We first starting blogging seriously when we become Peace Corps Volunteers in 2012. The following year, our blog was recognized for achieving Peace Corps’ “Third Goal”, and we were flown to D.C. to discuss best practices for promoting cross-cultural understanding online. After over a decade of blogging from various international destinations and working with fellow…
If you’ve been keeping a blog while you’re abroad, and… you haven’t been giving your blog the attention you originally hoped for it, or your posts have been getting bland, or you’re not feeling inspired to write anymore, or you just don’t know what to write about …then a blogging boot camp challenge is just…
When my Uncle did the Peace Corps in the 70’s, my Mom would record messages for him on tape and wait months to receive his response in the mail. Times have really changed! These days, many Peace Corps Volunteers are just as connected by phone and internet as they would be in the States. While this new…
We’re excited to introduce you to another intentional traveler, Diana Edelman, who I connected with through the weekly twitter chat she started on responsible tourism. She is a passionate traveler and advocate who has a lot of wisdom to share on her blog. I’m really glad she did this interview for us because she’s a great example of…
Our latest installment of Intentional Traveler interviews features Suzi Pratt, at Intrepid Freelancer. We met Suzi in person, thanks to the former Find A Nomad project. We crossed paths while visiting our respective families on Oahu, and had a great meet-up at Liliha Bakery. We’re really impressed with how Suzi has pulled together a freelance career for herself so…
We recently connected with Adam and Gabby online when they started up their new blog, Local Nomads. Like us, they are proponents of slow, cultural travel and simple living. After college, they spent a year teaching English in South Korea then came back to the States and hit the road, pursuing seasonal work in adventurous…
We recently had the good fortune of stumbling into another inspiring couple on twitter: Dorene and Troy of Travel Life Experiences. They are a mature, professional couple from Canada who say they had “lost their way stuck in corporate life.” Now, they are full-time digital nomads and travel bloggers. Travel Life Experiences: Nomadic Couple We love how they’re pursuing…
We connected with Megan, blogger at Living Tiny, Dreaming Big, through twitter. She is a tiny house enthusiast- a lifestyle concept we are fascinated by. It obviously requires intentionality to live in a tiny house! Meet Megan of Living Tiny, Dreaming Big In addition to being a writer, Megan has done everything from nannying to being a…
Is it crazy to travel with kids? People often reconcile our nomadic lifestyle with the fact that we don’t have kids. “Now is the time to travel, while you’re unattached,” they say. “Do it now before you have kids.” We’ve heard it so often, it’s almost like a cultural proverb. But is it really true? Is traveling with…
This is the third installment of our Intentional Travel Interviews, a series profiling unconventional travelers we find inspiring. Mark and Kris Kuhn are currently planning a big break from their jobs to pursue long-term travel, a process they’ve started documenting on their blog, A Life More Complete. They met back in 2009 through marathon/triathlon training, got married during the…