Linda you’re speaking my language! :) i would love if you started your own channel

So helpful. I’m agreed. I start my first year of full time trave! In June.

Linda, that is really cool and fantastic advice!!!

Thank you DA! It was a difficult video to make for sure.

Strongly agree

Hi Stephen, we have done a lot of that in our travels and we are trying many different models. For example, we were in San Miguel de Allende for 3 months, Athens for 2 months, Chiang Mai for around 5 months and Kuala Lumpur for 3 months. This is fun to learn and we are making great progress now.

That is a really good two cents. We sometimes feel the same and other times just can't wait to go exploring somewhere new. We think we are now getting into a really good rhythm and you will see that in future videos.

Yes, we are flexing as we go and it's a great way to learn what is best for us. We are now making great progress. Thank you for your input, love it.

Hey Fusedarchive, thank you so much. We really want to be able to help with the kind of information we were unable to find when we started our travels. Really pleased we are able to hel you in some way.

Absolutely get that thing about it not being a vacation... it is something that family struggle with understanding isn't it. Sounds like you too are living a great life. Hope we see you somewhere on the road.

Hey thank you so much. These are just some of the challenges we have faced and we actually love the learning as we go and you seem to be doing similar. Happy travels!

Like the idea of the scouting missions and that must be really building up the excitement for you! Hope the long term travels go well.

Cheers guys! You know that whatever travel you undertake, there are always challenges eh.

Thanks so much Leeanne! Appreciate it.

Really interesting. We get that anxiety totally... You know what though, it is the unknowns that make life so much more exciting and interesting.

My husband and I are slow travellers and plan to spend a year in South America next year. Any tips on best places to base ourselves for three months at a time?

Nice comment, Sounds like you too are living an intentional life and we like it.

Hi Wayne, something tells me you might find our next video very interesting indeed :-)

Yes, Am sure I will.. Not to ruin the show but see you in Europe.. Happy camper!! Lol

Hi Paul, having that base to return to must be pretty cool. Funny really isn't it, you can't have everything in life and every decision we all make we discount other decisions we could have taken. That is actually the fun in life for us.

Wow... So true about a healthy back! Is that an MRI that is easily available... I would invest in getting that kind of insight. Excellent advice all round here. Thank you.

Thank you so much. We love the fact that we are always reassessing what we are doing. The one thing that remains a constant for us is.... travel. How we do it and how we flex is the changes we make. Lovely comment thank you.

Ahhhh the joy of Europe! We are thinking that may be part of our key to success in diet! Thank you!

Yes! Agreed 😊.

Very cool, thank you Carolyn. Very good of you to say.

Hello! Hope you are loving your travels. Pleased that something here resonated with you.

Just finished a week of the Camino Frances! Way hillier than we were expecting. We’ve been pretty active walker/runners and were surprised it was as difficult as it was. Beautiful scenery and definitely worth getting a rucksack transport service.

We're still trying to plan our route but looking like spring 25 now that we've added a Greenland trip to our fall 24 plans.

We love the thought of doing the Camino! Recommendation for you, there is a channel that we watch on KZfaq that are just starting the Camino, I think you will find that an interesting series to watch. They are called "Those Happy Days". Sounds like you have a great plan, This will not be the winter of your discontent :-)

Thank you so much. We like to be as clear as possible as we know at times, people are basing their own plans on us... So we feel some responsibility for getting it right. Appreciate the comment.

We have the resistance bands too. But seriously... I have to stop resisting using them! Thanks Dina as ever!

Thank you so much. Appreciate your support as ever.

Thank you so much. I hope that you are both working your way through these issues too and making good progress.

Do you ever have problems getting knives through border security?

Nice, that is good to carry the knives. We use to but weight has been an issue for us with camera gear too so we only travel with what is necessary... Maybe a knife is necessary lol!

We use the resistance bands too. Problem is that I always find ways to resist using them... Maybe that is where they get their name from :-)

Haha we have a lot of friends that are in the One More Year club. We get it totally but don't do it at the cost of missing out on an amazing retirement.

