Posts Tagged ‘travel couple’
What I Learned in 4 Years of Nomad Living in South America
I always thought I was a good planner, but life often teaches us lessons that we can’t prepare for. In 2018, my partner Paul and I decided to quit our jobs, sell our belongings, and travel the world as nomads. We gave ourselves two years. During this time, we prepared all the necessary things and…
Read MoreBrazilian Culture Clashes Under the Hood 🇧🇷
This post offers a glimpse into my forthcoming travel memoir after three years of cultural yin and yang across Brazil and the rest of South America. Any suggestions for publishers? Contact me! We stopped at a red light, where a man with two kids hesitated at the curb. He tilted his head and mouthed…
Read MoreDisappointed in Medellin: Housing Horrors & Car Chaos 🇨🇴
What do you think is the favorite country of travelers in South America? 90% of all travelers I‘ve met had their favorite country in common: Colombia. Over three years we‘ve been driving all over the continent in search of the best place to live. I asked every traveler where they had liked it…
Read MoreWrong Tires in Ecuador? A Merry Christmas Tale with Police 🇪🇨
It was two days before Christmas. Paul and I were driving along a calm road somewhere between Guayaquil and Quito, in the coastal region of Ecuador. We read in one of the Whatsapp groups that there was going to be an Overlander Christmas Party. A Christmas dinner organized by a German campground owner at his…
Read MoreSleeping in the car in the world’s biggest salt desert – SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia 🇧🇴
Spending a night in our car in the world‘s biggest salt desert! Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia at almost freezing temperatures was the most extreme adventure we‘ve had in our two years of non-stop travel! At first Paul and I were disagreeing on whether we should spend the night in our car or just visit…
Read MoreHow Tulum helped me become a water rat (and a PADI open water diver) ☀️🤿💦
How I became a PADI open water diver in Tulum: “Going to the beach” for me so far meant chilling on the beach and looking at the water. Not necessarily going inside, and I always had many good reasons for it: “My eyes burn from the salt water.” “I don’t want my hair to…
Read MoreDon’t fall for these tourist scams in Playa del Carmen❗️🇲🇽
Playa del Carmen is one of the most popular and touristy towns on Mexico’s Caribbean shoreline. If you enjoy a lively town, you will love it there. But don‘t fall for these common tourist scams! I can sum up our stay in Playa del Carmen in three major points: Aggravating taxi drivers (they…
Read MoreThe hardship of trying to find a place to stay in the Caribbean 🇲🇽
As announced in my last post, we were going to move from the west coast of Mexico to the Caribbean coast, with first stop in Cancun. Long story short, we did not like Cancun 1. 😆🤷🏻♀️ The crappiest hotel in the Caribbean ? Not only did our hotel overbook and we had…
Read MoreOur first month in Mexico (Digital Nomads in Puerto Vallarta) 🇲🇽🏝☀️
After one month of residing in the Mexican state of Jalisco, we decided to move on. What we’ve experienced in the last four weeks was both exciting, insightful and heartbreaking (but maybe that’s just me). Welcome to Puerto Vallarta! Our friends Kim and Ole left us and went back to Europe. One of them…
Read MoreMexican beach life ☀️🏝
Hola from the beach, amigos! 🇲🇽 2 weeks in… and so far we’ve stayed in 5 different towns. After Mexico City we moved to Puerto Vallarta, then Sayulita, San Pancho, Corral del Risco and now… back to Puerto Vallarta (PV)! ☀️ Why are we back here? I’ll tell you in a second. Before…
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