by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Nov 19, 2012 | Sabbatical, Travel
Our sabbatical falls squarely in the middle of musim hujan or the wet season here in Indonesia. In Oregon we have 4 season; fall (wet) winter (wet and cold), spring (warming up) and summer (warm to hot). Notice that there are distinct changes in temperature...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Nov 16, 2012 | Sabbatical, Travel
After nearly 24 hours of combined flight and transit time we finally landed in Jakarta Indonesia to officially kick off our Sabbatical 2.0. We couldn’t be more excited or happier. Our sabbatical started with a road trip to Seattle in a rented mini-van also known as...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Sep 15, 2012 | Health, Planning, Travel
As we prepare to kick off Sabbatical 2.0 we started taking a look at what vaccinations and immunizations are recommended for an International traveling family. What were the risks and what could we do about them? Living for an extended period of time in a foreign...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Jul 18, 2011 | Travel
OK, so maybe I am a bit late to the party but it was only a few days ago that I saw that Phil of Phil in the Blank had secretly nominated me to be a part of the 7 Links Project back on July 6th. (And then this morning Gillian of One Giant Step nominated me). OK,...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Jun 9, 2011 | Travel
This past weekend I attended the World Domination Summit in Portland Oregon. I didn’t really know what to expect only that there were going to be some incredible people there that I was really looking forward to meeting. The event exceeded anything I could...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | May 31, 2011 | Travel
On Friday I’ll be hitting the road for a 2 hour journey north to Portland and the World Domination Summit. When I first heard about WDS many months ago I knew I had to go. I’m a big fan of the work that Chris Guillebeau does and figured that if he were putting...
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