Jenke (46) and Angie (39) are a travel blogging couple from Cologne, Germany. They both work in the media: Jenke is a TV reporter and Producer, working for Germany’s largest private television company and Angie is a PR Manager for a German Airline.

They have travelled extensively both through their jobs and independently, having seen most of Europe and are frequent visitors to Africa. They have also visited China, Japan, the US, some countries in South America and many places in South East Asia. Jenke has also recently had the special experience of travelling to the Artic.

43 year old Henry, from Vancouver, has worked in astronomy for almost 20 years and lived in four countries on three continents. With a need to do something different he made the decision to leave his job and plans to travel around the world for the whole of 2012.

Henry Lee blogs at Fotoeins Fotopress and he can be found on Twitter @fotoeins

Sara, based in the UK, turned 30 this year and has been living with her partner for three years. She has spent the past five years in her current job and realised she wants out of the rat race and that life is going past far too fast for her liking.

With Costa Rica, Peru and Chile already under her travel belt she has decided now is the time to fulfil the ambition of a lifetime and visit the rest of Central and South America.