Portugal - the beauty of the Algarves! 😍
As September 19th, 2025 crept closer, I was happily settled in Warsaw—but quietly plotting Munic ...
Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Freedom 50 / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals
Prague, Czech - beer is served half full?!🤔
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All you can fly / Buy me a beer / Europe / Freedom 50 / Hostels / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Warsaw, Poland - Just like Ukraine!
https://youtu.be/S-jJcdCHVzg?si=om7yc7TZfZOLwR2V
I didn’t end up using my Wizz Air All You Can F ...
All you can fly / Autobiography / Buy me a beer / Europe / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Wizz - AYCF!
Reykjavík, Iceland - Hot springs! ♨️
Heading into my month-long European adventure, taking the train through the Swiss Alps was right ...
Buy me a beer / Europe / Personal History / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Switzerland - Amazing!🚂⛰️
https://youtu.be/mk4_XsxWvqc?si=zt1IbMlwrDLhNCvk
When I realized my European adventure perfectly ...
Accommodations / Autobiography / Europe / Personal History / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals
Munich 🍻Oktoberfest 2025!🍻
I wrapped up my month-long European adventure in September 2025, and it felt like the right mome ...
All you can fly / Buy me a beer / Europe / Lviv / Spain / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Ukraine / Wizz - AYCF!
Sept. 2025-Europe bucket list✈️🚅
Paddleboarding is basically walking on water without sinking immediately—and yes, it’s as impres ...
Arizona / Freedom 50 / North Carolina / Rocky Point
Paddling! It was fun until it wasn't!! 😎
I rebooked for September 2025 with a 7-day train travel pass, which works out to roughly USD $50 ...
Europe / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Travels Stories
Sept.2025 Europass train travel!🛤️🚅
This pass worked for me because it matched how I like to travel now—not how I used to think I sh ...
Europe / Travel bucket list / Wizz - AYCF!
All you can fly! September 2025!!✈️
One thing I’ll always be thankful for is buying a condo in Arizona during the housing market cra ...
AirBnb / Arizona / Autobiography / Dual Citizenship / Freedom 50 / United States
Living the Arizona life!🏜️
Creating NorthAmericanDarrell.com is my way of sharing both my work and my personal solo travels ...
All you can fly / Countries / Freedom 50 / Internet travel search tips / Introduction / Personal History / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
You only die once! Live life to the fullest!!
I am guessing both of these colums have increased since COVID but you g ...
Accommodations / Travels Deals
Geoarbitrage! Retire sooner!!
Here are some of the videos I made to promote my website.
The pictures and videos?
Those are al ...
Introduction
UPDATED! 50+ NAD promo videos!📽️
Freedom is great… but it turns out accountability pairs nicely with vegetables.
Traveling solo a ...
Asia / Buy me a beer / Europe / Freedom 50 / London / Mexico / North American / Philippines / Thailand / Travel bucket list
Hitting the reset button, again ...
Getting to London from home in Phoenix is shockingly inexpensive on Norse Atlantic Airways.
And ...
All you can fly / Freedom 50 / London / Travel bucket list / Travels Stories / United Kingdom / Wizz - AYCF!
London, England pubs!🍻🐟🍟😎
As part of my 2024 trip—which took me through Central America and into South America—I made a st ...
AirBnb / All you can fly / Argentina / Bunes Aires / Freedom 50 / Montevideo / Travel memories / Uruguay / Volaris - AYCF!
Uruguay - ferry, bus from Buenos Aires!
When I was laid off in February 2024, the very first thing I did was start planning a trip throu ...
AirBnb / Argentina / Bunes Aires / Travels Deals
Buenos Aires, Argentina! ⚽🏟️🤤🥩
When I was laid off in February 2024, the very first thing I did was start planning a trip throu ...
Antigua / Argentina / Bunes Aires / Central America / Chile / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Guatemala City / Lake Atitlán / Mira Flores (Lima) / Peru / Quepos / Santiago / Travels Stories
Santiago, Chili - there was no chill here!
