A couple that quit the rat race to travel the world serve up an honest picture of what life as a world traveller is like – and it’s not all it’s cracked up to be! Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger left their plush advertising jobs in Johannesburg, South Africa, in March to create a “How Far from Home” travel blog that has gaken them 25,071km to Athens. On Sunday, they made a refreshing confession – a life of adventure isn’t as leisurely as the pics on their blog would have us believe.

So says the blog:

“So far, I think we’ve tallied 135 toilets scrubbed, 250 kilos of cow dung spread, 2 tons of rocks shovelled, 60 metres of pathway laid, 57 beds made, and I cannot even remember how many wine glasses we’ve polished. You see, to come from the luxuries we left behind in Johannesburg, to the brutal truth of volunteer work, we are now on the opposite end of the scale. We’re toilet cleaners, dog poop scoopers, grocery store merchandisers, and rock shovelers.

It’s painstakingly hard and dirty work.”

The photos are great though!