Meet Caz and Craig
Hi, we’re Caz and Craig!
And together with our two daughters, Kalyra and Savannah, we are the Makepeace family.
What can we say, with a last name like that, we’re a friendly bunch!
Our travel blog is all about helping YOU to get inspired and get informed to go travel, and travel more often.
We believe that life is about creating great memories and making it a story to tell, and we do that through travel.
Originally from the Central Coast Region in Australia, we’ve been travelling around the world since 1997, first solo, then as a couple, and now with our two young girls.
We started y Travel Blog in April 2010 as a way to share our own personal travel tips and stories to help others live their travel dreams.
Who Can This Site Help?
Anyone who is passionate about travel and creating life long memories.
We love to share, inform, and inspire.
Whether it be a weekend getaway, a two week vacation, or a year long adventure around the world, we have experienced all that and more.
What Do We Do?
On our blog we share our insider travel tips, stories, photos and videos highlighting topics such as:
- Destinations
- Things to See and Do
- Places to Stay
- Where to Eat and Drink
- Getting Around
- Travel Planning
- Family Travel
- and how to have fun on your travels…
Whilst our site is an independent travel blog, we’ve been fortunate to have worked on exciting campaigns with big brands like Qantas, Carnival Cruise Lines, Tourism Australia, Cathay Pacific, Canon, Nissan, Tourism Thailand, and Malaysian Airlines.
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Where Have We Been?
Between us we have visited 40+ countries, specifically in the regions of South East Asia, East Africa, UK and Ireland , Western Europe, the United States, and Oceania.
We have also lived in 5 countries: England, Ireland, Thailand, USA, and of course Australia.
Now we want to be a source of inspiration and travel knowledge to help others.
Meet Caz
Koh Lipe, Thailand
I’m a global traveller, adventure seeker, and a lover of life! Always striving to grow as a person, be the best I can be and have a ton of fun.
I’m a former primary (elementary) school teacher, having taught in public and private schools in London, Bangkok, Dublin, Sydney and Raleigh-North Carolina.
I grew up on the Central Coast region of Australia and traveling is my absolute passion in life. I love meeting new and interesting people, and inspiring others to live their best life too!
As a child I remember I loved to learn about the explorers, discovering new lands and people. Imagine being the first to witness such extraordinary sites such as the Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, or even a Giraffe!
Lijiang, China
Just three days after I graduated from university with a Bachelor of Teaching degree, I boarded a plane with very few possessions and moved to London.
Was I scared?
I don’t think I even thought too much about what lay ahead of me, the braveness of my decision or the dramatic impact it was to forever have on my life. I was too excited and just wanted to start this unknown adventure.
In addition to y Travel Blog, I’m also the blogger behind MojitoMother.com where I inspire women (and men) to live an extraordinary life!
Teaching in London 1997
Meet Craig
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Besides being a travel addict, I’m also a sports fanatic, beach lover, beer drinker, a doting dad, and the annoying, nit-picking, detailed one in the family.
I’m a former professional Rugby League player with the North Sydney Bears and I also grew up on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia.
Travel is something I live for. It’s what makes me feel most alive, I even get excited visiting airports!!
For most of my teenage years though, I was totally focused on sporting activities and always imagined I would just play sport forever.
But it wasn’t until my sporting career was cut short due to injuries, that I started to expand my mind and think about what else was out there.
Biking in China
Upon finishing my sporting career, I moved into the construction industry for 4 years which allowed me the portability to travel and work abroad.
However, like Caz, I’ve never been a j.o.b person and travel has since become our lifestyle.
I just love being on the open road where every day is a new beginning and creating life long memories. I can’t wait for the next chapter.
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Together we are Caz and Craig
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Just two days after our wedding in April 2002 we left on an open-ended five year honeymoon living and travelling around the world.
First stop was teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand.
Fast forward and we have now been married for 10 wonderful years and the strength of our marriage lies in our friendship and the fact that we share the same dreams, goals, and the love of world travel.
We love what we do and are very fortunate that travel has now become our lifestyle.
Dead Vlei, Namibia
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Meet Kalyra
Kalyra in New Caledonia
Kalyra is our creative and beautiful 5 year old daughter. She is a happy and positive youngster who loves to travel and tell stories.
She is very curious about life and is currently saving to go to Disneyland, amongst other things.
Kalyra and Daddy
Meet Savannah
Savannah meets a village girl in Vanuatu
Savannah is our one year old and newest addition to the Makepeace family. She absolutely adores her older sister, loves to get outdoors, and is the mischievous one of the two!
And of course, she was born to travel.
Daddy and his girls
Why Follow Us?
Our blog posts, our photos, our podcasts, and our videos are a way for us to inspire and encourage others to travel.
We hope you find inspiration and knowledge from our 10+ years of world travel.
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Safe travels!
Caz, Craig, Kalyra and Savannah
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Hi! We’re Caz and Craig…
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Nice to meet you guys! Sounds like a wonderful adventure, and a perfect fit for the Yakezie Lifestyle vertical!
Best,
Sam
Hey Craig and Caz,
I absolutely love your website and it was such a joy reading about your story. Thanks for sharing, and as always, safe travels!
