Best Guest Post Ever!

For my final guest post this week I have a very special treat for you today!

After months of prodding, The Englishman has finally written a guest post for me.

It's pretty laughable that in my house I'm the one who claims to be a travel blogger.

My husband Matthew is the traveler (and writer) in the family.

 I'll let him tell you a little more about it.  (I might have snuck in a few captions.)

 

He's is always happiest when we're traveling.

People say I’ve been lucky to travel so much – 104 “countries”* and counting. They’re wrong - luck’s not a factor.  I’ve chosen to spend lots of money on getting out and seeing the world.  And I don’t regret a penny of it!

*A country as defined by the Travellers Century Club.  Which takes a very liberal view on what is a country.  By most traditional definitions I’ve been to around 90 countries.  I’ve also been to all 50 US States, but that’s another post entirely.

I love hearing stories from his travels.  Yes, that volcano is erupting.

My parents ignited my wanderlust with the annual summer pilgrimage to the sun from Gatwick.  This was back when the departure lounge overlooked the runway and you passed the time watching the planes come and go.  I loved seeing these improbably large hunks of metal gracefully rising into the sky, wondering where they were going, and what the passengers would experience when they got there.

He now needs to take me to all of these places.

My country tally accelerated sharply when I joined the workforce, as I was drawn to jobs involving travel.  In my 20’s I experienced the exotic through work (such as Ghana, Barbados, Venezuela) as well as the less exotic (Belgium, Luxembourg and Jersey).  As my income grew, my holidays got more adventurous and  I picked up some rarities (such as Macao, the Gambia and the Maldives), but also some more conventional destinations (Canada, Turkey and Ireland).

Yea.  Who's this guy?  Doesn't even look like the Matthew I know.

Into my 30’s, I realised a great way to travel was to live in different parts of the world.  So I spent the decade living in Australia, Singapore and the USA, which allowed me to travel to some really beautiful places (such as Vanuatu, Laos and Nicaragua).  And to some fascinating but challenging countries (such as Bangladesh, Syria and Colombia).

This is from our first cruise together.

In my 40’s my world changed.  For the better.  (Hello, darling!)  I married Selena on my 40^th birthday since then it’s been a delight to share my life with someone who shares my love for travel.  So far we’ve explored new ground together (Portugal, Greece and Morocco), but we’ve also revisited some old friends, which has allowed me to see them anew through Selena’s eyes (Spain, Germany and Holland).  I can’t wait to see what’s next (Poland?  Bosnia?  Uzbekistan?)

This hat was pre-marriage and is not Wife Approved.  But look where he is!

The world is a big place, with so much to see and do that I think it’s a tragedy to live your entire life in one small corner.  So get out there and travel, people!

Again with the unapproved headwear.

A baseball cap.  Now this we can work with!

 

If you like my story, let me know and maybe I’ll come back and write some more!

Matt

Jeez.  He's such a name dropper.  India, Croatia, Singapore.

Isn't he wonderful?  I think so.  I'm convinced that he needs to have his own Travel blog.

He reads every single comment that I get on this blog so

please show some blogger love and leave him a comment.

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