We arrived at YVR after 26 hours in transit: from Montevideo, Uruguay, we took a red eye to Panama City, then another flight to Houston. We had a seven hour layover in Houston (which was obviously spent over beers), and then onto Vancouver, where we arrived just before midnight on March 22. When you’re...

It’s the end of November in Cowtown, where Geoff and I have lived for what is quickly approaching four years, and Calgarians are enjoying what may be the last of the relatively warm Chinook weather before winter barges in for a minimum four month stay. In years past, I have responded to the impending...

Welcome to Tales from the Hao Life, a blog detailing two middle class Canadians’ (Geoff and Kathleen) journey as they quit their excellent jobs, sell their comfortable home and its contents, and say farewell to their wonderful families and friends to move across the globe in search of time and,...