Redefining retirement: How I quit my career to travel the world

Now meet South Africans Gail and Neil Greenfield, the epitome of retired nomads. After eight years as expats in the U.K., the U.S., Germany and Singapore, this occupational therapist and accountant couple retired in their late 40s to start living their dream.

Every year, they spend about three months each in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. They have a camper van in Europe for the summer and keep a pick-up truck and an off-road caravan in South Africa, too.

“We like to return to favorite spots like Phuket, Italy and South Africa every year, and we try to add a couple of new destinations too,” said Gail. “This year we visited Colombia, Brazil, Panama and Saint Lucia for the first time.”