January 22, 2022 marked TEN YEARS since we left on our HoneyTrek. It was purported to be a one-year honeymoon to test off all the things on our bucket record, however we shortly realized that’s not what it was about. It is about getting off that observe, connecting with locals, and discovering (and creating) the great on the planet. 3,650 days, 63 international locations, and seven continents later, that also holds true, and our drive to discover is simply as robust. That mentioned, it has been a WILD experience and never with out its ups and downs…like that point we slept within the Rio de Janiero bus station in the course of the insanity of Carnaval, or when our camper broke down in Canada and it took 4 days by ferry to achieve a mechanic, or when a mouse chewed via our baggage in Thailand. Some days, we don’t understand how we preserve going and not using a homebase to retreat to, however one factor we do know is that we couldn’t have finished this with out the help of our HoneyTrek household–at residence, on the street, and on-line. Thank you a lot for cheering us on for the final 10 years and serving to us chase our goals!
To commemorate our decade on honeymoon and all of the unimaginable locations, individuals, and experiences which have touched our lives within the course of, we took on the large process of turning 10-years price of movies right into a 7-minute spotlight reel. It took us a stable month to edit down hundreds of movies and (with the assistance of an unimaginable editor) finesse our 300 greatest clips into one thing that advised our story. Starting with leaving our residence in New York City and flying into the wilds of the Amazon jungle, like the 2 clueless metropolis children we have been, you see our struggles and triumphs as we transfer from South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, The Middle East, Central America, The Caribbean, Antarctica to North America.
Each area is filled with attractive surroundings, historic structure, various wildlife, huge adventures, and colourful characters. To get between them, there was no flying first-class, we took each mode of transportation possible–hen buses, dhow boats, Victorian trains, bush planes, and banana vans. Our lodging, effectively, that ranged from 5-star inns to 15-person dorms. We even labored for room and board, mucking barn stalls and scraping barnacles off the underside of boats, if it meant we may keep somewhat longer within the locations we cherished. The variety of experiences made us respect the excessive and the low, and notice that there is no such thing as a such factor as a misadventure. Travel has taught us to maintain an open thoughts and an open coronary heart, and the kindness we’ve obtained in return humbles us daily. Like Chan who took the bus 40 minutes within the improper route to ensure we made it to our cease in Beijing, or Todd the renegade mechanic who stayed up tinkering with the camper all night time to assist us get again on the street, or Eva the Polish farmer who took us in for 5 days in the course of the peak of the pandemic to maintain us heat, fed, and cherished. Every tradition we’ve encountered has been uniquely totally different, however all of us have extra in frequent than you’d suppose.
We can’t wait to listen to what you consider this video and the scenes you like most. If there are any places/individuals/actions you need to know extra about, simply drop a remark with the time & description of the clip, and we’ll reply with the deets. Traveling full-time for the previous decade has been the best expertise of our lives and we hope this video affords a little bit of inspiration for a journey of your personal.