Nine or ten days. That is the average number of days it takes for us to find a place to call home when we go overseas. This time it was 9 days. Fortunately the guesthouse we stayed at had a large enough room for us to do well in and not go crazy. We queried at least 10 real estate agents, private posters, and forums, in our search.

The cheapest places were outside of town, something we at first thought would be fine. But after we rode a rented scooter out there we realized that the isolation would get to us. We would end up staying in the house rather than getting out; there was no place to walk to. So we looked in the city and eventually found a condo large enough for us, but still in our general price range.

We think it will work well. We can walk to many places, like a library, a pool, a shopping mall and grocery store, even the zoo! The newest coworking space is even in walking distance for me!

So in about an hour we will have hauled our 8 bags to the street to hail a red songtaew to take us to the new home. Thank God, and thank you for praying.