When Sandra “Sandy” Hazelip turned to Eleanor “Ellie” Hamby in advance of their 80th birthdays and suggested traveling around the world in 80 days, her best friend was instantly all in.
“Ellie’s eyes got big and she said ‘Woo-hoo!’ She started making definite plans for that to happen,” Hazelip told The Epoch Times.
That was five years ago. And the intrepid pair have since been to 18 different countries, across all seven continents. They’ve visited Antarctica, seen eight world wonders, ridden camels, zipped through Finland’s forests on a husky sleigh, and been caught in a wild storm crossing the Drake Passage by boat. They’ve boarded a tiny plane in Kathmandu, Nepal, and flown over Mount Everest; taken a hot-air balloon over the Egyptian pyramids; and encountered a python up close and personal in Australia….