Okay, so we've had this travel channel for over two years now and we've never actually
sat down to answer your questions.
I think we're a little bit late to the game but I mean we keep getting the same questions
over and over again, so we thought it was high time to do this.
Let's do it.
How can you afford to travel?
One of the biggest ways we were able to save money was working as ESL teachers when we
were in South Korea.
That's a pretty cool job because the pay is very high plus you get a free apartment and
Korea isn't all that expensive.
We decided to just save like crazy and use that money for travel.
Yeah, we were really frugal while we were in Korea.
I think our biggest expense was food.
If you can believe that.
Come on, do we like to eat?
Yeah, and then while we've been traveling over the last year and a half or two we've
also been earning a little bit through blogging, freelance writing for a few different outlets
and then just making YouTube videos.
A little bit from YouTube.
It is growing though.
What's it like teaching in South Korea?
So, teaching in Korea, I think it is a pretty cool job if you enjoy working with kids and
you have a bit of experience dealing with them.
I had worked as a tutor and camp counselor before, so I felt comfortable with children.
But some of my coworkers had never been around kids before and just being thrown into the
classroom with no experience.
It was a little bit intimidating - especially because you do have the language barrier and
it is supposed to be an English only environment.
But when you get a little Kindie student who has never been exposed to English before that
is a bit of a challenge.
So I mean, come prepared to work hard but Korea will be fun.
Yeah, exactly and when we started teaching it was just literally we were thrown right
into the classroom.
Here you are, you're now a teacher.
Once you get a handle of it you're good.
What are some of your favorite destinations?
Okay, so our favorite places.
That's always a really hard one to answer because we've been to so many places and it
is just hard to choose them.
And we like almost everywhere we go.
So, let's pick three instead of one.
So in Southeast Asia I really enjoyed Vietnam just because the landscape is so diverse.
I went trekking in Sapa, which was really cool, and then we took a tour of Ha Long Bay
which was just amazing.
And then the food was delicious, so I really had a good time there.
I really enjoyed our month in the country.
Then in the Middle East I really liked Jordan because we got to experience the desert, go
camping with Bedouins and swimming in the Dead Sea.
That was a lot of fun.
And then for Europe I'm going to choose Germany.
I've been able to travel there a few times and I just think it is such a cool country.
You've got castles everywhere and some much history, so those are my three.
And if I had to narrow it down to just three I would choose India, Turkey and Finland.
I absolutely love India because I was getting a little bit tired of my travels and I went
to India and it just blew my mind.
Like there is just so much going on.
It is just really hard to explain but my two months spent in India felt like five years
spent traveling almost anywhere else around the world.
Now it is a bit strange that I chose Turkey because I only spent time in Istanbul but
just with all of its history, Mosques, the amazing food - Turkish delight, baklava.
I just fell in love with the place.
The reason I chose Finland is because it is the country that most reminds me of Canada.
There is a lot of nature, it is peaceful and quiet and it is just somewhere I can really
relax.
And of course how could I forget Salmiakki.
I love that stuff.
Have you had many travel mishaps?
Well, I think we've had a few minor mishaps along the way.
Things like machines eating our debit cards and Sam forgetting his wallet at a supermarket.
I have an uncanny ability to split my shorts too at the worst moments.
Yeah, but I think by far our worst travel mishap was when our train derailed in Thailand
when we were traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
That was a pretty scary experience.
We had no idea what was going on.
It was like two in the morning when the carriages came off the tracks.
And it happened in a tunnel.
It was just pitch black.
And the funniest memory I have from all of that was one of the Thai attendants.
She wasn't really concerned about our safety or how we were doing.
She was just running around trying to collect the beer money that hadn't been paid.
Don't you get sick eating street food?
Well, my friends, we've experienced our fair share of food poisoning over the years.
I mean, I've been sick in Bolivia, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Cuba.
How about you?
Well, I don't feel like I get sick that often but when I have been sick surprisingly enough
it has not been from street food.
Yes!
It is restaurants.
Never, not even once.
It has always been from a restaurant.
Going back to street food, I actually think it is quite safe because it is cooked right
in front of you and it is usually made fresh.
And if you see there is a high turnover rate then you're getting food that hasn't been
sitting out for too long.
K wouldn't worry too much about street food.
Yeah, exactly.
The key point is you want to go to somewhere that is busy and where you see a lineup.
And also where you see locals eating.
If there is just tourists eating there, well, you're taking a bit of a risk.
Do you ever get tired of travel?
Yes, we most definitely do.
I find that we go through these different cycles like every once in a while we're just
on full on backpacking mode and we're just travelling from weeks or even months on end
but eventually we get burnt out and we do need to have a base.
That is actually how we ended up in Chiang Mai, Thailand for three months last year and
then we also did another month in Berlin where we stayed in a local neighborhood and enjoyed
our apartment and just didn't do much sightseeing.
So our criteria for choosing a base is really quite simple: we want somewhere that is affordable
and that has awesome food.
Really good restaurants and street food.
That is all we really need.
How did you two meet?
Okay, so tell us the love story.
Okay, so we actually knew through from our travel blogs and then Audrey moved to Korea
and I kind of offered to show her around.
And I guess we kind of hit it off and just started hanging out every weekend exploring
Seoul, going out for food.
She was stalking me.
I was not.
I totally was not.
And then we just ended up traveling together around SE Asia, then the Middle East, Europe
and what do you know, we got married this summer.
Ring to prove it.
Now you're stuck with me...hahaha
Okay, if you have any other burning questions you want to ask us just leave it in the comments
below and we'll try to do another Q&A video soon.
Yeah, it can be related to anything - travel, life, how weird we are.
Just anything you want to know.