Wow interesting. Although that doesn't sound a positive story... at least you too action and are now living the life you love. Excellent... We love hearing about people that shun the norm to do what works for them. Would it work for everyone? Hell no... but it works for you and that is perfect. Thanks for the kind comment.

This makes a lot of sense. Sarah and I are going to investigate this... Thank you so much and well done on that amazing weight loss based on real science. Good work.

Hi Danielle, Thank you! Nice to see that we aren't alone in this. Phew! :-).

We enjoy trying different approaches and I think if we call all do it by keeping our glass half full then we will all win out in the end. Great comment, thank you.

Hi Ian! We will indeed talk about all things money and whether we would have done something differently. That will be in a few weeks time though, so hope you don't have to hold on too long for that one. Hope you are both well.

YES! Sarah is really trying to move me into learning yoga and we just have to do it. I know that is what is best for us. Also Intermittent Fasting is something we have done before and once we are more in control of our lives will easily return to. Thank you for your comment.

Thank you for the reply . We are in India for the next 6 months . If your over this side of the world . Be nice to have a cup of tea and chat .

Blimey, I would call that experience with the baby 'Tough Love'. I wonder if that baby turned out to be an amazing gymnast in future life? You raise a really important point about changes happening in life and having to reassess and move forward. Most importantly, we are very sorry to hear about your loss. You should be proud for managing and moving forward. We admire you. Best wishes Neil & Sarah

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Sending best wishes to you.

Oh that is awful!!!! We can imagine this is hanging over you. If you want to talk, please drop us an email at info@2goroam.com xxx

Thanks Edward. We are making good progress and learn as we go which is a lot of the fun of it really. Interesting comment, thank you.

Thank you so much Marieta!

So many people we know are delaying retirement and it causes us a lot of concern for them. We will be making videos on that subject very soon so watch this space!

Thank you Lynn, we are really making positive moves to improve and are starting to see the benefits. Having said that I am just eating a flapjack as I type this.... hmm...

Thank you Kirsten. Hope it helps you get to some solutions for yourself.

Thank you so much!

We are going to be spending time looking around our home country and you will see that in future videos for sure :-)

@@2GoRoam Great! Looking forward to the future videos. Hugs to both of you 😊.

Thank you so much you two. I know this will hit home with you both, you are people that we look up to and learn from so much.

Yes we get all that you speak of there totally. And we know about having to return home at short notice. But you sound like you are managing the process well for you both. Good work.

100%, everything we have done is far more important than the issues and we are loving every day, still. Thank you so much!!!!

Haha, you sound more like Sarah Henry and he is more like me... I am the one that needs coaxing! Thanks as ever for your support.

Susan, you are brilliant! You know we will be in SMA when we can make it work.

Thank you Rebecca, hope we are helping you travel better. All the best.

Yes we have tried that sometimes Wendy. There always seems to be another utensil that isn't there that we need. But we are constantly learning. Good comment, thank you.

Thank you so much! Pleased you got something from it.

Fantastic message and I will discuss this with Sarah later today. Really interesting... That gives me hope that things can actually turn around and improve! We WILL be in Canada! So stick around!

Thank you, good message. We like that you are working at your own pace and doing what works for you. That is what we are always refining for ourselves too. Thank you.

Yep! We have travelled with one of those for the last few years and that helps sometimes for sure! Thanks for the comment.

Yes would be a really good idea to make the Kitchen around you and what you need. Maybe pretend you are in the van now and setup an area at home with the utensils you will use in the van to be sure it works. Look forward to hearing about the conversion as you go!

Haha Brilliant. I also love your feeling about friends saying that they 'would never be able to do that'. It is a shame though that people don't at least try isn't it. Because when their world has expanded who knows where they go from there. 10 years... hmmm.... We love creating things. How about writing a book? "Why 10 years of travel changed my life forever"?

You know... when we leave an accommodation we always sing "On the road again!" :-) Thank you so much.

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Thank you so much as ever. Lovely message.

