About Us

What’s your story?

We met in college, graduated, got jobs, got married, left our jobs, sold everything, and bought a one-way ticket to Colombia for April 18th. That’s our story in short :)

Related posts:
- Quitting our jobs to travel
- Our last day at work
- On A Plane and Off We Go

Where are you going?

Well, first country in the itinerary is Colombia. After that, we don’t really know. Rough itinerary has us going to South America first, then heading over to Africa, up to Europe, and somehow end up in Asia.

To see a complete list of posts related to our around the world trip, head over to Our Travel section.

Related posts:
- The price of a commitment
- How We Decide Which Countries to Visit

How long are you guys going to be gone?

We’re not sure. We might be tired of being homeless after 4 months, or we might be bitten by the chronic version of the travel bug and just keep going. I think we’re going to keep going until we’re running out of funds or sick of being on the road. Whichever comes first.

How are you funding your trip?

Choose the correct answer:
a. We’re both trust fund kids with unlimited source of income
b. One of us won the lottery
c. We each sold a kidney to the black market
d. We save
e. All of the above

Hints:
- How to Save For a RTW Trip
- 10 Ways We Cut Our Spending

Why are you doing this?

Because traveling is fun. Because 2 weeks out of the year vacation is not enough. Because we want to and because we can. Too vague of an answer? Here’s a list of reasons of why we’re going on a RTW trip.

What are you taking with you?

More than we need to, that’s for sure. We’re both going to carry a laptop because we have work to do on the road. We’re also (most likely probably) taking our climbing gear. And our passports. And clean socks.

Who does what between the two of you?

Jill takes care of the writing, most of the planning, and research. The voice behind our Tweets and most of our FB updates.

Jack makes sure that we’re not running out of money, that we have our paperwork in order, and he’s also our general IT guy: backing up data, backing up the blog’s database, etc.

He took on the responsibility of finding accommodations because his hostel standard is the higher of us two — it just makes sense.

Can we come meet you?

Of course. Keep in touch with us to find out where we happen to be and come visit. You can keep in touch with us through RSS, Twitter, Facebook, or even emails!

Random things about us

- We used to have up to 10 pet rats
- Jill was born and grew up in Indonesia
- We have never owned a coffee table (or dining table)
- Jack’s a big fan of Lady Gaga
- Jill can’t stand Lady Gaga
- We own an espresso machine
- Jill loves a shot of Bailey’s in her morning coffee
- Jack takes his coffee black and strong. Strong enough to ‘put hair on one’s chest’.
- Jill’s colleagues in college nominated her for ‘Best Unknowingly Outloud Office Singer’ and ‘Most Likely to Eat Panda Express for Breakfast’. Jill’s even got a certificate to prove it.
- And we love to hear from you. Say hi!

Want to stay in touch?

Ways to get in touch:

Jack

Likes: gadgets, internet, coffee, Reese’s peanut butter cups, climbing, Lady Gaga.
Dislikes: mushroom, tomato chunks, slugs (most mollusk — except for octopi. Octopi are cool.)

Jill

Likes: wine, chocolate soy milk, her Kindle (dubbed ‘Kindie’), and freshly baked bread.
Dislikes: wriggly insects, sour cream, and driving.