One Year of Travel

Today marks our one year anniversary of being fully nomadic. It’s kind of incredible to believe that we’ve been living out of our backpacks, with no permanent address, and no official home base, for the past 365 days. In some ways it has gone by incredibly quickly. In other ways it feels like this is how we’ve always lived, going where we want, when we want.

We’ve learned a crazy amount about the world and ourselves over the past year. Next week we’ll share our reflections on being ‘digital nomads’, whether we think we’ll travel like this forever, and what we’ve learned about the lifestyle. But today we just wanted to reminisce for a bit about where the past year has taken us.

When we left Taiwan, we didn’t have an itinerary or a plan. Looking back, it’s kind of crazy where we decided to go and how much time we decided to spend in each country. Some places, like Panama, we never intended on visiting – but we ended up going twice and have plans to stop through again in about two months.

Overall, the past year took us to: Vietnam, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada and Brazil. We like to think that we travel rather slowly, but looking back at all that we crammed into one year, we’re not so sure anymore!

We hope you’ll reminisce with us as we take you through a whirlwind of photos and memories. A huge thanks to everyone that has been reading and following along with all of our journeys. If you missed some of them, you can always read up on all of the countries and adventures from our Destinations Page

Vietnam

Halong Bay 4

Kayaking Halong Bay

Longboat Vietnam

Vietnam Temple

Ox Cart Vietnam

Laundry in Vietnam

Vietnamese Cookout

cycling Ho Chi Minh Highway

Cycling Vietnam

Vietnamese Family

Vietnamese Home

A Cruising Couple at Waterfall

Old Palace

Ho Chi Minh Highway

Cycling Vietnam

Soccer with a Cow

Vietnamese Rice Field

Elephant

Costa Rica

Housesitting Costa Rica neighborhood

Lightning

Chocolate Tasting

Caseys Favorite Things

A Cruising Couple Dan and Casey

Casey on a palm tree

Lizard

Samara

Whitewater Rafting

Costa Rica Animals

Santa Teresa Sunset

Yoga Headstand

Santa Teresa Sunset

Hike_2

Blue Osa Staff

Blue Osa

Panama

Bocas Del Toro Houses

Dolphin Bay Bocas Del Toro

Relax

Starfish Beach Bocas Del Toro

Starfish Beach Bocas Del Toro_3

Panama

Seasoned Photographer

Panama Independence

Mexico

ACC

Baby Turtles

Whale Baby

Whale

Surfing

Horseback Riding

Mud

San Pancho_BBQ

Ek Balam

A Cruising Couple El Balam

FiestAmerciana

Isla Mujeres

Cenote Swim

Palapas del Sol

Sweden

Stockholm

Stockholm Sweden

Horse Riding

Snow Ski

Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Casey Yoga

Dogsledding

Finland

Ice Hotel

Ice Hotel

Ice Hotel

Icelandic Cattle

Llamas in Yllas Finland

Reindeer Sleigh Ride

Snowmobiling Yllas

Northern Lights Finland

Norway

Norway

Fishing in Lofoten

Fishing Boat Lofoten

Norway

Norway

France

Paris

Arc de Triumphe

Windmill

Love Lock

Belgium

A Cruising Couple In Bruges

Belgian Waffle

Bruges

Bruges Canal Cruise

Bruges

Atomium

Brussels

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Holland Cheese

Canada

Great Coast Road Trip

Casey at Sunset

Challenge Course

Bungy Jumping

Victoria British Colombia

Canada

Back to Panama

Isla Iguana

Taco Stand

National Park Campana

Panama City Panama

 

Brazil

Morro de Sao Paulo

Yoga Church

Brazil Tattoo

Brazilian Fans

Brazil Fans

World Cup Match

Waterfall

Christ the Redeemer

Monkey

Ipanema

Sunset at Ipanema

A Cruising Couple Rio

 

We hope you’ll check back with us next week to see our Reflections on One Year of Nomadic Travels: In Words. Are we going to travel like this forever? Are we getting tired of traveling? What have been the highs and lows of one year of nomadic living? We’ll spill all the answers!

What have been your favorite travel stories and photos we covered from the past year? Where would you go if you had the freedom to just go anywhere? As always, feedback and comments greatly appreciated!

 

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