Two Texan octogenarians are on an “adventure” around the world to celebrate their 80th birthdays.
Taking inspiration from Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in 80 Days, Ellie Hamby and Sandy Hazelip are currently completing the Australian leg of their journey.
Meet the Texan octogenarians ‘taking an adventure’ around the world in 80 days – ABC News
Some missing background:
They had prior global travel experience traveling together (3 big international trips) before setting out on this 80-day adventure. They also had travel experience before that (Ellie Hambley has been to 107 countries and even has homes in both the U.S. and Zambia and Dr. Hazelip has lectured throughout the world, earlier in life); both are highly experienced global travelers before this.
They should have started younger – Dr. Hazelip’s husband died 20 years ago, and Hambley had also lost her husband.