Where We Have Lived and Travelled
TOTAL COUNTRIES: 79
To date, we’ve spent months living and adventuring in various locations around the world. We enjoy slow travel so typically spend at least one month in each destination. Our expertise lies within the following destinations:
AFRICA
📍Egypt – Suez Canal
📍South Africa – Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Durban, Franschhoek, Kruger National Park, KwaZulu-Natal, Oudtshoorn, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Stellenbosch, The Garden Route
📍Zambia – Livingstone, Zambezi River White Water Rafting
📍Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls
ASIA
📍Cambodia – Kampot, Kep, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap (Angkor)
📍China – Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai
📍India – Cochin, Mumbai
📍Indonesia – Bali (Ahmed, Canggu, Denpasar, Kuta, Mount Batur, Nusa Dua, Sanur, Seminyak, Ubud)
📍Japan – Aomori, Hakone, Hakodate, Hakuba (Nagano), Hiroshima, Kamakura, Kobe, Kushiro, Kyoto, Nagoya, Nara, Nikko, Niseko (Hokkaido), Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama
**Peta lived in Japan while teaching at an international school in Tokyo in 2000-2005
📍Laos – Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Vientiane
📍Malaysia – Cameron Highlands, Kuala Lumpur, Penang
📍Philippines – Boracay, Cebu (Cebu City, Moalboal, Oslob), Coron, Dumaguete, Manila, Palawan (El Nido, Puerto Princesa), Siargao
📍Singapore – Singapore City
📍South Korea – Busan, Seoul
📍Sri Lanka – Colombo, Ella, Kandy, Negombo, Mirissa, Pinnawala, Tangalle, Tissamaharama, Yala National Park
📍Taiwan – Taipei
📍Thailand – Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Jomtien, Koh Phangnan, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Samet, Koh Samui, Kanchanaburi, Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket
📍Vietnam – Cat Ba, Danang, Dalat, Halong Bay, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An, Lan Ha Bay, Nha Trang, Ninh Binh, Phu Quoc
EUROPE
📍Austria – Hopfgarten, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Vienna
📍Belgium – Bruges, Brussels
📍Cyprus – Ayia Napa, Limassol
📍Denmark – Copenhagen, Helsingborg
📍England – Birmingham, Cambridge, Cornwall (Falmouth), Devon, Lakes District in Cumbria, London, Weymoiuth
📍Estonia – Tallinn
📍Finland – Aland, Helsinki, Turku
📍France – Beaujolais Wine Region, Bordeaux, Canne, Courchevel, Cote d’Azur, Fontainebleau, French Riviera, Le Havre, Lyon, Paris
📍Germany – Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Munich, Rostock, Warnemunde
📍Greece – Athens, Corfu, Crete (Chania, Heraklion), Delphi, Meteora, Mykonos, Olympia, Santorini (Oia, Fira)
📍Ireland – Cobh
📍Italy – Florence, Milan, Naples (Pompeii, Herculaneum), Pisa, Rome, Venice, Verona
📍Latvia – Riga
📍Liechtenstein – Vaduz
📍Luxembourg – City of Luxembourg
📍Monaco – Monaco City
📍Netherlands – Amsterdam, Edam
📍Norway – Visited Every City but Lived in Oslo *Jonas worked and lived in Norway in 1997-2003
📍Poland – Auschwitz, Krakow, Warsaw
📍Portugal – Ponta Delgada
📍Spain – Barcelona, Cartagena, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid, Malaga, Mallorca, Palma, Tenerife, Valencia
📍Sweden – Västerås is Our Home Base but Jonas has Travelled All Over Sweden – Aaland, Dalarna, Gota Canal, Karlskrona, Leksand, Stockholm, Visby
📍Switzerland – Geneva, Interlarken, Jungfrau Mountain, Lucern
📍Scotland – Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness
📍Vatican City – Vatican City
📍Wales – Cardiff, Swansea
MIDDLE EAST
📍Oman – Muscat, Salalah
📍Turkey – Alanya, Antalya, Bodrum, Istanbul, Izmir, Marmaris
📍United Arab Emirates – Dubai
OCEANIA
