Kimberly OLeary
It's not just "rules"; finding community in Japan
To read this blog in Japanese, read here. (Not all photos are in the Japanese version.) Paul and I have been married for almost 40 years,...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Sep 2
- 10 min
Grappling with memories of a place we've never been before....our short time in Vietnam
Paul and I are children of the 1960's, part of a cohort called Generation Jones (born 1954-1964). We were the kids who grew up watching...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Aug 5
- 14 min
A tale of two cities: Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (so alike, yet so different)
In July, 2023, we spent a week in Singapore, and we’re nearing the end of our month in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. One can’t help but...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jul 21
- 6 min
Walking & swimming halfway around the world: slomad life improves the mind-body connection
I did not grow up in an athletic family. I loved my parents, but my dad was an academic librarian and my mom was first an academic, then...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jun 30
- 10 min
Is Suva an overlooked slomad destination? Our 2 months in Fiji's capital city
We are nearing the end of a little more than two months in Suva, Fiji, the nation's capital. As we prepare to leave for our next stop...
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Kimberly OLeary
- May 6
- 10 min
What is the most important element for a full-time traveler? (hint: it's not the brand of suitcase)
Paul and I have been on the road now for about 15 months. In many ways, full-time travel is living the dream. We're seeing places we've...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Apr 9
- 4 min
For a slow traveler, it's the little things that make a city capital! Why we loved Wellington, NZ
When we tell people where we plan to travel next, we often get a reaction something like this: "Well, I don't know if there's enough to...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Mar 18
- 7 min
Intercultural Communication can be a Challenge, Even When You Speak the Same Language!
We all know that communication if a two-way street. When you’re in a country where English is not the primary language, you expect to...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Mar 11
- 7 min
Riding the Rails, Kiwi-Style – a great way to see Beautiful New Zealand!
Paul and I have been to New Zealand several times, and we’ve visited some incredible spots in the past. Between 2015 and 2018, we had...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jan 22
- 5 min
A Year of Discovery - the Rocinantes' first anniversary
On January 30, 2022, Rocinantes on the Road published our first article. What a ride it has been. It's been a year since we started our...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jan 8
- 13 min
Home is not a place, it's a feeling - how we select lodging
This seems like a good time to reflect on the housing we chose during our first year of nomadic life. We started these adventures in...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Nov 13, 2022
- 4 min
Now that We're Back "On the Road Again", Where do we go from here?
In some ways, the past 4-5 months have felt like a holding pattern. We launched our nomadic life in January, bouncing around Europe...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Oct 24, 2022
- 5 min
3/5 of the way there: impressions 22 nights into our 36-night cruise
We boarded the Holland America ship Westerdam 22 nights ago, on October 2, 2022. Generally, we have been very pleased with this voyage. ...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Oct 16, 2022
- 4 min
What Lies Over the Rainbow? Aloha Spirit & the Art of Relaxing
I’ve always had trouble relaxing. For over 30 years, I did well in my career because I could manage multiple projects – juggling courses,...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Bon Voyage! Rocinantes take to the sea! Why A Cruise?
Yesterday, on October 2, we boarded the Holland America ship Westerdam, embarking on a 36-night cruise from Seattle to Sydney, Australia....
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Kimberly OLeary
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Benefits to Living a Nomadic Life When Best-Laid Plans Go Awry
When we embarked on our nomadic life, we knew we would be planning six months or so into the future at any given time, and we would have...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
The “Business” of Being Back in Home Base (back in Home Base Part 1)
All the "stuff" we need to do while back in home base....
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Kim
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Preparing for a Nomadic Life
Top 5 Reasons It's More Complicated than I Thought by Kim More than a decade ago, Paul said to me, “I think we should consider living...
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