Alex Eaton and Jade Schwarting are two recent graduates who packed their bags for their first long-term travel experience together. The main question most graduates get is “What job do you have lined up?“, and so much of our success is determined by what big name job you have lined up.While most graduates are stressed about finding a job […]
Archives for 2015
The Art of Being…
I wrote an eBook! OK, so I wrote this three years ago, and a lot of factors have contributed to why I haven’t released it yet (I’ll go into these more in a later post). If it sounds interesting to you please read it, take each chapter, one at a time, and set goals for yourself […]
10 Great Things about Long-term Travel and 10 NOT so Great Things
10 Great Things About Long-Term Travel… 1. You don’t feel rushed Leaving for a year or more, with a one-way ticket out of your hometown is an indescribable feeling. You arrive at your destination and you don’t feel that you have to cram in every sight, smell and experience into a 5-7 day timeframe. You take […]
The Atlantis Bahamas: Know Before You Go
Recently we spent a long weekend in the Bahamas for our friends destination wedding at the well-known Atlantis hotel. If you’ve followed this blog you know Josh and I aren’t typically traveling to huge resort with 4,000 rooms, 22 restaurants, a 63 acre waterpark and a casino all on property. We aren’t against it, we just […]
Why’d You Go?: Fine Line Travels
We are joined this week by Steven and Jessica, a Canadian couple from Newfoundland, who after getting married decided to quit their jobs and take off to see the world. Is this just a quarter life crisis or will their travel for passion keep them on the road for longer than expected? I know I’ll be […]
9 Reasons To Visit Easter Island Now!
1. The Moai These monolithic statues are styled in forms found throughout Polynesia. They are carved in relatively flat planes with an average height of 13 feet high with width at the base around 5 ft 3 in across. These massive statues typically weigh around 13.8 tons each. 2. Sunrise Drive to Tongariki, make sure you get […]
How To Survive a Red Eye Flight
We’ve already read about how to survive a 15 hour flight, now let’s talk about red eye flights. Not all red eye flights will be 15 hours, but they will still manage to leave you exhausted, in search of a double espresso and feeling as if you have a massive hangover from the night before. […]
Little Gidding V by T. S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover Is that which was the beginning; At the source of the longest river The […]
Introducing Lottie to Lake Life
We have been so busy living life this summer we haven’t slowed down long enough to write about any of our adventures – so stick with me as I start to share about our adventures with Lottie over the last few months. Everyone told us that traveling with a baby is tough, and while we are […]
28 Cruise Tips to Make Your Next Vacation More Awesome
We’ve talked about why we cruise on the blog before. We know there is a never ending debate on the type of traveler that cruises, sustainability and lack of adventure to be found on cruises. We get it. Every other year or so we like to turn off our electronics, get on a boat in […]