I am quite pleased to announce that Tina and I will be heading out on a 5 week adventure, and invite you to follow along on our new blog! Together we have had many travels, and some shorter trips alongside each other in the past 2 years. However this stands to be the longest journey we’ve taken on the road yet. (… and the longest Tina has ever hit the road).
In my neck of the woods a great deal has changed since I last had a big travel window. The previous trip concluding in 2015. Since then I’ve started a new life in San Francisco, slogging it out in Silicon Valley ( I joke, we are overpaid children…). I had left a 12 year life in Vancouver behind in pursuit of new opportunities. Picking up and transplanting your life is never easy, but I’ve powered through, and feel quite settled in the Bay Area now. I feel lucky to work at such a fine place as Facebook which grants me great perks such as banking my PTO, and carving out a 5 week trip to SE Asia.
On the personal front, Tina and I have solidified our relationship in the past 2 years since we’ve met, and I feel very blessed to have a beautiful life partner whom both shares my interest in travel, and has the opportunity to partake!
From an external perspective, wow, what a shit show the last couple years have been on this earth. I won’t bother ranting about any of it, but needless to say, it is going to be a great feeling to detach from the misery of the regular news cycle. I will be seeking the intangible rejuvenation that travel offers, hoping to purge the cynicism that inevitably overtakes us in our regular (or irregular) lives.
Hey folks, Tina here,
In the past two years, I’ve had the chance to exercise my travel desires to the extreme. Many shorter trips to such great places as, Aruba, Turks and Caicos, Greece, South America, Mexico, Hawaii, and Croatia to name a few :). I am excited and a bit anxious about beginning my longest trip yet, but know it will be fantastic with Steve at my side, as we explore some new territory.
In my personal life, I’ve been getting my feet wet in the Dallas real estate market, attempting to flip a couple properties. I have satisfied a life dream of owning a place on the beach in Mexico, and thus am the proud owner of a new studio apartment in the gorgeous Tulum. My busy brain is always thinking up new opportunities, but will put that on hold for these 5 weeks of exploration.
Stay tuned to our blog as we head out on a rough plan of passing through Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia. It will be a busy stint, but we think we are up for the task!
See you on the road!