Cheers!
Thanks for appreciating!
Just found your blog. My husband and I are currently on a trip too, though not quite as long as yours. Love reading your posts. Will be looking around your site some more!
Kim
Thanks Kim. I’m glad you found us
I really like your blog as well. Can’t wait to read more of your travels.
God, your daughter is adorable!
My email arrived asking if I wanted to approve this. “Of course” Thank you! We think she is adorable too
Hey Guys, love your about us page. Tons of info but easy to read. Keep up the great work and amazing lifestyle.
awesome about page guys – you 2 have been busy!!
Just stumbled across your blog Caz & Craig. Love it!
I’ve done the working holiday visa & teaching english gig too – and now cruise ships. But not quite as many adventures as you folks….yet
Keep it up
Thanks for stumbling across us and liking us. Am interested to hear more about the cruise ships- yet another great way to travel around the world
Just found your article on travel bloggers and found my way here. That was inspirational. Thanks.
Thank you Jenny! So glad you found us. You live in London? Great city!Hope you are not too cold and snowed under.
Hey Guys, first time stopping by your site…well done to you both! You guys have some great tips and posts, look forward to reading more. I too am doing something a bit similar…if you want, you can check me out at http://www.MikesRoadTrip.com.
Look forward to keeping in touch.
Cheers,
Mike
Wonderful Mike. Great to meet you and thanks for stopping by. Will be checking out your adventures.
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OH, MY GOD! I love you guys. Has your daughter also been to China? I’m Chinese and I’m now living in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. If you come here some day in the future, please let me know. I really would like to meet and have a talk with you guys, you are so cool!
Thank you Lui! We love your country. Our daughter was not with us when we went to China, but would love to take her back with us one day. We would love to visit Chengdu. We have heard so many great things about it. When we get there we will definitely let you know! Thanks so much for becoming part of our blog community
Enjoying your blog! We’ve been living/traveling in SE asia for the last 18 months with our 3 kids but Asheville NC is our hometown…ever make it there?
nikki
We love Asheville!! We’ve been there quite a bit, not that far to drive from Raleigh for a weekend getaway. Great to hear you have been travelling with your kids in SE Asia. We really want to go back there soon.
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What an inspiring and adventurous life. You guys are simply amazing and make me want to run free. Thanks for having such a awesome and informative blog! You guys are great:)
Run Juliette Run… Thank you so much for the encouraging comments. We started this blog with the intention of inspiring others to run towards what gives them joy.
You are all an absolute inspiration! Can I ask how you fund your travels? I travelled up to my 20′s and then fell into the ‘get a career’ trap. Now I want out but am concerned about how to funding an enduring travel experience.
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Hi Caz and Craig!
I’ll launch my own travel blog as well soon and I’m wondering if you can share one of your most hilarious experience while travelling. I hope to feature your experience in my first few posts:-)
If you have time you can also visit my site (www.lilprettyleah.com). This will be officially launched on 5/15. I would love to hear your feedback! I hope my site will be as successful as yours in the future
Thanks!
Leah
Send us an email at cazcraig [at] ytravelblog [dot] com Leah and I can send something through to you.
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Hi Caz and Craig,
I love your easy breezy blog. No heavy traveling words, but so informative. Congratulation achieving the best suitable life for you family. I hope me and my hubby could get some of the blessing too.
I’m Indonesian, and I travel with food as my compass. Don’t get bored coming back to Indonesia again, and we could have a glass of cendol together.
cheers,
Mayang
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Thank you Mayan. We appreciate your kind words. We’d love to come to Indonesia and have a glass of cendol together. Love your country. What island do you live on?
Awesome family thanks for sharing – love everything about your blog!
Thank you Jo
I’ve just come across your blog and am really enjoying it so far. I love your daughter’s name, Kalyra–I was about to say that there is a winery in my town with that name, and then you went on to say that you were inspired by that very winery! I live in Santa Barbara and visit the winery and tasting room quite frequently. Small world.
Looking forward to following your blog!
Thanks Kaleena! What an awesome co-incidence. We love Santa Barbara! We’ll be back there soon with our precious Kalyra
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Hi Caz & Craig,
I just came across your blog and wanted to give you a little thumbs up, very nicely done!
I recently started my own travel blog and I’m sort of trying to figure out how to get the word out and connect with fellow travel bloggers.
In case you check out my blog (www.thetravelingdutchman.com) I would be very curious to hear your thoughts and always appreciate feedback and suggestions. Or, if we ever happen to be in the same location, would love to grab a coffee and exchange some travel experiences!
Happy travels!
Hi Jasper!
Sorry for taking so long to reply. I have only just noticed your comment!
I think the best way to connect with other travel bloggers is through their own blogs and any communities on facebook or google +
It’s also great to attend any live networking events or conferences to start those connections.
Make sure you have some social media accounts set up and start building relationships through them.
I was unfamiliar with your blog until just recently. It was mentioned in an article I was reading about the top travel blogs and I of course wanted to check it out. What great experiences and photos you have shared which are both very personal and inspiring. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Shellie! I’m so glad you found us. I hope we can continue to inspire you
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