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Episode 877 | Filmed February 2023 | Yamagata, #Japan #travel
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Who are Kara and Nate?!
Watch our documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFv4iF8wgg&t=1s
Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super βnormal.β I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.
We discovered the world of βtravel hackingβ while planning our honeymoon & became addicted π
So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a βone yearβ trip around the world.
Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to βnormal life.β We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.
4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to π Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time.
After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time traveling! And now we are finding the best adventures the world has to offer π
We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ππ₯π Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!
00:00 Japanβs hidden gems
01:00 Living with Yamabusi monks
04:00 Mt. Haguro hike
08:15 Lunch with a famous chef
10:36 Moving into a Buddhist temple
12:15 1 hour meditation
15:18 temple night life
17:24 5 am prayer ceremony
20:17 our final thoughts
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the husband looks like harvey specter π
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Nate giving a monk a high five made me laugh so hard I cried lol
Social and cultural anthropology should be taught in every culture. It exposes you to the religions and cultures giving more understanding and broadens one reasoning. The world would be a better place.
I love your videos so much! I could not help myself by sharing a good travel destination here in Ecuador! Cuenca! I totally recommend it for a nice travel blog, it is historic, and is a beautiful city located in the mountains of Ecuador! there is tons to do and it is a big travel destination here! I hope you guys can someday be able to travel to this amazing city! Also I'm from Tennessee too! and grew up in the Nashville area!
I'm very young, and only fifteen, but you guys inspire me! βΊ
using my mothers acc π
I have a ways to go to catch up to the current episodes.
I started at the beginning and am now watching the Cuzco episodes.
What fun!
Hi I'm Maddy I'm 10 years old and I've been dreaming to travel around the world just like you
π©For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Nateβs ad made me laugh ππ
Hi Karaandnate I Wanna Meet You Guys
Happy belated Birthday Nate! π₯³π» Thanks for taking us to the Temples as so much contrast between them! β€οΈππ¦πΊπ
Omedetto πNate
Hi Kara and Nate
Happy birthday Nate
Not watching people appropriating Buddhism for 24 hours. That's the creepiest thumbnail I've ever seen.
Oh my gosh. I loved this video. You have really done a lovely job explaining things that many of us have never experienced. Japan just moved up on our bucket list.
Does anyone know how the Monks fund the monastery?
I think your next trip should be Tacoma Washinton
So incredibly beautiful! What an experience!
This was wildly more entertaining than antiy
That pogoda is amazing
LOL at the 14 minutes of meditation. I feel like he should have allowed for more time!
Love the monks chanting and drums
Omg cats
Love that you grew up Christian but are very open minded!
Hi there. I have watched you for years and feel like you two are a couple of my "grandchildren" as I watched your life adventures but this was my favorite episode ever. It was so interesting and well put together. Well, I really liked the futbol one also.