About Sarah AKA ‘the blogger’

My name is Sarah. I grew up in Zomergem, a small village close to Ghent in Belgium. Every year as a child I went on vacation with my parents. From my mother I inherited the sense of adventure and the desire to discover unknown places. From my father, I learned to enjoy the local delicious cuisine and find that little bit of extra luxury when searching for the perfect accommodation. These are still important traits that I carry with me whenever I travel

At a later age I enjoyed discovering the world together with friends.
I also developed a passion for photography and wherever I went, I took my camera with me.

Fascinated by traveling, landscapes and cultures, I studied to be a religion and history teacher. Teaching these subject to others I found less satisfying and therefor I chose to work as a special needs teacher.

Currently, I teach youngsters with a intellectual disability and I am studying for my master degree in special needs education. I am a huge advocate of lifelong learning in whatever way is possible.

Within this busy lifestyle, I needed a creative outlet and I found it on instagram. I started to share my travel photos and received a lot of appreciation from fellow travellers.

A love affair

Meanwhile, I met Jan. We shared the same passion for travel, nature, culture, adventure and photography. You could say a match made in heaven. We fell head over heels and he became my partner in crime whenever I took off for a new adventure.

Jan started to participate in the whole instagram story. Together we searched for the best places to photograph while traveling and shared these with our followers on social media. It made us travel more consciously. We felt that this way we discovered more unique places and hidden gems.

Travel with me

We saw our audience on social media growing. Many people started to follow our journey.

On our big road trip through Thailand and Myanmar where Jan also proposed to me, the idea of Travel with me arose. A online travel blog, where we could share our experiences with like-minded travellers.

Since starting this adventure, we have learned to plan our lives better so that we can create more time and resources to travel, we have discovered numerous new places that we never thought to see, we stayed in unique accommodations where we could only dream of, we have made so many new and exciting friends, but above all we are making our dream come true to explore the world step by step.

About Jan AKA ‘the photographer’

Since as long as Jan can remember he always has a great desire and satisfaction creating things. Drawing, painting, sculpting, assembling elements to put them into a work of art, was his thing.

It was clear from a young age that Jan had artistic talent; so choosing a direction for high school was quickly made.
He had a classic arts education nurturing his knowledge and skills. Next he went to the academy of royal arts to practice and study animation film in Ghent.

After graduating he had a few short professional experiences and jobs, but it was hard to find and maintain a steady workflow in this field.

Not really knowing what to make of life Jan made a long journey in Indonesia and his travel addiction was born. After returning home he felt a void. This void was easily filled with working wherever he could to save money to go on another big trip.

These experiences made him richer but also gave him perspective about what he wanted to do in life, which is creating art.

Meanwhile Jan met me in a local pub where we used to hang out. We fell in love and decided to move in together in Ghent. During our relationship the most important thing is that we motivate each other to be best version of ourselves.

Jan got a steady job at a little vfx company. Finally he could do things he was born for. After three years he switched from the film production to entertainment design, working for the biggest leisure and theme park Company in Belgium.

Why we travel

Whenever we can, we travel. It’s our escape to cope with the stresses of our modern day money driven society. We now can share our experiences with anyone who loves to go out and enjoys discovering the world as much as we do.