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13 May Collecting Experiences, Not Things: East African Explorer Tour
Our motto and motivation is to “collect experiences, not things”. Whilst on our journey, we’re aiming to spend our time and money on spectacular experiences, to be left with incredible learnings and memories, not tangible objects. This way, we’re sure to keep our lives light without additional luggage, but also be the change we want to see in the world. Our next featured experience is the Topdeck Travel tour, East African Explorer. This was our third taste of group travel, so one could say we are slowly growing out of the ‘Group-Travel Novice’ status, after the 17-day European excursion late last year, and now this trip – something a little closer to home, and something a little more adventurous. Surprisingly, we’re starting to...
11 Jan Collecting Experiences, Not Things: Trail To The Alps Tour
Our motto and motivation is to “collect experiences, not things”. Whilst on our journey, we’re aiming to spend our time and money on spectacular experiences, to be left with incredible learnings and memories, not tangible objects. This way, we’re sure to keep our lives light without additional luggage, but also be the change we want to see in the world. Our next featured experience is the Topdeck Travel tour, Trail to the Alps. Let’s talk about group travel for a minute. First few things that came to mind (up until recently) were: hangovers, no sleep, strangers, tears, young just-left-schoolians, and awkward small talk. A short while ago, our idea of group travel was a fairly chaotic one, as we remembered our...
13 Oct Collecting Experiences, Not Things: Munich Oktoberfest
Our motto and motivation is to “collect experiences, not things”. Whilst on our journey, we’re aiming to spend our time and money on spectacular experiences, to be left with incredible learnings and memories, not tangible objects. This way, we’re sure to keep our lives light without additional luggage, but also be the change we want to see in the world. Our third featured experience is the annual Munich Oktoberfest. Beers, boobs and bretzels are our immediate highlights, and yes, in that order. Oktoberfest has taken every party or festival we’ve ever attended, and made it look like a small house gig. The sheer volume of people was a shock to the system (roughly 6 million attend each year), which made us wonder...
23 Oct Once In A Lifetime Things To Do When You Find Yourself In The Greek Islands
Ah, the blue ocean…the sun beating down…sandy beaches…these are all the things we think of when the Greek Islands come up in conversation. However, a visit here isn’t just about sunbathing on the beach, or enjoying the delicious local food at open-air restaurants (although it is worth mentioning that the Frappes and Baklava are reason enough to visit). There are certain out-of-the-ordinary things to do in Greece as well. In fact, the Greek Islands are a fantastic choice for wanderers looking for some genuine “once in a lifetime” experiences (we’ve spent a total of 5 weeks sailing, exploring, and cooking our way through this gem, and we’ve barely scraped the surface). Read on to find out about some of the more unusual...
17 Mar Holi Festival In India: What To Do And What Not To Do
As a regular reader of our blog, you’re familiar with our love for life-changing experiences. You know we left our predictable life over 3 years ago, in order to see the world and collect a whole bunch of memorable experiences. You also know we’ll do anything to tick off the items from our Wanderlist. If you’re not a regular reader, and you didn’t know all that, then welcome to the first of many posts about our desire to collect memories and not things. We thought it only be right to begin this blog post with that intro, because, well, we will tell you right now that attending the festival of colours a.k.a. Holi, in the mystical land of dreams (that...
29 Jul Things You Need To Know To Travel Around The World: Learning The Lingo
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post created for Rosetta Stone. We used affiliate links, as each sign-up on the Rosetta Stone platform will help us continue traveling and inspiring others. You can read our full Online Privacy Policy here. After 26 months and 242 859km of non-stop travel, we have come home, aiming to package everything we’ve learnt into a practical and inspirational (and undoubtedly entertaining) guide for anyone and everyone wanting to do what we have done. In an attempt to give you a little taste of the course, we have created this blog series, entitled simply, “Things You Need To Know To Travel Around The World”. Our first piece in the series: Learning The Lingo Perhaps a...
16 Mar 20 Things You Absolutely Have To Do In Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town holds a very special place in my heart. For some reason (and I think I know the reason now, since my good friend Ollie explained the theory of Earth chakras and vortexes, to us the other day ) I have always felt calm and at peace when in Cape Town. It’s bizarre, especially because, of the seven trips I’ve done to Cape Town, six have been for work, so memories of calmness and tranquility shouldn’t be associated with this city, yet somehow there’s an energy here that simply leaves me feeling amazing. This city is truly world-class in terms of activities, things to see and do, and of course for photography and videography, so we thought we’d take...
14 Oct 8 Experiences That Trump Stuff
Inspired by our recent experiences of attending a Greek cooking class on the island of Poros and touring Florence in a vintage Fiat 500, our quest to inspire people to #LiveWithLess has evolved to a little more than us simply telling everyone we meet to read James Wallman’s Stuffocation (which you really, really should). Before departing on our journey, we created our Wanderlist (our version of a travel bucket list) and recently looked at it and noticed how many worthy-of-their-own-limelight experiences were on it; featuring both experiences we’ve been dying to do for years, and amazing recommendations from our community, that we hadn’t even thought of. As a result, we have created a series of graphics that illustrate what you...
