Rachel and Josh began their long motorcycle road trip from San Francisco, CA across Latin America just a few months ago. Their story of how it started is inspiring! Be sure to check it out and follow their Instagram account for updates on their trip! @thehavekosts
Madison, from the United States, was introduced to travel when she studied abroad in Italy. Her 5 months in Rome were enough to convince her to move back after college and accept a job there. Living in Italy, she now has access to puddle jumpers and trains all over Europe to continue exploring her passion for travel.
The most common question travelers are asked by those who don’t travel is “How do you afford it?” While the answer may vary amongst us, we believe it comes down to one simple truth… we just make it work. Whether it’s budgeting on what was saved, working entirely remotely, or picking up odd jobs in the locations we travel to, it doesn’t matter, we make it work. Rachel, in her blog Trailing Rachel, is a wonderful example of someone knowing they wanted to travel and just making it work. She went from being a lawyer in North Carolina to traveling off her savings to then working on the road.
Chris has been one of Lost to Live’s guest author contributors since 2018 and has shared a number of her travel experiences, travel tips, and amazing photos with us as a result of her own travels. Once part of the legal field, Chris left her job to embark on a backpacking trip. In her words…
Stephanie, from the United States, never had the opportunity to travel while growing up. In our interview she says, “I remember thinking ‘Man, I sure would love to go to Hawaii’.” When she began high school and college, she was finally presented with opportunities to travel. For her honeymoon, she and her new husband traveled…
Have you ever considered moving outside of your home country? These 2 travelers have done just that. Laura and Trever, from the United States, live “la pura vida” (the pure life) in the beautiful and green country of Costa Rica. Going on 4+ years now they enjoy their own rental home, yard with a garden,…
Welcome to our first two-part series on someone I believe to be a very inspirational traveler. In this week’s article we will see how she got her start in experiencing other cultures, then check back in next week for details on her most recent and eye-opening trip to Africa. Beverly Peterson’s international experiences began when…
Beverly Peterson recently returned home from a 3-week humanitarian aid trip to Uganda, Ethiopia and Swaziland. This trip included time serving in a medical clinic removing Jiggers from childrens’ feet, volunteering at a school, gathering and taking hygiene kits to the places they visited, and so much more. During my conversation with Beverly, I asked…
Elisha Baker recently traveled outside her home country for her first extended stay last summer 2017. At the time, Ben and I were living in Cozumel, Mexico and she came to join us for a week. Prior to this trip to Mexico, Elisha had visited Mexico on a day trip over the border. “I wanted…
Lorna Kuehn, from the United States, began traveling outside of her home country at the age of 45 and is now going on 5 years of visiting new countries and experiencing new cultures. Her first trip abroad was to Italy back in 2015. She has now been back to Italy twice, experienced Austria, France, Germany,…