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Photos: Two travelers met exploring Vietnam. They’ve been together for almost a decade

Published 8:30 AM EDT, Fri May 26, 2023
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<strong>Traveling together:</strong> Anna Faustino and Tom Rogers were both in their twenties and enjoying travel sabbaticals when they met in 2014. They happened to be exploring Vietnam at the same time and crossed paths. Here's a more recent picture of the couple in Nicaragua.
Traveling together: Anna Faustino and Tom Rogers were both in their twenties and enjoying travel sabbaticals when they met in 2014. They happened to be exploring Vietnam at the same time and crossed paths. Here's a more recent picture of the couple in Nicaragua.
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<strong>Instant connection: </strong>Tom and Anna hit it off quickly. "He was just so fun, so interesting," say Anna, while Tom thought Anna was "really cool and different." Here's a snapshot of the couple hiking Horseshoe Canyon, in the US.
Instant connection: Tom and Anna hit it off quickly. "He was just so fun, so interesting," say Anna, while Tom thought Anna was "really cool and different." Here's a snapshot of the couple hiking Horseshoe Canyon, in the US.
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<strong>Joining forces:</strong> The two started traveling together and stayed for a period in Anna's home country of the Philippines. Here's the couple pictured on a beach in the Philippines.
Joining forces: The two started traveling together and stayed for a period in Anna's home country of the Philippines. Here's the couple pictured on a beach in the Philippines.
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<strong>Travel bloggers:</strong> From there, they started a travel blogger called <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adventureinyou.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Adventure in You</a>, to fund their nomadic lifestyle. Here's the couple in Slovakia.
Travel bloggers: From there, they started a travel blogger called Adventure in You, to fund their nomadic lifestyle. Here's the couple in Slovakia.
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<strong>Strengthened relationship:</strong> Working together, Tom says, "strengthened our relationship." Anna and Tom also continued to explore the world together, here they are in Argentina together.
Strengthened relationship: Working together, Tom says, "strengthened our relationship." Anna and Tom also continued to explore the world together, here they are in Argentina together.
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<strong>Incredible travel experiences</strong>: The couple have since shared many incredible travel experiences, including hiking the Camino de Santiago, pictured.
Incredible travel experiences: The couple have since shared many incredible travel experiences, including hiking the Camino de Santiago, pictured.
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<strong>Collective experience:</strong> "We always have this collective experience of doing things together. And that, for us, is a cornerstone of our relationship," says Anna. Here's the couple in Peru together.
Collective experience: "We always have this collective experience of doing things together. And that, for us, is a cornerstone of our relationship," says Anna. Here's the couple in Peru together.
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<strong>Machu Picchu: </strong>"Sometimes we're in the middle of nowhere, and I'm climbing Machu Picchu in Peru, and I'm on this five day hike. And I'm just like, 'How is this my life?' I'm just so grateful -- really, really grateful that I have someone to share it with," says Anna. Here's the couple pictured at Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu: "Sometimes we're in the middle of nowhere, and I'm climbing Machu Picchu in Peru, and I'm on this five day hike. And I'm just like, 'How is this my life?' I'm just so grateful -- really, really grateful that I have someone to share it with," says Anna. Here's the couple pictured at Machu Picchu.
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<strong>Encouraging one another:</strong> Anna and Tom like that they encourage one another to be fearless and adventurous. If they hadn't met, Anna thinks their lives would be "completely different." Here they are in Finland together.
Encouraging one another: Anna and Tom like that they encourage one another to be fearless and adventurous. If they hadn't met, Anna thinks their lives would be "completely different." Here they are in Finland together.
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<strong>Feeling grateful: </strong>Here's Anna and Tom at Everest-Base Camp. "I'm so happy and grateful that we met and I think I was very lucky to have met Anna," says Tom.
Feeling grateful: Here's Anna and Tom at Everest-Base Camp. "I'm so happy and grateful that we met and I think I was very lucky to have met Anna," says Tom.
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<strong>Next chapter: </strong>Anna and Tom got engaged a couple of years ago in a hot air balloon in Cappadocia, Turkey. They're getting married in Greece in September 2023.
Next chapter: Anna and Tom got engaged a couple of years ago in a hot air balloon in Cappadocia, Turkey. They're getting married in Greece in September 2023.
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<strong>Creating luck:</strong> Anna and Tom, pictured here in Iceland, consider themselves lucky to have found each other, but also think they put themselves in each other's orbit by going traveling. "So my takeaway would be to create your own luck and just keep opening doors because you don't know who's on the other side," says Tom.
Creating luck: Anna and Tom, pictured here in Iceland, consider themselves lucky to have found each other, but also think they put themselves in each other's orbit by going traveling. "So my takeaway would be to create your own luck and just keep opening doors because you don't know who's on the other side," says Tom.
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