About

This section explains the site and provides a short biography – how I became the Aitkin Extranjero. Please feel free to contact me – to ask questions or to share your own ideas and experiences – I would like this to be a conversation, not a monologue.

Hello World

Hello World – This Is Me

Fighter Pilot, Academic, Teller of Bad “Dad Jokes” (Why is 6 afraid of 7?), World Traveler, Old Guy, Living the Dream – these are all terms that could be (and are) used to describe me. And these are the forces that make me who I am. This bio notes some of the highlights of my […]

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Why “Later Gap” Travels

Hello and welcome to the travel blog for those who are thinking about traveling, not as tourists, but to temporarily live abroad at a slightly later stage in your life and are curious about some of the realities encountered by someone who has tried to go before you. These stories encompass both the idea and preparations

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