Disclaimer: This is NOT the final answer, but it has become a clear option for IPA consumption f ...
Buy me a beer / Travel memories / Travels Stories
No-alchohol beer - He likes it!🥳
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AobZlrjKx7YI have been fortunate enough to go to Hawaii several ...
Fishing in Kona / Honolulu / kailua-kona, hawaii
Hawaii - miss you, see you soon!! 🤙🏻
rarely had great experiences traveling with other people—and yes, I fully understand that I’m th ...
Airbnb recommendations / Hostel recommendations / Hostels / Slow travel / Travels Deals
Solo travel - don't knock it, until you try it!
As I continue charging headfirst at the impossible—trying to build momentum on my channel—I’m st ...
Personal History / Travel bucket list / Travels Stories
My YouTube - get your shit together!🫵🏻
I saw a post today from Claudia, who was my Airbnb host the first time I visited Puerto Vallarta ...
Countries / Freedom 50 / Travel bucket list
If tomorrow never comes ...
This is the large, heated pool and hot tub right at the front of the property. The ...
AirBnb / Arizona / Travels Deals
AZ: PT home, PT Airbnb & FT awesome!
I’ve been back and forth to Hawaii several times over the last few years, mostly by stacking cre ...
All you can fly / Asia / Hawaii / Internet travel search tips / Travels Deals
Credit card points game - #winning!
Pro Tip: Check Multiple Airports:
When you’re searching for flights, don’t just check your local ...
Internet travel search tips / Travels Deals
Norse Airlines - Inexpensive, but worth it!
I’ve technically had a YouTube account since 2011, but for most of that time I was just a viewer ...
Countries / Internet travel search tips / My Airbnb / Slow travel / Travel bucket list / Travels Stories
My YouTube @NorthAmericanDarrell
I’m always hunting for a deal—and honestly, finding a cheap flight gives me an irrational amount ...
Internet travel search tips / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals
Finding flight deals! It's too damn easy!!✈️🤑
Celebrated Taco Tuesday the only responsible way—fish tacos to start, hard-shell chicken tacos t ...
Accommodations / Airbnb recommendations / Mexico / Rocky Point
Rocky Point, Mexico 🌮Taco Tuesday🌮
In September 2024, I bought a one-year all-you-can-fly pass with Wizz Air for about $499 USD/EUR ...
All you can fly / Internet travel search tips / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Wizz - AYCF!
Wizz Airlines - all you can fly update ...
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I took the shutt ...
All you can fly / Rocky Point / Wizz - AYCF!
Visiting Mi casita in Rocky Point Mexico!
Look for the cost, accommodation, and how to get there cheap at the bottom of this blog!
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Accommodations / Italy / Travels Deals / Travels Stories
Naples, Italy - Pompeii Museum
I left Arizona on January 12th and didn’t return until April 7th, 2025, heading first to Vietnam ...
Accommodations / AirBnb / Asia / Barcelona / Europe / HCMC / Saigon / Italy / London / Madrid / Rome / Singapore / Spain / Thailand / Travel bucket list / Travels Deals / Travels Stories / Vietnam / Wizz - AYCF!
Three months looking out windows!
https://youtu.be/nunf32uZCj8?si=rndgDiqBvZElMEzF
I spent the last day of my recent travels in ...
Italy / Rome / Travel bucket list / Travel memories / Wizz - AYCF!
Rome, Italy - Second visit to Vatican City!
The first week of April 2025 was my last week on this adventure. I left on January 12th, ...
Barcelona / Madrid / Spain / Travel bucket list / Travel memories
Real Madrid & Barcelona FC stadiums!
Spain and Portugal have always sat high on my European bucket list—mostly because they’re suppos ...
Barcelona / Madrid
Spain - Madrid and Barcelona!
High School gym class
My first stop was Naples—or Napoli, as the locals correctly ca ...
