I am heartened by each of you and your family. Your body of work eased my preparations in getting to Asia. Thank you.

Great Video. Inspiring

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You also don't have to stick with a school's calendar either. A lot of schools do not allow family vacations during the school year because of each state's mandatory school attendance laws. For example, here in Pennsylvania, where I live at, students must be in school for 180 days a year. The schools consider family vacations during the school year as unexcused absences. In fact, back in April of 2015, there was a guy right here in the Philadelphia area who took his two kids out of school up to Boston because he was running in the Boston Marathon. Then all of a sudden, he received a letter from the school's principal saying that this family vacation is an unexcused absence. He wrote the principal back and said that his kids learned more in the five days that they were up in Boston instead of sitting inside of a classroom. Besides traveling, you don't have to worry about having to call the school if your child is out sick, and you have to bring in a doctor's note and give it to the teacher. Plus, you don't have to get written permission to take the kids out of school for any other reason as well. And if they miss school for any reason without notifying them, they school will contact you to find out why. Plus they'll take whatever steps are necessary to make sure kids are in school. Good luck in your worldschooling.

Watching your channel is refreshing and insightful. It's an opportunity to learn how living crunchy can be done abroad, while schooling. We are such creatures of habit. Sightseeing fizzles out after sometime. For us, it's a mini restart when family visits since we take them to our old spots. This could be why I liked going tent camping in the autumn. It's a whole new experience and grounds me to nature. We plan on making it an annual thing. Also, we might be going across the border this year for medical tourism. That sounds like an adventure to me! Eventually, we'll go back to Colombia for a family reunion. What will be tricky for us is being tied to a homestead. Although we are presently committed to our parish community and don't see why we should find another spiritual father. That's our life following a liturgical calendar. I've heard this before and I think it's true, "reading is a way to travel." I'm reading world classics from the 19th century. As a modern housewife, it gives me a sense of appreciation for my gas stove, for example. It's really neat to dig into mindsets from another era. My favorite part is the development of virtue in the characters. I hope the Avellino Family continues to flourish. Blessings! P.S. Mrs. Heidi, I highly recommend the Swiss classic Heidi by Johanna Spyri. It's cute. There are small children's versions for something quicker. There are audiobooks on KZfaq. Enjoy =]

Such great reasons! We think the same as you. Getting ready to set out for long term and really enjoying your videos.

To each their own but I think your kid is at the point now where he will need to socialize with kids his own age in a real school setting environment. I went through similar situations when we lived in Japan but at least there the kids were able to experience some of the norm when we enrolled them in Pre K. Traveling is awesome and very educational but I just don’t feel that the kids will get 1) full social development experience unless they are with their own peers doing normal stuff 2) extended Family time with aunt, uncle, granny, cousins, etc. My oldest who is 7 now was having a hard time making friends when we got back stateside because Japanese children are much different than American kids. Again that’s what I went through but to each their own.

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Another great video. So true that it's important not to wait till retirement age to travel or else it might never happen. I'm seeing that with my elders. May I ask if you pretty much only book your short term stays using Airbnb website or do you use local websites for these short term accommodations too? Thank you!

Hi Guys! These are all excellent reasons and most importantly they matter to you and the kids! May I ask what platforms you used to find accommodations in Bangkok and Hua Hin? Is it a local app foreigners can access? I'm planning on coming for 3 months in April - cheers D