"We spent $150k on a 'gap year' nine-month cruise around the world - visiting 65 countries"
Credit: SWNS / Mike Jacobs
Meet the couple who have spent $150k on a 'gap year' nine-month cruise around the world.
Mike Jacobs, 56, and wife Nancy, 59, set off on their epic cruise - calling at 160 ports in 65 countries - in December 2023.
The couple decided they would live life to the fullest after their children, Tim Jacobs, 26, Emily Smoker, 28, and Katie Murphy, 30, moved out.
So far, the couple have visited the Chichen Itza Mayan Ruins, Barbados, Grenada and Rio de Janeiro.
Meet the couple who have spent $150k on a 'gap year' nine-month cruise around the world.
Mike Jacobs, 56, and wife Nancy, 59, set off on their epic cruise - calling at 160 ports in 65 countries - in December 2023.
The couple decided they would live life to the fullest after their children, Tim Jacobs, 26, Emily Smoker, 28, and Katie Murphy, 30, moved out.
So far, the couple have visited the Chichen Itza Mayan Ruins, Barbados, Grenada and Rio de Janeiro.
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00:00I'm Mike and this is Nancy. I'm 56. And I'm 59. We're married. We're empty nesters in
00:11kind of the second phase of life. Our children are grown and out of the house and we're on
00:16a nine-month world cruise with Royal Caribbean.
00:37We're going to see 164 different ports, 64 countries, over 274 days. And we're taking
00:44the adventure of a lifetime. Life is short and we love to travel. So this cruise was
00:50visiting many of the destinations that we've always wanted to see. We call it the sampler
00:55platter because we're getting a little taste of so many different countries. And it's going
01:00to give us the opportunity to decide which ones we want to go back to. I would say our
01:05favorites so far have been Curaçao, Grenada, Iguazu Falls in Argentina.
01:13I am really looking forward to the Asian countries. I've never been there and I think
01:18it'll be so different from the life that I experienced in the United States.
01:23For me, it's probably Australia. It's about as far away from the U.S. as you can get.
01:28And I'm an avid scuba diver. And so I look forward to diving the Great Barrier Reef and
01:32climbing the Sydney Bridge.
01:39We love being active, hiking, doing all those things. And we know that's not going to last
01:43forever. And waiting and waiting until later is just really not an option. We want to go
01:52and experience these things when we can truly and deeply enjoy them and be immersed in them.
01:59There is really no better time. Don't wait until tomorrow.