Have you always dreamed of traveling? As a passion coach helping people identify and discover what lights them up, I’ve noticed that living the travel dream finds its way into many people’s top 10 passions list. You can take “the passion test” and learn more on how to delineate your own in this book: The Passion Test by Janet Atwood.
Is it on yours? Where have you traveled? We’d love to hear about your travels or travel dreams. Feel free to comment on the BoomersReinvented Facebook Page.
Doris Gallan and Jacob Frank, are living their travel dream. Husband and wife co-founders of Baby Boomers Traveling, planned and executed their voyages to 50+ countries on all 7 continents. They’ve been around the world twice and have lived in six countries so far.
After two years of constant travel, they lived for a time in Costa Rica, Mexico, China, and Vietnam, at the time of our interview, with next stop Nicaragua.
So, if you’re into travel, we’re delighted to share with you our conversation with Doris Gallan, brought to you by the wonders of modern technology, all the way from Vietnam!
Doris has so many interesting stories and experiences, that I could’ve talked with her for hours, and not run out of questions and things to learn about. I hope you enjoy it. Let us know!
It was awesome to catch up with Doris for this interview, and we’ll let these breathtaking and intriguing images and her story speak for itself, when you tune into her interview. She takes us through their dilemmas and decisions before deciding to pack up their life and hit the road, skies and waterways, and through the trials, triumphs and immeasurable benefits of life as globe-trotting world citizens.
Doris Gallan and Jacob Frank are living their dreams, and want to encourage you to take that leap into yours.
For more amazing visual treats, visit Doris’ Facebook photos.
Doris is a Baby Boomer who quit the corporate life, sold her home and everything she owned, and started traveling and living abroad in 2006. In the nine years since leaving Los Angeles, she has traveled around the world visiting 45 countries and all 7 continents. She currently lives in Vietnam, along with her husband, Jacob Frank, where she teaches hospitality and tourism to university students.
So if you’ve always wanted to travel, don’t wait. Our greatest growth lies on the other side of our comfort zone, so get out of that cozy armchair, and begin to plan your next trip.
BUT… if you don’t have the money to travel the way you’d like to, consider this: one of the things about travel that most of us love is the exposure to new things. We walk new streets and drive through new cities, with a beginner’s mind. We’re looking everywhere; noticing everything. Chances are most of us don’t do this in our own cities and towns. So if you can’t travel, consider taking a drive through your own town. Look into upcoming events and attend. Try a new restaurant and new cuisine, such as the kind from the country you’d love to visit next.
There are many ways to renew ourselves and travel into adventure and new experiences without leaving town. So don’t wait.
“Do the thing and you will have the power.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
RESOURCES:
For more amazing visual treats, visit Doris’ Facebook photos.
BOOKS:
The Boomers’ Guide to Going Abroad to Travel – Live – Give – Learn
MOVIES:
I’m Fine Thanks
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (You can read our movie review here)
WEBSITE:
BabyBoomersTraveling.com (Doris and Jacob’s website)