Welcome to Margarita Sunset
Hi! We are Veronika and Dean from Australia, world travellers, bloggers and now parents.
About us
Prior to becoming parents we spent ten years exploring the world, often together, but occasionally on our own, opening our minds to new experiences and cultures, challenging our fears, and stepping out of our comfort zones.
If you combine our travels together, we’ve explored five continents, lived in a van across Australia, travelled overland through South-east Asia, trekked in the Himalayas, campervanned in New Zealand, immersed ourselves in history in Europe and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, just to name a few of the incredible experiences we’ve been fortunate to enjoy.
We believe that travel provides an education that you cannot receive any other way. It teaches you to appreciate what you have, to be humble and respectful, and to understand that although cultures can be very different, most people in the world are generally the same. Most importantly, we believe that travel can help you find who you really are and can put you on the path to living your best life.
Cycling in Laos
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania – 5895m
Adapting to family life
We are now parents to two beautiful daughters Zara and Emilia. It has been a huge adjustment for us, changing from a life of regular travel and freedom to a more settled and routine life at home, just trying to balance raising a family while working a normal job and going on small holidays here and there.
We have tried to do it the “normal way”, where we both work and the kids spend more time at childcare than with us, but it just goes against everything we value. We want to teach our children our values and to share with them our knowledge that we’ve received from exploring the world. Most of all, we want to be with them.
We aspire to share our passion for travel with our daughters and seek an unconventional life that allows us more time together while they are young. By showing our kids the world, we hope to teach them the importance of appreciating opportunities they are given and open their curious eyes to other cultures.
Follow our family travel and lifestyle blog
Currently, we are living in Queensland, Australia. With international borders closed, we are spending the time planning our escape while parenting a very character-filled three year old and soaking up our little four month old.
We started this travel blog many years ago to document our travels. Back then, we found there was nothing better than enjoying a margarita or a glass of wine while watching the sunset after a day of exploring a new place. We still enjoy a margarita and a glass of wine, but it’s usually after we get the kids fed and put to bed, and by then we’ve usually missed the sunset, but the drink is even more well deserved ;).
We now want to use this blog as a place to share our stories, tips and advice with you, to help you travel as a family, spend more time together and create memories. Follow us on our journey as we navigate parenting while travelling the world. It’s not going to be easy, but fun never is.
Queen Mary Falls, Australia
