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Fleeing Cartels, a 25-Year Age Gap, and Moving to Mexico Sight-Unseen | Tom & Jenn Kan
What happens when a chronic over-thinker from Texas marries a deadpan Australian who casually travels the world with zero plan?
Today on Whereabouts Tales, we sit down with Tom and Jenn Kan to unpack a global love story that defies logic, borders, and a 25-year age gap. After their lives secretly orbited each other through impossible coincidences, they finally collided. We explore their chaotic journey of living abroad, including the sudden cartel violence and bombing that forced them to flee Ecuador, and why they decided to rebuild their lives in Merida, Mexico, completely sight-unseen.
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