Mari Kingshott
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Also, we both wanted to see Asia, and it was a great time in our lives to travel. (Who's kidding who! It's always a great time to travel.)
I would like to get a motorbike and bike through China/Mongolia and southern Russia. That is the next trip... hmmmm, I love thinking about it.
Mari and Tim were married on October 2, 1999. Shortly thereafter, they left on their round-the-world honeymoon.
October 1999-September 2000
24
CDN$10,000
Canada
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
The trip affected me in a number of ways. First of all I really didn't have a specific career in mind before I left, and when I returned home I felt really lost. The trip was so exciting, so challenging and so rewarding, that when I returned I felt kind of empty. I really felt like I had to involve myself in a career path and get going on something, so I went to teachers college. And that is where I am right now.
The route that I took on my wonderful journey of the globe was:
My husband Tim and I got married, and we wanted a really cool honeymoon!!
The most memorable person that I met on my trip was my husband. I know that this might sound silly to anyone reading this, but knowing someone, and living, eating, breathing and travelling with them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year is completely different. I met and fell in love with my travelling partner over and over again. Every time we met a challenge I learned new and wonderful things about him. We faced lots and lots of bad and good things together on a year-long trip together. I would recommend this to any couple: if you can get through travelling together you can take on any other problem and hurdle life throws your way!
Winged it a lot
My headlamp/Swiss Army knife. I'm sorry I cannot pick between these two things. If I was dropped into a country anywhere in the world, I could definitely get by if I had these two things.
Hmmm, let's see. The list of dumb things that we brought: Lonely Planet guides (buy these on the way), scuba fins (don't ask me why), sSunscreen clothing (my mom thought it would be a good idea), three extra flashlights (heavy, very heavy).
The trip changed everything about me, the way I look at things, my perspective on life, but most of all, all I want to do is travel again. I want to see more of the world, I want to share, talk, eat and live with as many of the world's people as I can.
We are home already?! But we just left!
Right now, we are working on getting teaching degrees so that we can taking our career on the road.
In order to fully experience the feeling of being a traveller, and being away you need to extend the trip for at least six months. A trip that is longer than two weeks allows you to really experience a culture, and it also allows you to understand yourself better as you change and grow while travelling.
How to trust myself in strange, challenging and sometimes dangerous situations. I also learned that bribery does in fact open doors...
The largest myth that I think people have is that travelling is a HOLIDAY. Travelling is a lifestyle, it is a choice made by the very few who are strong and capable enough to accomplish it. It is not ALWAYS fun, and romantic, But it is ALWAYS rewarding.
I like to travel because I want to be informed and I am insatiably curious about the world around us. I am an avid follower of world politics and the geography that creates and dominates our world.
If you are planning to travel around the world and need one piece of advice, I would definitely say, be prepared, but don't over-plan your trip. Be flexible and let the trip evolve into what you need at the time. Your needs and wants will change as you travel. You will learn about yourself and you will become a new person. Allow your schedule to be as flexible as possible. This will help you cope with the stress of travel.
