“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous For the last four years or so this has been our pursuit; to experience life and the world as much as we can. We started our travels around the time we figured out we just weren’t ready to hold still, we wanted to explore and have some adventure. We both worked jobs that had long hours and little opportunity to travel far. So we decided to pack up, and head out to explore the world. Until now in this adventure, I have been a silent partner mostly. I’ve held jobs in the countries we have lived in and been blessed to have jobs that have allowed for Amanda and I to travel often. During this time Amanda has done a phenomenal job expanding her business and travel ... Read More
Archives for July 2015
An Adventure Tour through New Zealand
Once Derik and I figured out we would be leaving New Zealand in a matter of a few weeks, we were hitting things pretty much full throttle trying to arrange flight tickets, get out of our rental agreement, what to do post-New Zealand, and packing up our stuff. We both had this nagging feeling like we hadn't seen enough of New Zealand (or even participated in an official New Zealand tour) to be completely satisfied before we left can you ever be completely satisfied?. Yeah, sure we lived in NZ for an entire year, but if you've ever visited you'll know what I mean when I say you can't ever have enough of "the most beautiful places on earth." That's where Haka Tours came in. First of all you should know that I love planning and knowing ... Read More
A Clean Slate
Oh hey! It's been a loooonnng time since last I wrote. I could say I'm sorry, but I'm really not. Life has been absolutely nuts, and I'm here to fill you in on all the dirty details. I took well over a month off from blogging, and I'm back with a brand spankin new site design (still working out the bugs and have yet to design a few pages so don't judge too harshly), a new chapter of life, and a new author for LIAL! How's that in a nutshell? So where should we start? Let's start at the beginning of the change, which happened to be late March. Derik and I were in a constant state of discussion as to what our future held, and although we had/will always have a major love for New Zealand, we were ready to get back on the road and put some ... Read More