Category Archives: Interviews

Round-the-World Trip Planning – Interview with Kim Dinan of @RTWsomanyplaces

Kim Dinan - So Many Places Travel Blog

Kim Dinan - So Many Places Travel Blog

Kim Dinan is a Sustainability Coordinator and aspiring writer from Oregon. Kim and her husband Brian are quitting their jobs and taking off on an around-the-world adventure starting May 2012. Since I only planned my round-the-world itinerary two months in advance, it’s been interesting reading about Kim’s travel preparations the last 6 months.

You can follow Kim on:
Her travel blog: so-many-places.com
Twitter: @rtwsomanyplaces
Facebook: facebook.com/SoManyPlacesTravelBlog

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More Extended Travel for Couples: Pete & Dalene Heck of @HeckticTravels

Pete and Dalene Heck of HeckticTravels.com

Pete and Dalene Heck of HeckticTravels.com

Dalene and Pete Heck are a Canadian couple who were both working in the oil and gas industry when they left in 2009 to travel to South America.

Their corporate escape plan was first hatched on “a snowy afternoon in December of 2007″ after overcoming a difficult year of personal tragedies and realizing they were tired of the corporate lives they were living.
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Extended Travel for Couples: Interview with Jack and Jill Travel

Jack and Jill Travel', at Muchu Picchu

Jack and Jill of 'Jack and Jill Travel', at Muchu Picchu

“We met in college, graduated, got jobs, got married, left our jobs, sold everything, and bought a one-way ticket to Colombia this April. That’s our story in short.”
- Jack & Jill

Jack and Jill were working at NASA in software/web before they started their extended world adventure in April 2011. They’ve spent the last 6 months in South America and heading to Morocco next to begin their adventure in Africa.
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Interview with Jeff Jung of Career Break Secrets

Jeff Jung, Career Break Secrets & DitchTheCubicle.ca

Jeff Jung, Career Break Secrets & DitchTheCubicle.ca

Jeff Jung, left his consulting turned corporate marketing career in 2007 to take a two year career break. He went to South America to learn Spanish, see magnificent sunsets and sunrises in far flung places like the Galapagos, Easter Island, Cappadocia, and the Nile River.

After his career break, he relocated to Bogota, Colombia and started Career Break Secrets, a website to show people that a career break is possible, real people do it, and how to get the most out of their own journey.
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Location-Independent Living: Interview with James Clark of NomadicNotes.com

James Clark - Traveller, digital nomad and web guy

James Clark of NomadicNotes.com - Digital nomad and permanent traveler

“After years of travelling in search of my dream job, I found that travelling is my dream job.”
- James Clark

James is a web designer and web-entrepreneur who’s been location-independent for the past 8 eight years. Since 2003, he has travelled multiple times around the world to over 40 countries, all while working remotely from his laptop. I met James earlier this year in northern Thailand.
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Aussie lawyer turned photographer: Interview with Holger Mette

Holger Mette - Lawyer turned photographer

Holger Mette, in Bulgaria. Photo by Lily Leung.

Holger Mette is an Australian lawyer turned professional travel photographer.

I met Holger in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a few months ago when I overheard his conversation about Southeast Asia and enthusiastically interrupted so I could chime in and say I love Thailand too. One of the first things I noticed about Holger was that 1.) he also had a MacBook and 2.) he takes really beautiful photographs.

Holger left behind his job a lawyer in Sydney, Australia and has been travelling around the world since 2007, funding his adventures through his photography.
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World Travel as a Kid’s Classroom: Interview with 1Dad1Kid

1Dad1Kid

1Dad1Kid (posted with permission)

This father and 9-year old son team are leaving for a round-the-world trip in a week on May 4th.

Their adventure will start in Cozumel, Mexico and will lead them through Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the South Pacific.
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NYC Consulting to Extended Travel: Interview with Connie Hum

NYC Consulting to Extended Travel: Connie Hum

Connie Hum

Lily’s note: This is an interview with Connie Hum of Connvoyage. Connie left her job with an international consulting firm in New York City in 2009 to travel and work on a variety of environmental and humanitarian projects around the world.

Connie has been on the road for 2 years, has travelled to 38 countries and even fell in love along the way. She is currently in Hong Kong.
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Sabbatical Leave, Family and Kids: Interview with Matt Koenig

Matt Koenig - 1 Year Sabbatical

Matt Koenig

Lily’s note: This is an interview with Matt Koenig of 1 Year Sabbatical. Matt is married with 2 kids and is planning a sabbatical year with his family starting June 2011.

I used to only imagine unmarried 20 or 30 year olds taking extended time off from work. Matt’s journey has made me realize that with planning and thought, sabbatical leaves from work are also possible for people with families and kids.

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Ad Agency Account Director to World Travel: Interview with Ayngelina Brogan

Ayngelina Brogan - Ad Agency Account Director to World Traveller

Ayngelina Brogan

Editor’s note: This is an interview with Ayngelina Brogan of Bacon is Magic. I first met Ayngelina via Twitter and Facebook when I was preparing for my extended travels a few months ago.

Aygenlina left her job 9 months ago as an Account Director at DraftFCB, one the world’s largest advertising agencies, to take extended time off to travel and explore the world.
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