Day 1: On Sunday March 1, we set off for our trip! Mom, Dad, and Jeff kindly drove us to Newark airport in a snowstorm (once again – it may be a sign from the universe that Dustin and I shouldn’t travel in the winter) and we dashed through security to catch our flight to San Francisco, and would then leave from there to Auckland. Instead of flying, this is how we spent Sunday evening:
Before we dive in to the good stuff – what we do, where we go, what we eat – I wanted to give some background on why we’re doing this crazy thing, and highlight some of the emotional evolution that’s been happening.
Long term travel has always been a dream for me, and was cemented each time I took a trip to somewhere new. Packing my belongings in a backapack and setting out for a year-long adventure to explore exotic and far-flung locales was the romantic ideal. It also gave me a place to tuck away new daydreams or moments I’d like to experience, that I could later page through like photo highlight reel: soaking in an onsen in Japan, wandering the souks in Marrakesh, or sailing on the crystal blue waters in Thailand. Each idea tucked into the dream was a snapshot that I wanted to string together in an epic adventure. (more…)
Recent Comments