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How This Couple Travelled The World For Free Eating Leftovers And Rubbish

How This Couple Travelled The World For Free Eating Leftovers And Rubbish

Anna and Enoch seem happy enough, but would you be happy eating out of bins?

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Two backpackers are travelling around the world with no money, food, or place to stay. It sounds like a silly idea, but Anna Karg and her partner Enoch Orious, who are both 25, have managed to get as far as New Zealand by trading stuff, eating from bins and soup kitchens.

They say that they want to get around by relying on the kindness of strangers. Good luck with that then.

The couple met on a commune some months back and are trying to live completely free from money by refusing cash donations and accepting only food. They are working for their accommodation and are attempting to find a boat that will take them on to their next destination, Australia.

They're pretty committed to it too - one post that they put up on social media (because apparently even living without money still means you get to have a smartphone and an internet connection) said that they found $50 in a supermarket and gave it to a bloke that they met who seemed like he needed it - Pete, who they met in a soup kitchen.


They said: "Enoch found $50 while checking out a supermarket for #foodscraps. We were pretty amused about the irony of this situation and decided straight away to not keep it but give it to someone who truly needs it."

They ride their luck a bit, and have had to sleep rough for a while before someone took them in and let them sleep in an internet café.

They posted a pic of themselves bedding down for the night outside - looking remarkably happier than, say, people who actually have to bed down for the night outside every night.

Enoch told Stuff.co.nz: "It's about living our truth, and showing people how much love there is out there in the world. We just don't want to be part of the rat race any more. We know we can live without money - we just wanted to see if we can travel without money."



They have got back up money should they need it, but Anna says they haven't had to yet.

Their journey is not to everyone's liking either. Wellington City Councillor Brian Dawson is not impressed at their use of the city's soup kitchens.

He said: "It does annoy me that people think it's a way to get around the country on the cheap. There's a huge difference between doing this for a cheap holiday, knowing that afterwards you can return to another lifestyle."

Anna and Enoch don't agree with Brian, surprisingly enough: "We're in the same boat as [homeless or impoverished people] really," they said.

"A lot of them have incomes, but it's a service that's been provided. We're not taking it from people who need more. We're all there for the same thing"

Whatever you say guys, whatever you say.

Featured Image Credit: Instagram

Topics: Travelling, Viral, World News, Free, Interesting