Take part in our trips

Take part in our trips

As our departure date approaches, I feel my nerves tingling with trepidation. I'm not the type to dwell on dangerous possibilities - after all, I've done a lot of foolhardy things in my time (jumping out of a plane, flying a plane, climbing Nevis Peak without a guide, and so on).

No, I'm not afraid of getting hurt. I'm nervous that I won't get through the course. I get nervous when I get to a point where I don't have a clean, comfortable bed or warm, running water every night and my desire to travel fades. I worry that I will miss my sisters with whom I have always shared a city.

I'm worried that living out of a backpack won't "liberate" me as much as it should. I worry that I just want to come home.

And so I want to talk about an idea I heard from a close friend, Priya, a few weeks ago. She told me about a couple she knew who posted their three-month honeymoon itinerary and invited their friends and family to visit them along the way. Your long honeymoon together should be punctuated by visits from close friends and family members to give them the best of both worlds.

I have been told multiple times that I am lucky to be on this journey. Friends, colleagues and family have often told me that they are jealous of our plans or that they wish they could spend two weeks in Fiji or Tahiti or Brazil or any of the amazing places we hope to reach.

So here's my suggestion: If you know me or Peter (or even don't know and we can confirm that you're not a psycho), we invite you to spend a week or two with us, wherever we go.

This may sound like a cheesy and whimsical idea that would be more suited to the script of a Zooey Deschanel movie, but we're serious. If you've always wanted to go to one of these places, how about using us as an excuse? Of course, you don't have to spend the whole time with us - at least a few meals would be nice.

We will be in the South Pacific in August, September and October and then most likely in South America from November. We are currently trying to convince Peter's father to come visit us in Bolivia.

He's always wanted to see it - mostly because of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - but isn't sure he can make the arrangements. Well, the thing is, he can make the arrangements. And if you've always wanted to visit Bolivia or Argentina or Peru and are reading this now, you too can make the arrangements.

Peter and I aren't "happy," as so many people say, and we're certainly not rich (a former teacher and a freelance writer are hardly paragons of wealth), but we're doing this crazy and awesome thing anyway. We really hope that some of our friends, family and acquaintances will also decide to do a crazy thing and come visit us on the other side of the world.

We are 100% serious. If you even think you might consider it, contact ush. If I can't come home, maybe a piece of home can come to me. Come and join our trips!
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