Highlights From a Year of Traveling and Blogging
A year ago today, as the clock struck midnight, I excitedly raced home to hit the official launch button on a little site called Mapping Megan. My goal was, that if I could create something which would inspire others to travel the world; create something which would eventually help fund my travels, it would be a dream come true. This was a three year goal. Never did I imagine I would achieve it all in one.
These past twelve months have been a phenomenal rollercoaster ride of traveling and blogging. I no longer speak one particular language, and adrenalin has become part of my daily life. I no longer have a physical address or place to call home, and my time is measured in little moments. All of my worldly possessions fit into my suitcase; I am technically homeless and unemployed.
Through our blog we have made a fantastic array of friends from all over the world. Through our blog we have been given extraordinary opportunities to travel the world. Through our blog I have managed to establish myself as a travel writer, and through our blog we have been fortunate enough to share our amazing journey with the rest of the world. What a year!
With Anna Kate from The Legendary Adventures of Anna. I have met some of my best friends within the last 12 months through blogging.
These last 12 months have completely changed my life, and I have been overwhelmed with the support, encouragement, and kind words from every single one of you. The last year has seen us travel extensively throughout the United States, and to Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Chile and Easter Island, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands!
We have partnered with some fantastic brands to bring you reviews on hotels and tours around the world, including Kimpton Hotels, the Mandarin Oriental, DoubleTree by Hilton, SADCars Iceland, Safari Quads Iceland, Arctic Adventures, and many more.
We have had our blog recognized by companies such as Viator and Lonely Planet, and have had our writing and photos featured on over 100 different travel blogs and websites. And best yet, through our blog we actually managed to make money while traveling the world.
To my family, my friends, and everyone who has visited over the last 12 months, I send an incredible thankyou. Click play below to join us for a year’s worth of highlights from traveling and blogging, and here’s to another great year to come!
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29 Comments
What an amazing year! Congratulations on making our dreams come true.
Amazing video, and what an incredible achievement to edit iTB down to 4 minutes, which looks great. You still need to travel to Alaska and New Zealand which are both amazing countries, but then I am slightly biased coming from NZ.
Enjoy your time in Arizona.
Congrats, Meg! What an accomplishment!! Love the video :)
Many, many congratulations on your first year. I find that really hard to believe it has only been a year, it seems you’ve been around for a lot longer.
You’ve achieved so much in so little time. Built a fabulous brand and readership and generate superb content and videos.
I hope the party celebration was fitting.
Wishing you many more years of continued success and adventure.
Megan, what a year for you guys! Congrats on making it a self-sufficient venture; it’s a testament to your obvious hard work and positive attitude. Keep it up for years to come!
Congrats on 1 year, Meg!! That’s an awesome accomplishment! Keep living it up :)
Congrats and wonderful work, Meg—what an incredible first year you’ve had! Look forward to seeing what next year (and many years after) will bring for you :)
Love the video! Happy birthday and keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing where the next year takes you.
Absolutely killing it Meg! Congratulations. Can’t wait to see what the next crazy year brings you!
Very awesome video! Good luck on your future traveling!
Great! Kudos to you for building a fantastic blog! Thanks for an encouraging and inspiring post! I have been blogging for two years.
Congratulations! It’s inspiring to see what you’ve been able to accomplish in just one year. AMAZING. Looking forward to more posts and pictures, and wishing you continued success as you explore the world!
Great work girl! Amazing in just 1 year to have taken it so far. We’re same as you, just backpacks to our name and I think 15 months on the road now. Bit more tricky to be self supported by blogging when there are 4 of us and one blog, but working on it! Keep going, you’re doing a brilliant job.
Congrats on the one year! We accomplished a fraction of what you did on our career break. It’s a lot of work to keep up with a blog while traveling. How did you get so many followers?! kudos to you!
Congrats on a great year, Meg!! <3
Awesome video! The last 3 words in the video practically sums it all up!
“If you live for something”.. it really seems like thats exactly what you did in the past year, congratulations Megan, great video! Looking forward to another year with more adventures of yours! :)
Congrats on one year of travel! Thats a huge thing to accomplish! Hopefully I can do it one day :)
What an inspiration! Can’t believe you’ve done all this in a year! But it says in your sidebar you’ve been blogging for seven years?
Living the dream Megan keep it up!
Aaaahhh I see! Great idea. I’ll have a poke around in your archives then ;)
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AWESOME!! All that in just one year–very impressive and very inspiring too! Wishing you all the best success and thrilling fun in the next 12 months to come!
Congrats on the great video and a year of travel. I hope you can keep going!
What an incredible year!!! Congrats on your first year. Looking forward to following your adventures overseas next year.
Chalsie | The Workshop Co. x
Wow, what an exciting and inspiring video! The word jealous does not even cut it right now, I’m green with envy at everything you’ve done and achieved in the last year! Well done to you though, you really have turned dreams into reality!
What a year you guys have had. Have really enjoyed following your adventures. Can’t wait to see what you get up to in 2015.
Congrats. Wish I were younger. However have not done too badly in the 60 range for countries. Love the language part as I want t be a traveler who bounds with locals.
Yes Alaska is nice but so is our north Yukon, NWT and Nunuvut. Of course the best place in the world is Vancouver Island.
Congrats Megan! Awesome! I wish you the best for this year and hope we meet somewhere :-) Thanks for sharing your experiences. Greetings from Argentina.
Congratulations! This is one of our favorite blogs and is very inspiring for us! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!