Money | Wandering Earl

How To Rent An Expensive Apartment For A Budget Price When Traveling

By Earl, on August 11th, 2010 | 63 comments

After writing my “Living Abroad for Less than $1000 per Month” post a few weeks ago, I received all sorts of interesting emails from readers. I honestly had a great time answering them and I stayed up until 3am a few nights in a row trying to respond as quickly as I possibly could!

Through all of those emails, I did happen to notice that one particular question kept popping up over and over again, and so I thought it best to answer…

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From Worthless Bum to Long-Jump Champion

By Earl, on December 9th, 2009 | 23 comments

“my head may explode if i see one more list post with ‘make a plan’ as one of the steps” @rulesoptional (take a look, you won’t be disappointed www.RulesOptional.com)

As you may have determined by now, I’m not particularly fond of the word “PLAN”.

P-L-A-N

I’m an anti-plan kind of guy. Plans restrict me and truthfully, I don’t like being restricted.

Sure, people have financial plans and pension plans and health care plans but that’s not exactly the kind of…

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The Currency of Pad Thai

By Earl, on October 25th, 2009 | 7 comments

That most delicious of foods – Pad Thai

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I just can’t stop thinking about pad thai.

Lovingly tossed rice noodles, mixed with fish sauce, tofu, vegetables, egg and chicken (or shrimp) and topped with a sprinkling of chili powder, bean sprouts, ground peanuts and freshly squeezed lime juice. It is hands-down the most splendid dish on the planet.

However, even though I love to eat these noodles as often as possible, the reason why thoughts of pad thai so constantly occupy my mind actually has much less to…

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