Since we noticed that our blog is traveling the world faster than us, here is our short introduction to those visitors who find us through search engines.
We are Olga and Jordi. I am Olga, originally from Belarus - a country which even immigration officers and consulate employees in the embassies around the world have never heard of, a country which being a dictatorship is at the very bottom of the list of countries ranked by their visa agreements, a country the citizens of which can change their passport only inside its borders. Jordi on the other hand is from Spain - a country which even people at the remotest villages in the world know without fail (mostly due to its unprecedented football performance last year), a country at the very top of the above-mentioned visa list, a country the citizens of which can change their passports anywhere else in the world in a matter of minutes.
We met in the Netherlands a few years ago at a salsa course and in May 2010 left our comfortable life back in Holland and with our modest one year savings set out on this "trip around the world". We both have always loved traveling and at some stage started to get a bit frustrated by the 2-week vacation limit of our trips. Eventually we stopped complaining and started saving... and here we are!
The slogan of this trip being "when around the world, do as the locals do", as we travel country after country, we try to soak in as much of the local culture as possible. By now having seen all those "biggest Buddha statues of the world", and "biggest temples of the world", and "oldest jungles of the world", and "highest mountains of the world" etc etc (and all of it - only in Asia!), we are noticing that this trip is becoming less and less about "seeing", and more and more about "experiencing". Having started with quite a fixed itinerary, we keep adding things to the list, but lately instead of places we are adding experiences, with some of the most exciting ones still to come. (Follow the blog and you will find out!)
We never really planned this blog to be anything else rather than our personal diary and a way to share some snapshots with friends and family, so for those of you who end up on this blog through key words, by chance or mistake, our only ambition is to be a living proof of how it's possible to travel this amazing world on a really small budget and how the best things of the trip can come free of charge!
Cheers,
Olga and Jordi
We are Olga and Jordi. I am Olga, originally from Belarus - a country which even immigration officers and consulate employees in the embassies around the world have never heard of, a country which being a dictatorship is at the very bottom of the list of countries ranked by their visa agreements, a country the citizens of which can change their passport only inside its borders. Jordi on the other hand is from Spain - a country which even people at the remotest villages in the world know without fail (mostly due to its unprecedented football performance last year), a country at the very top of the above-mentioned visa list, a country the citizens of which can change their passports anywhere else in the world in a matter of minutes.
We met in the Netherlands a few years ago at a salsa course and in May 2010 left our comfortable life back in Holland and with our modest one year savings set out on this "trip around the world". We both have always loved traveling and at some stage started to get a bit frustrated by the 2-week vacation limit of our trips. Eventually we stopped complaining and started saving... and here we are!
The slogan of this trip being "when around the world, do as the locals do", as we travel country after country, we try to soak in as much of the local culture as possible. By now having seen all those "biggest Buddha statues of the world", and "biggest temples of the world", and "oldest jungles of the world", and "highest mountains of the world" etc etc (and all of it - only in Asia!), we are noticing that this trip is becoming less and less about "seeing", and more and more about "experiencing". Having started with quite a fixed itinerary, we keep adding things to the list, but lately instead of places we are adding experiences, with some of the most exciting ones still to come. (Follow the blog and you will find out!)
We never really planned this blog to be anything else rather than our personal diary and a way to share some snapshots with friends and family, so for those of you who end up on this blog through key words, by chance or mistake, our only ambition is to be a living proof of how it's possible to travel this amazing world on a really small budget and how the best things of the trip can come free of charge!
Cheers,
Olga and Jordi
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