Italy
Naples and Rome - pizza everywhere!🍕
https://youtu.be/nunf32uZCj8?si=_iFgHTCf39e1qhcd
When in Rome – visiting the Vatican an ...
Rome
Rome - The Vatican & St Peter's Basilica
I am at the point in my travels where I was supposed to be using a Europass to travel Europe by ...
Italy / Rome
Italy train travel! Fast and faster!!
Below is the Colessem location about Rome and Italy in general.
The top can be zoomed in and out ...
Rome
Italy! The Colosseum experience!!
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza, you visit the home of the pizza!! There are sever ...
Italy
Naples, Italy - home of PIZZA!🍕
https://youtu.be/xcBWUvTOyG8?si=QUUFr1aq-2puqDYcSince buying the Wizz, visiting Turkey has be ...
Istanbul Turkey! The Med, cheap!🤑
Feta cheese – they put that amazing shit of everything in Athens. This is an amazing Armen ...
Greece
My big fat Greek weekend!
I have loved Thai food since visiting Thailand back in 2022 but forgot how much until returnin ...
Bangkok / Bohol / Cebu City / Koh Phi Phi / Philippines / Phucket / Singapore / Siquijor/Dumaguete islands / Thailand
Asia - getting fat eating with two sticks!🍜
Just when you thought this blog was a waste of time with zero useful information… here’s a rand ...
Singapore
Singapore! Amazing place to visit!!
The first time I visited, prices were down since they were just opening up after COVID in early ...
Thailand
Koh Samui, Thai! Paradise Island!!🏝️
I spent the second week of March 2025 in Ko Tao, Thailand, followed by most of the third week on ...
Thailand
Ko Tao, Thai! Divers Paradise!🏝️🤿
https://youtu.be/RMlp2smI23A?si=AuzZ4SpidThRL_3zI have so many amazing places in my life, I t ...
Mira Flores (Lima)
Lima, Peru - The beauty of the Mira Flores district! 😍
https://youtu.be/8sicKeNOmXs?si=EtIg8Og7ZerWEFOTI was getting more comfortable navigating Asi ...
Siem Reap/Ankor Wat, Cambodia
I stayed at the Poolside Villa hostel for a few days since arriving in Phnom Penh on February 1 ...
Vietnam
Phnom Penh, hostel experience!🫵🏻😎🏨
I wanted to take the slow travel approach when I planned this trip. ...
Vietnam
Vietnam - 35 days cost analysis!⬇️🤑
My first couple of days in Phnom Penh, Cambodia were incredible.
I honestly had no idea what to ...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - night market!
In 2003, I finally got off the road from my telecommunications job and took a desk role in Alpha ...
Georgia
Cumming, GA - Home 2003-2010
In 2003, after nearly five years on the road in telecommunications, I transitioned into a desk r ...
North Carolina
Moorseville, NC - Home 2010-2015 (Acerage life)
I always say that travel is as adventurous as the destination, and this was no different.
I woke ...
Hello Phnom Penh, Cambodia!
I arrived in Vietnam on January 14th, 2025, and left on February 18th, five weeks or exactly 35 ...
Vietnam
Phu Quoc, Vietnam - Amazing!
We all love to travel and find a good deal, right?
That’s why I started this sit ...
Vietnam
53X around the sun ⤴️🌞⤵️ Addicted to travel! 🌎
I wrapped up the first 28 days of my Vietnam adventure on February 11th, 2025.
During that stret ...
Vietnam
Phu Quoc - Vietnam Island paradise!🌞😎
I woke up with a train hangover from the long ride, sore throat, and my body just hurt. The goo ...
Vietnam
Nah Trang, Vietnam - Beachin' place!!
April 14th, 2026
After 82 days, today is my last day in the Philippines!
What started on January ...
Personal History
Where is Waldo - NorthAmerican Darrell (NAD)🤔
After a few days in Da Nang, it was time to shuttle down the road to Hoi An.
It was a $6, 45-min ...
Vietnam
Hoi An, Vietnam - This river is incredible!
