We are Luís and Catarina, together since 2007, we have been discovering over the years that despite being very different from each other, we had passions in common, one of them was Merakitravel 365, a project that had been thought together since 2017 and that remained in the drawer year after year, perhaps because of the fear of leaving the so-called “comfort zone” or simply because of the daily rush that often put us on autopilot.
Reaching 2020 and as a result of the pandemic, we are faced with an extremely challenging period at different levels (personal, professional and social), which made us rethink ways of thinking and, above all, being.
It was at this stage that, contrary to expectations, we bonded even more as a couple and freed ourselves as people… not physically, but from our fears. We realized that if we don’t make things happen everything stays the same, if we don’t follow our dreams they won’t stop being just dreams and above all nothing is right and safe and so… why not take a chance? So, together, we made the decision to be bolder, more creative and, mainly, to live without fear of doing or making mistakes, because that’s the only way we can grow and learn
2020 was the turning point, we decided to accept reality and focus on what we could control with optimism and determination. We organized an Elopement and got married, we made professional changes, started to play more sports, we put the projects and ideas we had been thinking about on paper and started working on ourselves… we changed our routines and couldn’t be happier!