Some may say the trip of a life time! To retire from work for 2 years and travel the globe. Sounds very tough - NOT! Let us take you through our journey beginning with the Trans Mongoligan Railway from St. Petersburg to Bejing, China, South East Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia), Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and South America, including Antarctica and the Galapagos! When will it end you may ask? Well that's when the money runs out, so lets wait and see.

04 June 2006

Surviving traveling as a couple

Most single travellers we have meet have asked how Ian and I managed to travel together, particulary 24 x 7, and especially for so long. I am honest and tell them thats its all been too easy, actually. But some people just do no seem to understand this though, so I will explain more, and tell them what I think has helped. Like the following....we are older and wiser, so this probably helps with being patient, easy going and level headed. Both of us do not really get stressed and we do not take things too seriously. We know what is actually important and just what is not. We always had our own double rooms with bathroom, which meant that we had our own space, compared with having to share doom rooms with all kinds of interesting people. And we liked not rushing and taking things quite slowly, which meant that we did not get sick and tired of traveling. What can I say will be a good thing about stopping traveling. Well the only things I can think of is, not having to wear a money belt, and having a fridge and cupboards full of food that you can just go to anytime you want to eat something, instead of eating out all the time. But that is about it! I have loved traveling for the past 22 months. I have seen the most amazing places and met some wonderful people, that I hope our friendships will continue. Now, how do we manage to visit the rest of the world in our lifetimes?

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