It is almost impossible to watch YouTube in Vietnam without the Dragon Bridge as a must-visit.
...
The Dragon bridge - Da Nang, Vietnam!🔥🐉
After a 17-hour train ride, I blogged about here and YouTube videos here, I made it to Da Nang, ...
Vietnam
Da Nang, Vietnam - I could live here too!
https://youtu.be/SZCX3qxKMDg?si=PKRvRqLSg8WaBvKc
January 2025 – I had been itching to g ...
Vietnam
Vung Tau, Vietnam - Ferry road trip!!⛴️
This was an adventure for the ages—outdoor camping, rain, wind, and cold-soaked everything.
The ...
British Virgin Islands (BVI) / Carribean Islands / Freedom 50 / St. Croix
Hammock camping - St Croix BVI 🏝️🏕️
I used my all-you-can-fly pass to get from Phoenix to Los Angeles for about $15. Once I was in L ...
Guatemala City
Riding the chicken bus around beautiful Guatemala!!🚌🐔🍗
I took a five-week trip to the Philippines at the end of 2024. I rented a a condo in Cebu City f ...
Panlao Island / Philippines
Panglao Island - The Philipines
Each time I have visited Asia (Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and now Vietnam), I get a hot ...
HCMC / Saigon
Hot shave and a massage a day! Vietnam!!
Good morning, Vietnam! 🎙️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrPKJos3tA0
Good morning, Vietnam was ...
HCMC / Saigon
Good morning, Vietnam!🎙️
I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on January 14, 2025.
I expected the street food to be go ...
HCMC / Saigon
Made in Vietnam! Inexpensive knock-offs!!🤑
I’ve been to a few countries in Asia—Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and now Vietnam—and the domi ...
HCMC / Saigon
Ho Chi Mihn! Scooter mayhem!!🛵
Did I mention that I have rented here since June 2017 for $USD 150 a month 🤑
It is not fancy, b ...
Rocky Point
Rocky Point, Mexico - Foodie!!
Here is a clip Facebook put together that includes my first trip to Rocky Point in 2017 until Ja ...
Rocky Point
Rocky Point, Mexico - FB mashup!
I’ve also flown to Hawaii for as little as $5.60—using free points from my Hawaiian Airlines cre ...
Internet travel search tips
Hawaii ~$99 one-way? $35 a night Airbnb!
I had a few days to kill when I was in Buenos Aires, so I took a side trip to Montevideo, Urugua ...
Montevideo
Montevideo, Uruguay ferry trip from BA⛴️
https://youtu.be/J_j3__ugtes
When I bought my Volaris AYCF pass, the very first thing I notic ...
Mira Flores (Lima)
Mira Flores, Peru - cliff side pad!
A great hostel in Centro PV with both dorms and private rooms—clean, social, and exactly what yo ...
Puerto Vallarta (PV)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! 😎
Mondays suck.They always have.They always will.
These days, my biggest Monday stress isn’t meeti ...
Rocky Point
Rocky Point - Monday coffee! ☕🌅
My first flight on my Wizz all-you-can-fly pass was from London, Gatwick, to Varna, Bulgaria.
I ...
Varna, Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria - The black sea!
The drive takes about four hours door-to-door from my condo in Mesa.
I leave my truck there ofte ...
Rocky Point
My Point, Mexico casita! 🛖
I spent five weeks in the Philippines in the fall of 2024. It reminded me of the importance of ...
Cebu City
Cebu, Philippines! Just awesome!!
I flew from Budapest, Hungary, to Abu Dhabi, but the following illustration shows how far from h ...
Abu Dabhi
Abu Dabhi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This was my first ferry road trip after spending my first week in Cebu in January 2024—because n ...
Bohol
Bohol, Philippines - What a beauty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suAhGfVr_4U
Comedy always has some truth that keep people laughi ...
Autobiography
Prisons Jerry, manmade prisons!!