Thank you so much. We hope that sharing helps others that are looking to do something similar.

Getting fit is the best decision by far and we wish we had focused more on that. Good luck with you travels!

Brilliant! Thank you Stan!

Thank you so much. We are making some big changes and hope you find them interesting!

Thanks for watching!

Hi Tim, Looks like you have the perfect working arrangement if you are keen to return to it. I love to hear that and with regard to your friend, that is a fear for us all isn't it... to not miss out on the opportunities of life. Thanks for the message, appreciate it.

@@2GoRoam Thanks much, I reread what I wrote and did some edits. I used voice recognition to write it and I neglected to note that we got back from two weeks in Spain the day before You released your video. Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Córdoba, and Sevilla. We traveled between all with high speed trades which was great, but Andalusia was ungodly hot close to 100F everyday. That was a shock for October.

Ahhh now that is interesting! We were thinking of checking out Andalusia! You will see some places you have been in our videos later this year! Watch this space!

We have looked into that previously in a video. All options are open for us. Thanks for the kind comment.

Sure is a hot commodity! Bet you are so excited to get traveling!

We get that totally. Thanks as ever for your kind support.

Thank you Nutty! Lovely to hear from you!

Absolutely agree! That is where the magic is. The moments you remember. Nice comment!

Can't agree enough Cathy. The issues are far out weighed by the joy of discovery. Thank you for the great comment.

Leaving Scotland for the winter... Crazy idea lol! Well crush maybe but hopefully I have signposted the things to be aware of so you can learn from our (many) mistakes. Happy travels!

Thank you. Appreciate the comment.

Thank you!

Interesting and that sounds very debilitating for this kind of lifestyle. Not a first world issue at all. Travel can be vital for many of us and you are clearly one of these people. I wonder if there is something you can do around creating a journal of your travels and in doing so you will relive your high moments. A challenge to write a book maybe. Then when you do travel spontaneously, you can really savour it.

Hi, and thanks so much for replying. Yes, I already do that, via photography. I have about thirty years worth of holiday travel photo archives and i watch them regularly. I've already written a book (a PhD thesis) and am in no rush to do that again, we are talking relaxation not stress LOL. I will continue to travel (in fact I am going to Japan in four days) but am just learning to adjust my expectations, speed and spontaneity.

Over the last three years we have actually spent 2 months in some places, 3 months in others and even 5 months in Thailand. We are always flexing our style.

@@2GoRoam There you go, I knew you two were on top of it. You're basically pro's now 🙂 I'm enjoying the videos, best to both of you!

Thanks Chris! Appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

Hope it is brilliant. Pretty sure you will love it!!! :-)

@@2GoRoam I do hope so

Thank you! Appreciate it.

Some people forget about proper health care if required and cost of insurance. Health care in your home country if required is generally better and might cut the trip short.

Great comment. We suffer the same challenge of wanting to go everywhere but with slow travel that just isn't practical is it. Thank you.

@@paulhunter6652 I recently broke my wrist and have received excellent care in Portugal. I had a triage consultation within 15 minutes, numerous x-rays, specialist consultation, fracture re-aligned (ouch), cast placed on the arm, another x-ray to ensure all was correct, and final consultation - all within 4 hours. The medical staff spoke English. I have another appointment on Friday to ensure all is healing well.

Marilyn... Yes we have done similar at times. Crazy eh.

That is a stunningly good plan. We like that a lot! Well thought out, the hub and spoke idea will work wonders we're sure.

Agreed and I love the Atomic Habits approach to life. Nice comment, thank you.

Thank you!

Hi I would love to know the apps etc that you use to stay healthy on your travels. Hubby and I set out in a couple of years and I am worried about gaining weight as it’s always a struggle for me.

