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Is Portugal Expensive? How to Plan Your Portugal Travel Budget (2024 Travel Guide)
Wondering how expensive Portugal is? Find out how much it costs to travel Portugal with this detailed breakdown of travel prices, so you can budget for your trip and travel cheap in Portugal.
15 Money Saving Tips to Reduce Your Portugal Trip Cost (2024 Portugal Travel Guide)
Learn how to have a truly local experience when you visit Portugal while staying safe, avoiding fines and saving money with these budget Portugal travel tips.
Sprinter vs Transit vs ProMaster Ranking Guide: Best Van for Van Life is…
This comprehensive ranking guide which compares and ranks the Ram ProMaster, Mercedes Sprinter, and Ford Transit vans across 14 different categories, will help you choose the perfect van for your lifestyle so you can buy the best van for van life.
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Welcome to Hopeful Explorers. We are Christian and Sita, at the end of 2020 Sita left her career in Pharmaceuticals, and we sold our hill top house in Switzerland to travel the world with our three dogs to pursue a life of happiness, and adventure.
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