CURRENT MISSION

to see it all before it's gone...

ABOUT ME

http://www.flickr.com/photos/travis_allen/

we are two english teachers traveling from seoul, south korea, where we have been living for the past 2 years! (minus some travel time in between) we're down to earth, music loving, pretty chill individuals looking to meet other travellers, have a good time and swap experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

I hadn't traveled with the intention of learning about anything except myself. And the real point of all this travel was not what I had come to believe or disbelieve about the wider world, but what I had learned about myself.
When I look back on my travels, I see an almost obsessive desire for experiences that would increase my self-awareness. I needed new experiences to keep shaking myself up. I don't know why this would be true for me.
In one sense, I suppose the search for new experiences represents an appetite. It's an acquired taste, in my case acquired early. From my parents I learned to perceive new experiences as fun and invigorating, and not as frightening. So this is learned behavior.
In another sense, I see my travels as a strategy for solving problems in my life. Whenever things got bad, whenever my life really wasn't working, I'd get on a plane and go far away. Not to escape my problems so much as to get perspective on them. I found that this strategy worked. I returned to my life with a new sense of balance. I was able to get to the point, to stop spinning my wheels, to know what I wanted to do and how to go about doing it. I was focused and effective.
In every instance, it was because I had gone away and found out something about myself. Something I needed to know.

-Travels, Michael Crichton

Interests

travel, photography,scuba, music, having a few soda pops, living the dream...

• photography
• traveling
• music
• scuba diving

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Norway, South Korea, Sweden

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