Hey Carol, that's exciting! We're happy to share. We use Samsung Phones so the apps might not exist on Apple but I'm sure there are equivalent or better. We'll start with walking and tracking our fitness. I use Google Fit to track my steps and body measurements, my wife uses Samsung Health. Both are free and do about the same thing. In Google Fit's profile you can set up your steps target and update your weight - you can see the historicals under Body Measurements. One thing that can be challenging when travelling is finding a scale! Once a week on one of our walks we try and find a big department store that has scales - Cortez Del Ingles has been good in Spain and Portugal. We weigh ourselves there and back at our accommodations we weigh the stuff we were wearing and carrying with our luggage scale to get our actual weight. "They" say that measuring your waist is a better measure of progress, and we do that too but I think we're incompetent at measuring because our results are all over the place. Now for calorie counting, the key to it all. I like an app just called "Calory", and use the free version. again, my wife likes a different app. In the profile you can set up your information (age, weight etc.) and it can auto set a goal for you based on your objective, which might be to hit or maintain a certain weight. If you're not familiar or you want more information, Googling Forbes Calorie Calculator brings you to a bit of a noisy (ads) page that has a calculator and lots of good information on the why's and how's of target setting. The targets are very close to what Calory sets automatically, so good either way. At first its a bit of a pain to look up what you're eating and updating the app all the time, but it keeps it top of mind and gives you a good idea of what you should be consuming to achieve your goals - over time it should become more intuitive. Another thing it helps with is giving perspective and motivation for the walking and exercise - the more you do the more you can eat and still achieve your goals. On to Calisthenics. We started with Yoga (Yoga with Adriene on KZfaq is amazing) but found we needed something that got our heart rate up. We might go back to Yoga (and Adriene) once we're where we want to be. I did a bunch of googling and found a 5 day calisthenics / HIIT program we could do with just Yoga mats. We started with long rest times and short workouts and have gradually been reducing rest and increasing workout time as we get more fit. The app we now use to help our program is "Tabata Timer". Its not free but the lifetime version is less than $10. You enter the program in the app and it guides you through your daily routine with countdowns to your next exercise etc. As for Yoga mats to give us something to workout on, my wife uses the Yogo Ultralight Folding Yoga Mat and I'm considering switching over. Its super compact, ideal for travelling. It's sold out right now but they're expecting to release an updated version. I've been using the Liforme Original Yoga Mat, which is amazing, grippy and gives a lot more padding but is also much heavier and take a lot of room in our suitcase. We also both have a Heathyoga TPE Knee Pad that we use to protect ourselves from the hard floors for some exercises. Super comfy and they don't take a lot of room in the suitcases when laid flat. A super long reply, so I won't get into my weight training (yet one more app, a pair of workout gloves and a couple gym outfits). For us the key, as Neil mentioned, was building a routine. We also and started one thing at a time. We did the walking for a year before we started the next thing (in hindsight, we would have been better off starting with calorie counting). We keep ourselves honest and don't sweat missing a day because its a travel day or its raining or whatever. Its also helped us keep track of "weekends", because we look forward to our "days off" of working out :)@@caroljordan4316

Like Carol, we would love to know your apps also! We would also love to meet up somewhere in this world of ours. Pleased that you took control with the calorie counting, we are doing similar now.

Hi Nathan, very well thought out comment, thank you. The last point you made is something that we have focused on a lot. That is why we often say that travel isn't what we do, it is where we are. What we do is often much like what our friends do back home and that doesn't include going to see all the local tourist attractions. Thanks for raising that.

@@2GoRoam Well said 👌

Debbie... great message thank you. Appreciate your kind words. Defending our decisions in life is something that in the space on a 12 to 15 minute video on KZfaq actually takes up too much useful time so we try to avoid that as much as possible. We have some great ideas to really mix up our travels going forward, we hope you like it when you see it :-)

Thank you Dawn! Lovely for you to say. You know us both very well and know that after all we are very simple and straight forward people. x

Hey Skip, in this video where we mention that we have friends that we look up to that achieve all this well. That is you and Dian, I think you knew that. Alway great advice from you.

@@2GoRoam I did not realize it was us you were referring to. However, we are flattered that you hold us in such high regard. We hope our paths can cross again soon.

We are always comparing our style of travel to yours.... We will get to where you are one day! Just watch us :-)