About Us

Hi and welcome to our blog!

Back in 2020, just after we first met, James was off to travel South East Asia, and I (Alex) was off to see my family in Peru after a 2 year gap. Of course, we know what happened instead.

With James’s travel itch still unscratched, and now 5 years of not seeing my family, in 2023 with the world seemingly more stable again, we decided to combine the needs of our hearts and souls into one big trip.

We’re incredibly grateful to our companies for allowing us this opportunity, and our friends and family for supporting and encouraging us, we feel privileged everyday being able to do this.

This blog is not just to keep loved ones updated, but to provide us a record of our experiences along the way to look back on, because there will be a lot of them. It’s often the small things we forget first, so apologies if they’re particularly detailed in parts (especially mine!), these are the little things we don’t want to forget. We’re already forgetting them!

Inspired by BBC’s Race Across the World Season 2 that opened with Jen announcing “Adventure, excitement, trauma”, each post will feature these too, to summarise the challenges, highs and lows of each leg.

So that’s us, but we’d love to hear what’s going on with you! Drop us an email if you don’t have our numbers:

JamesAndAlexTravels[at]gmail.com