📍Australia – ACT (Canberra), New South Wales (Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Sydney, Thredbo, Tweed Heads), Queensland (Southeast Queensland – Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast; Darling Downs – Toowoomba; Wide Bay / Burnett – Bundaberg, Fraser Coast, Gympie, Hervey Bay. Kingaroy, Maryborough; Central Queensland – 1770, Agnes Waters, Barcaldine, Blackall, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Yeppoon; Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday – Airlie, Bowen Proserpine, Sarina, Whitsunday Islands; North Queensland – Ayr, Charters Towers, Home Hill, Ingham, Townsville; Far North Queensland – Atherton Tableland, Cairns, Mareeba, Rockhampton), Victoria (Falls Creek, Melbourne), Western Australia (Freemantle, Geraldton, Margaret River, Perth)
📍Cook Islands – Rarotonga
📍Fiji – Beachcomber Island
📍French Polynesia – Tahiti
📍New Caledonia – Lifou, Noumea
📍New Zealand – Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Fox Glacier, Franz Joseph Glacier, Kaikoura, Lake Tekapo, Nelson, Queenstown, Rotorua, Taupo, Tauranga, Tongariro National Park, Wanaka, Wellington
📍Vanuatu – Vila
THE AMERICAS
📍 Antigua and Barbuda – St Johns
📍 Argentina – Buenos Aires
📍 Aruba – Oranjestad
📍 Bahamas – Great Stirrup Cay
📍 Barbados – Bridgetown
📍 Belize – Harvest Caye
📍 Bermuda – Hamilton
📍 Bonaire – Kralendijk
📍 British Virgin Islands – Tortola
📍 Canada – Vancouver, Whistler Blackcomb
📍 Cayman Islands – George Town, Grand Cayman
📍 Colombia – Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin, Santa Marta
📍 Costa Rica – Dominical, Puerto Limon
📍 Curacao – Willemstad
📍 Dominican Republic – Puerto Plata
📍 Ecuador – Quito, Cotopaxi
📍 Mexico – Cancun, Cozumel, Mérida, Playa Del Carmen, Tulum, Valladolid
📍 Micronesia – Guam
📍 Northern Mariana Islands – Saipan
📍 Panama – Panama Canal, Panama City
📍 Puerto Rico – San Juan
📍 Saint Lucia – Castries
📍 Sint Maarten – Philipsburg
📍 USA – Alaska (Dutch Harbour, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Seward, Skagway); California (Los Angeles, Monterey, Napa Valley, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco); Florida (Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Miami, Orlando); Hawaii (Honolulu, Maui, Kauai); Louisiana (New Orleans); Nevada (Grand Canyon, Las Vegas); New York State (New York); Utah (Salt Lake City)
📍 US Virgin Islands – Saint Thomas
Exit 45 Travels – Facts & Figures
2024 (14 February- 21 December) – Facts and Figures
Countries / Cities Visited: Australia – Sunshine Coast; Singapore; Philippines – Cebu, Siargao, Moalboal; Japan – Tokyo, Sendai, Hakodate, Aomori, Kushiro; United States – Alaska, Fort Lauderdale; Canada – Vancouver; Portugal – Ponta Delgada; Ireland – Cork; United Kingdom – Falmouth, Portland, Tilbury; France – Le Havre; Belgium – Zeebrugge; Netherlands – Amsterdam; Denmark – Copenhagen; Germany – Warnemunde; Sweden – Karlskrona, Visby, Stockholm, Vasteras; Latvia – Riga; Estonia – Tallinn; Finland – Helsinki; Thailand – Bangkok, Koh Samui; Vietnam – Phu Quoc, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City
2023 (1 January – 22 Dec) – Facts and Figures
Countries Visited: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Vietnam.
2022 (5 May – 31 Dec) – Facts and Figures
Countries Visited: Australia, Colombia, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United States.
2020 (29 Jan-16 Sep) – Facts and Figures
Countries Visited: Australia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Egypt, Italy and Qatar.
2019 (17 Jan-19 Dec) – Facts and Figures
Countries Visited: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Sweden, Greece, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.
2018 (15 Jan-28 Nov) – Facts and Figures
Countries Visited: Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Sweden, Turkey, Latvia, Mexico, USA, United States Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Curaçao, Caribbean Netherlands, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Argentina.