Most honeymoons come with a return date. Mike and Anne Howard began by questioning how soon theirs needed to be.
They sold their belongings and set off on January 22, 2012, beginning a journey across seven continents. Their own account describes loose plans and room for unexpected turns. The point was not to fit every possible stop into a short holiday. It was to leave enough space for the journey to change shape.
Years later, that shape included Buddy, a vintage camper. It is a detail that says something about the original decision: when the trip was not defined by a two-week box, there was room for another way of travelling together.
They chose the trip they wanted before choosing when it had to end.
You do not have to turn a honeymoon into a long journey to recognise the first move. Mike and Anne looked at the usual timetable and made a different plan. What followed began with giving themselves permission to go.
Original FIBI retelling based on Mike and Anne Howard’s publicly shared HoneyTrek account. This article is not an interview with, or an endorsement by, Mike and Anne.