Unstuck Travel is about feeling footloose and fancy free!
Keri Algar: Unstuck Journalist
Imogen Throp: Unstuck Gypsy
We met in 2006 whilst working as guides at Kaiteriteri Kayaks in New Zealand and straight away found a common interest in wining and dining two gorgeous Argentine backpackers.
The following year our friendship was cemented in a year long trip through South America where highlights included buying horses and galloping about Salta in northern Argentina, acting like pro hoes at the Arica Rip Curl Pro Search and getting lost from Lobitos to Iquitos, Peru.
It’s a simple idea: do what you want to do.
To make ends meet in our two decades of combined travels we have collected eggs in chicken sheds, picked apples, swam with seals, hiked glaciers, worked with troubled youths, taught windsurfing, Spanish, French and scuba; we’ve sold croissants and roses door to door, made beds, managed cellar doors, waitressed and ski patrolled. More recently Imo’s managed restaurants and Keri’s written for consumer electronics titles
But what can we say, whether it’s small town NZ or megalomaniac Sydney, we’ve realised that for us, life is better experienced unstuck and on the road.
As a journalist Keri has learned that for her the ‘truth’ is a matter of perspective and the more you have the closer you will be to understanding it. Travelling affords first hand insight to varied and legitimate cultures – a kaleidoscope of perspectives – to help us understand the world we live in and perhaps, even, our place in it.
Imogen takes life as it comes, fueling her wander-lust with hard work along the way. She believes that life is enriched by the people in it and the lessons learned through shared experiences, interaction and bloody good yarns. Imo enjoys being humbled and awestruck by stories, situations and stunning panoramas that she encounters on her path. Often, all it takes is a smile.
We hope to offer you an unconventional look at life on the road.
