It's been 1,000+ days since we started our life of travel. That's 2 years, 8 months... but 1,000 days sounds way cooler. You know, we never thought we'd be gone this long. 1,000 days ago, we started out on a 1 year overland trip from Mexico to Argentina, but we couldn't stop there. Lacking travel funds, we headed to South Korea to teach English. Money saved, we've started a business and are exploring Asia. Lately, we spend our days loving the heck out of Chiang Mai.
Onto the People.
That's our story, but beyond the journey, we're real people. You know, quirky, bickering, smiling people. Kyle hates shopping, loves his Kindle, and often has a clever joke. Bessie misses family and friends to pieces while traveling, but gets antsy if she's in one place for too long. We travel with 2 yoga mats, 2 Mac Books, and Settlers of Catan. Our home is where the other is, and when we're there, you'll find us singing random song lyrics together.
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Secrets from 1,000 Days of Travel: Travel Baby Name & Knowledge Gained
Written by Bessie about Cambodia. Feelin' excited
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Secrets from 1,000 Days of Travel Part 3: We've Changed & Good + Bad
Written by Bessie about Cambodia. Feelin' thoughtful
And the questions continue!
In this edition, I stammer a bit on how traveling has changed our relationship. Usually decent with a quick response, summing this up in a few minutes hurt my brain a bit. There's no doubt living life outside of our comfort zone has led us into some unexpected situations and loads of chances to truly learn about each other. From hitch-hiking in Mexico to having geckos poop on us in Thailand, we've learn loads about ourselves and each other.
In this edition, I stammer a bit on how traveling has changed our relationship. Usually decent with a quick response, summing this up in a few minutes hurt my brain a bit. There's no doubt living life outside of our comfort zone has led us into some unexpected situations and loads of chances to truly learn about each other. From hitch-hiking in Mexico to having geckos poop on us in Thailand, we've learn loads about ourselves and each other.
Secrets from 1,000 Days of Travel Part 5: Poop Story & Advice for Traveling Couples
Written by Bessie about Cambodia. Feelin' happy
And here we close our series. It wouldn't be a series of true traveler's secrets without a poop story. Don't worry, it's not graphic, just you know, horrible in the moment and hilarious in hindsight. And we share our advice for other traveling partners, which I have to preface by saying now that if you have any inclination to travel long-term, do it.
It might take you 2, 5 or 10 years (until the kids are out of house, you know you are) to save and get ready to travel, but traveling opens you up to experiences that challenge everything you thought you knew about life and world, and leaves your life so much richer for it. If we encourage just 1 other person to travel by blogging, I'll know it's been worth it sharing our stories.
It might take you 2, 5 or 10 years (until the kids are out of house, you know you are) to save and get ready to travel, but traveling opens you up to experiences that challenge everything you thought you knew about life and world, and leaves your life so much richer for it. If we encourage just 1 other person to travel by blogging, I'll know it's been worth it sharing our stories.
Secrets from 1,000 Days of Travel, Part 2: I'm Awesome & You Make It Better
Written by Kyle about Cambodia. Feelin' thoughtful
Let's start this edition off with some common ground.
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Secrets from 1,000 Days of Travel Part 4: Fights and Time Alone
Written by Kyle about Cambodia. Feelin' thoughtful
The secrets continue. And they don't get any easier.
At this point, we're clearly digging hard, trying to find questions that will make us look like fools in front of everyone. We're asking the questions that are getting harder and harder to have a nice answer. After all, marriage is about challenging each other, right? First, I ask Bessie what's the best time she has had without me? Surprisingly, her answer is not "I only have a good time when you are around." Then it's her turn and she gets right to the point by asking me what we fight about most often on the road. I'm surprised I could even come up with an answer on this one as we clearly never ever fight about anything. Ever. Ok, sometimes, we do, but I'm sure it's about nothing that I did :)
At this point, we're clearly digging hard, trying to find questions that will make us look like fools in front of everyone. We're asking the questions that are getting harder and harder to have a nice answer. After all, marriage is about challenging each other, right? First, I ask Bessie what's the best time she has had without me? Surprisingly, her answer is not "I only have a good time when you are around." Then it's her turn and she gets right to the point by asking me what we fight about most often on the road. I'm surprised I could even come up with an answer on this one as we clearly never ever fight about anything. Ever. Ok, sometimes, we do, but I'm sure it's about nothing that I did :)
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