FELLOW CORPORATE WORLD MILLENNIALS AND TRAVEL BESTIES
Kayla Reid and Cheraya Miyoko
Hey Travel Besties! Welcome to the Passports and Coffee Podcast. We are your hosts, Cheraya and Kayla. Just like you, we are both corporate world millennials who work full time. But we don’t let our full times jobs stop us from exploring our own back yards or even the world.
Combined we have traveled to over 60 countries. And as you can imagine we have some crazy untold travel stories and insightful travel tips that we want to share with you! Our goal for the podcast is to help inspire and encourage our fellow corporate world millennials to start using their hard earned vacation time to escape the 9-5 and explore some place new.
Before we inspire and encourage you to escape the 9-5, we want you to get to know us a little better. So let’s go back to 2019!
Our friendship began in April of 2019. Cheraya had just embarked on her year long adventure around the world and Kayla was desperate for a vacation.
Our paths crossed in Vietnam while on a Flying the Nest Expedition. We bonded over our love of coffee and excitement to explore the world. As Cheraya continued her travels in SEAsia, Kayla was planning her next trip abroad. In October of 2019, we met up in Peru where we trekked to Machu Picchu with a bout of food poisoning.
As Cheraya’s time abroad was ending in March of 2020, Kayla joined her in Europe to finish her trip with time in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. Our travels halted in 2020 due to something called Coronavirus.
With the uncertainty of travel, we visited each other in our home states and began exploring our own back yards. To date, we have explored 5 countries, 6 states, and 5 national parks together. With each journey we become even better travel besties and can’t wait for you to be our bestie as well!
Meet your Host:
Registered Nurse.
Hey new travel besties! My name is Kayla. I am just your average 30-something who calls Michigan home.
From my instagram, it looks like I am on the go all the time, and as much as that may be true, I’m just like you. I work full time in the corporate world as a registered nurse on a rapid response team. As you can imagine my job can be stressful and those 12 hour days are long. Early on in my career, I realized that I needed to find a way to cope with my work stressors. I began taking weekend trips which progressed to weeks away walking along the cobblestone streets of Europe. I became addicted to new cultures and meeting new friends along the way.
But travel is not the only thing that makes me who I am. Yes travel is a large part of my life but I want you to get to know me a little bit better behind the travels.
So what are some of the things in life that I love? For starters, I am a huge animal lover. I am a fur mama to a long haired dachshund named Mojo and two cats names Archie and Olivia. But my love for animals go beyond that. I totally geek out when I see wildlife along my travels. You should have seen me when I finally saw bears in the Smoky Mountains!
Another fun fact? I am on this quest to find the world’s best donut. I am not a sweets person but I’m addicted to donuts. So much so, it’s even on my dating profile that I am looking for a donut eating partner for anyone who is up for the challenge.
And last but not least, I consider myself an extroverted introvert. I thrive being alone in silence. Thats why I love to travel solo. There is just something about sitting in a cafe alone in a random country people watching. It’s one of my favorite past times.
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Learn a Little More About Me
How Many Countries have I visited:
32 and Counting
Favorite Country:
Iceland
Bucketlist Destination:
Antarctica and Maldives
Bucketlist experience:
Cage Diving with Great White Sharks
Favorite Airline:
I’m in a monogamous relationship with Delta
Favorite State:
I may be biased but Michigan. Midwest in general is so underrated!
Meet Your Host:
Starbucks Manager.
Hey travel besties! If we haven’t met yet I’m Cheraya a 30 something, eldest child, born and raised in Minnesota.
I have been in the coffee biz for half my life, and am currently managing a Starbucks store. I have been obsessed with coffee ever since I was a teenager. There is such a romance about sitting with a cup of coffee sharing stories with friends.
But coffee isn’t my only passion, I have a few more.
Travel and the discovery of new to me places is something that I love! I think the curiosity was sparked in my living room, watching Amazing Race. The thrill of the race, the amazing locations and challenges they would compete in just intrigued me like no other.
I have two fur babies! I have a seven year old part Maine Coon kitty named Koa, named after the Koa tree for its beautiful coloring and grain pattern. My other fur baby is a kitten just under a year old named Mochi! She is a spunky little calico who is super curious and loves to tackle her older sister.
I also love learning about personalities, my own as well as others! I myself am a Pisces and I resonate with a lot of those traits. For those of you who like personality quizzes as much as I do, I am an INFJ on the Meyers Briggs and on the Enneagram I am a 4 wing 3.
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Learn a Little More About Me
How many countries have I visited:
33 and not done yet!
Favorite cuisine:
Thai street food all the way!
Favorite country:
Thats tough, but I’d say maybe Italy
Bucket list country:
I have been dying to go to Egypt since I was little.
What is the top event or festival you’d like to attend:
Either Holi in India or Loy Krathong in Thailand.
Biggest bucket list experience:
Hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, Turkey
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