Wherever We May Roam - Travels With Jim and Rita
Not all travel is created equal. Some people take a two-week vacation and call it an adventure. Others disappear for months—or years—without ever really “coming home.” We discuss the challenges, rewards, and drawbacks of travel both domestically and overseas. Information for the would-be expat, digital nomad, roving retiree, or just plain traveler. We can help you find the travel style that is right for you. But this isn’t just theory. Drawing on over 16 years of real-world experience, Jim and Rita Santos share practical, honest advice on what it actually takes to travel longer, smarter, and with fewer surprises. Host Jim Santos is a published travel writer with over 200 articles and eight books (jimsantos.net). He and his wife Rita lived in Ecuador for 6 years, and have tried every style of travel - including selling their home at one point to travel full-time. They and are currently enjoying the roving retirement lifestyle, taking trips of 2-3 months and returning to their home base to visit family and friends.
Wherever We May Roam - Travels With Jim and Rita
Latest Episodes
Across Africa In A Volkswagen Bus
Driving the full length of Africa sounds like a fantasy until you picture it the way Barry Maughan lived it: a Volkswagen Kombi bus, paper maps, no cell phones, no GPS, and a world where borders can close overnight. Barry spent decades as an in...
Selling Everything To Sail On
They sold the farm, let go of the stuff, and pushed off the dock lines with a shared promise: sail around the world together. From their boat in French Polynesia, award-winning author and lifelong sailor Alison Gieschen joins us with her husban...
Storytelling And Travel As A Path To Healing
Life doesn’t follow a map, and neither do the journeys that shape us. We’re joined by Shannon Lamkin, author, speaker, and host of the internationally listened to podcast Travel Time Stories with Shannon, for a conversation that starts with tra...
Travel More For Less
You can’t “budget” your way to a better trip if you don’t know where the money leaks actually happen. We sit down with Australia-based author, travel writer, and travel coach Linda King to unpack a practical approach to budget travel that feels...
From Expat Parenting To Solo Travel Adventures
You can live overseas for years and still feel your stomach drop the first time you travel alone. That tension between “I want to go” and “what if I can’t handle it” drives our conversation with Paula Barnes, the travel creator and expat storyt...
Fan Mail
Hey Jim and Rita, Hope you all are doing well and the move and recovery has been smooth for you. We finally made it down to explore Costa Rica and now Panama City. We are staying near the Panama Canal museum in beautiful Casco Viejo. We did some exploring around the area last night on foot. The views of the city along lovers lane are spectacular. It was quite unique seeing the large red moon paired with the city. We are off to see a lot more of the city on the red bus tour followed by the jazz festival and another evening of good food and laughs. I just wanted to stop by and thank you all for what you do. Your words have given me back some of my courage to travel. Keep being your authentic selves. -Waylon y Pam
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