Potential Destinations
The Big Apple Trip
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The View From My Current Office
This is the view from my current ‘office’ here in Grenada. We arrived last night and stepped off the plane to a sauna-like heat compared with the onset of an autumn chill in the UK.
We have spent the morning re-acquainting ourselves with the island and its inhabitants - including our coconut man, Chris, who seemed [...]
This is the view from my current ‘office’ here in Grenada. We arrived last night and stepped off the plane to a sauna-like heat compared with the onset of an autumn chill in the UK.
We have spent the morning re-acquainting ourselves with the island and its inhabitants - including our coconut man, Chris, who seemed pleased with the 50 blank CDs we’d bought him despite not really showing it & spiriting them away quickly in his bag with a quiet exclamation of “Raaaaastaaaaaman”.
Not having a car this time round we braved the 30 degree heat at 9am to walk to the supermarket (about a 30 minute walk) but chickened out & got a taxi ride back. Instead, we’re hiring bikes for our 3 month stay here - for environmental, financial and health reasons.
We have also done the usual ‘on arrival’ tasks such as re-charge our local SIM cards & buy some of the necessaries that we didn’t bring with us.
I even found something which satisfied my inner gadget geek this morning….a wireless travel adaptor which will make the ADSL connection here wireless (obviously) and which comes in its own tiny little case, has retractable power pins & allows me to sit out here on the terrace and ‘work’. Stupidly we didn’t think of this whilst in NYC where I am sure it would have cost half the price…but nevertheless, it’s a great investment for LIP living and making the most out of hotel, coffee shop or LIP apartment internet connections.
LIPs in NYC
I’ll be back to ‘proper’ blog posting in a couple of days. In the meantime, I’ve posted some pics up here on our Facebook page of our NYC trip.
I’ll be back to ‘proper’ blog posting in a couple of days. In the meantime, I’ve posted some pics up here on our Facebook page of our NYC trip.
Creating Our Own LIP future
“So where are you going now?”
I always like asking Lea that question because the answer is usually a surprise and I’m always envious! I hope to even up the envy stakes with our first “LIP year” which we plan will look a bit like this:*
Jan - Mar: New Zealand
April - July: Zurich
August - Sept: Greek [...]
“So where are you going now?”
I always like asking Lea that question because the answer is usually a surprise and I’m always envious! I hope to even up the envy stakes with our first “LIP year” which we plan will look a bit like this:*
Jan - Mar: New Zealand
April - July: Zurich
August - Sept: Greek Island
Oct - Dec: Florionopolis (Brazil)
* Terms and Conditions apply and changes are subject to the whims and fancy of the LIP.
Granted, Claudia and I realise we are still in the initial planning and research stages but we’re on the right track. When I look back at the places we want to live in during our first LIP year, I’ll be honest and say “how the hell will we afford this?!!”
But, in reality three of our four destinations are relatively cheap to live in. For example, monthly rent in Florionopolis (2 bed apartment on the beach) costs £100. Even rent in Zurich is a third cheaper than in London. The big expense is the flights, the prices of which can be reduced if you do your research.
In our second LIP year we will probably spend longer periods in South America and in Europe respectively as I’ve not seen a great deal of other South American countries and Claudia wants to further explore Europe.
What about money? I hear you cry. When I first hired Lea as a business coach I wanted my business to be one that can be conducted online. I had enough of the stressful commute during my corporate days and wanted to avoid that at all costs.
As a success and wellbeing coach a lot of the tests, analysis and coaching that I do to help my clients achieve what they want whilst staying healthy can be done online with the use of email/msn and skype. My coaching courses are a minimum of three months but it usually takes longer for really great results from a wellbeing perspective.
£2000 per month will help us live:
- like kings in Florionopolis
- like chilled out arty types in Zurich
- like sun gods on our greek island (ok yes, I will be under the umbrella…wearing a T-Shirt)
…and like professional adventurers in New Zealand.
At the moment I’m feeling a little scared but also very excited. Doing this is the exact opposite of what I’ve been brought up to think I would be doing at this stage of my life.
