Their target was the far away nation of Panama, where they hoped to do a 6-week stint of sightseeing, studying Spanish, and volunteering to help impoverished local children, and after sightseeing for 2 weeks around Panama they made their way to the rural mountain village of Boquete, where their plan was to live with a home-stay family for a month and begin their Spanish program. They had just graduated from university, and the two had moved in together to a dorm room in Amersfoor, where they began working at a cafe to save money over the next 6 months in order to go on a grand adventure overseas.
On March 15th, 2014, two Dutch university students by the names of Lisanne Froon (22) and Kris Kremers (21) set out on the adventure of a lifetime.