"Collect moments, not things" - People constantly ask us "how can you afford to travel so much" and I believe that it's living by this quote that we are able to make it happen.

Not enough money? Too old? Too young? We believe there are no excuses when it comes to travelling, only solutions on how to overcome them.

"Every now and then you have to close your eyes and jump without letting anyone know your eyes were shut". Here is why we are moving abroad.

A new year has begun and one of our new years resolutions is to get a little more deep and personal on the blog. Our little website is growing by the day and as more readers stumble upon our community of travel enthusiasts we thought it would be nice to share some personal information about our lives.

As 2015 begins and a new year dawns on us we thought we would start the year with a personal "get to know us" post. Why not come and get to know Stephen a little bit more and in return we would love to learn a bit more about you.

Read the reasons on why we started Flying the Nest and our little travel blog.

We have been travelling the world for just over 5 years and during that time we worked full time jobs whilst finishing full time university degrees, but we kept coming back to the experiences and lessons learnt when we were able to getaway and travel stayed with us. These are 50 experiences we have learnt during our travels.