I have stayed in the same Honolulu Airbnb three times, and I love it! I stayed there for two mo ...
Honolulu
Honolulu, HI - incognito office!
I flew to Vienna from Varna, Bulgaria, on my all-you-can-fly pass on Wizz Air.
The flight was de ...
Vienna
Vienna, Austria! Schnitzel!! 😋
People often wonder how I can take a run at retirement at 52.
I call it taking a run at retirem ...
Freedom 50
Retiring early - bucket method!💰🪣
Growing up in Edmonton, I loved the familiarity of it. It was home, it was comfortable, and for ...
Edmonton
Great white north, Edmonton!
The one on the right! LOL
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Phucket
Feeding and mud bathing the big guy! 🐘
My travel budget runs about $2,000–$2,500 USD a month, and I have all the time in the world. Tha ...
Internet travel search tips
Can you really live on $500 USD a month?
One of my goals in visiting the United Emirates was to ride a camel just like my favorite cartoo ...
United Arab Emirates
Alice the camel has ... go Alice go!!!
Facebook memories will often share mash-ups of my travel memories!This is a great mashed-up memo ...
Travel memories
FB travel memories mashup!
I’ve never been a fan of all-inclusive vacations—and it’s not just because of the eye-watering c ...
Travels Deals
All-inclusive vacations - I do not get it?
Imagine this for a second: banks charge you fees to access your own money… while they earn inter ...
Travels Deals
Travel bank fees, I hate them!🏧💸
Meeting my first mate, Sue, and her husband Steve at Planet Fitness during my first week in Kona ...
Fishing in Kona
Fishing in Kona, Hawaii! 🎣
One of the biggest photo opportunities in Mexico is the arches in Cabo, Mexico.
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Cabo
The Cabo, Mexico Wabo!!🌴🍻🎸
There was a time in my life when I was one of the Joneses.
I had a truck, a Jeep, and a Cadillac ...
Travels Deals
Keeping up with the Joneses! 💳
Canada:
“Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!”
https://youtu ...
Dual Citizenship
The American dream - Dual citizenship!🦅🦫
I have spent 90% of my stays at Airbnb properties and about 10% at hostels. I’ve been havi ...
AirBnb recommendations
100+ Airbnb stays and growing fast!
Born to roam! 🍻
I’ve got a world map on the wall of my c ...
Travel bucket list
45 Countries pinned so far! 📍🌏
I recently found a flight from home in Phoenix, AZ, to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, using this metho ...
Internet travel search tips
Saving money booking one-way tickets! 🤑
Why the Volaris Pass Is My Favorite AYCF Pass
The Volaris Annual Pass is my favorite all-you-can ...
Volaris - AYCF!
Volaris all you can fly (AYCF) pass!✈️
This was the first all-you-can-fly (AYCF) pass I bought back in 2023 and 2024, and I paid $499 U ...
Frontier - AYCF!
GoWild! Frontier all you can fly!✈️
As the Rocky Point bike rally wraps up, my landlord makes all her guests menudo, tacos, and cof ...
2024 Rocky Point Rally
2024 Rocky Point bike Rally!🏍️
A Legend in My Own Mind
A legend in my own mind is probably the best way to describe it.
I’ve al ...
Autobiography / Introduction
Who is NorthAmerican Darrell
Back in late 2022 and early 2023, I worked remotely from Hawaii for four months, which was absol ...
kailua-kona, hawaii
Kona, Hawaii - Island life on the cheap!🏝️
The first time I traveled to Costa Rica was to Tamarindo and then twice to Jaco on my Volaris, a ...
Quepos
Costa Rican adventures!🐵🦥🌧️🌴🩴
There is not a more amazing, budget friendly, beautiful travel option than the Islands in Asia!
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Travel bucket list
Top Islands in Asia! 6 of 10 visited!! 🏝️
Slow travel is a deliberate, unhurried way of exploring the world—one that prioritizes meaningfu ...
Slow travel
What is slow travel? Awesomeness!!😎