For those of you who don’t know our plans, here’s the (very) brief version: quit our jobs, rent our house, pull all 3 kids out of school for the spring semester and home school them for 3 months in Thailand followed by 3 months in Ecuador. We’ve heard a lot of people refer to our trip as a long family vacation or as a “travel around the world” with kids trip. Admittedly, we had quite a few other destinations in mind when we first hatched this plan. But we quickly narrowed it down to 2 regions of the world once our goals became more clear. Ultimately, our hope is that this adventure stays true to the notion of experiencing life outside of the US with home schooling that is focused on independent learning and projects centered around the local culture.