Agnieszka, 32 years old, graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics, started her career in logistics in Poland, before the trip she was working for a Japanese shipping company in London. Aga has been living in London since 2005. She has always been driven by the desire of moving around, meeting other people and gaining experience from living in different places. Aga had also lived in Germany and a couple of other places in Poland. She loves traveling. She has been trying to explore the UK whilst living in London. Scotland became definetely her favourite place. Apart from it, she has visited almost all European countries, did some hitch-hiking in France and Spain, also been to some of the Carribean islands. However, Aga always comes back to her beloved Polish mountains. She enjoys reading travel books, horror books and biographies. She carries out some sport activities, such as running. She has recently completed her first Commando Challenge 10k run and will definetely train for half-marathon upon her return from South America. Recently, Aga found a new passion which is sailing and started completing some qualifications to be able to sail on her own one day. Also enjoys bikram yoga, skiing, swimming and off-road cycling.

Maciej, 30 years old. He came to the UK in order to get some experience of living in a foreign country just after his graduation from a university. As he says, he never expected to stay in London for such a long period. In 2005, Mac started his Master course in logistics at the University of Westminster. The studies  has brought many opportunities and enabled him to start his career in the UK. He worked for GlaxoSmithKline, Alliance Unichem and Xerox Europe between the period of 2006 and 2010. He is still very passionate about logistics and wishes to continue his career in this field upon return from the journey. His spare time is dedicated to running. He completed his first marathon in Edinburgh in 2009. As he says, running is an interested activity because you can track your progress easily and can keep raising the bar. “When I started running 3 years ago I could barely run for 30 minutes without a rest. After some time, I completed my first 10K run and a half-marathon in the subsequent year”. Apart from running, Mac enjoys riding a bike, swimming and web designing.

Aga and Mac met for the first time in Slovakia on New Year’’s Eve in 2004. After a few months of living seperately in different countries, Aga decided to resign from her job  in Poland and moved to London. Since then, they have been living together in London. They got married in St Lucia, the Carribeans in May 2008. They have not decided yet as where they are going to settle down upon their return from South America. It might be either London, somewhere in Poland or even some other location in the world, the choices are countless. As they have both admitted, the idea of backpacking South America was born spontaneusly.

“We both feel that the time will come sooner than later to finally settle down. However, before this time comes, we wish to experience something different, something that has nothing to do with our current daily routine, something like exporation of South and Central American countries. This vast continent has got so much to offer and we hope that this journey will influence us in many ways. We also wish to open up more for other people.”