The lovely folks at the Black Expat asked us to share a little bit about our journey. We talked about everything from planning and funding our travels to how Black identity factors into our experience abroad as a couple. Watch the complete video below.
Up, up and away we go. After many sorrowful goodbyes, our one-way ticket from New York to New Zealand couldn’t have been any smoother. Many assumed that we flew through LA to reach our destination however we actually flew from Toronto to Vancouver, which was a five hour flight, then onward to New Zealand for the last fourteen hours of our trip. We were not looking forward to being…
When we started talking to people about our extended travel plans, most people thought our unconventional decision was made lightly without much thought to how we would prepare ourselves to live in another country. We cannot stress how far from the truth that is. In fact, we created multiple to-do lists, spread sheets and laundry list of calendar reminders to organize our travel plans for the next several…
Prior to our journey, we considered ourselves moderately travelled folks over the years, rotating our annual trips between the Caribbean, Europe and various parts of the US to visit family and friends. Our love for travel was common knowledge among our peers as people would ask us What are your upcoming travel plans for the new year? or Have you ever been to (insert exotic place)? I’m thinking…