A couple who are on a ten year honeymoon revealed how they live off just £7 a day by selling steamy naked photos. Silke Muys, 31, and Kieran Shannon, 29, met in Sitges, Spain, in 2019 where they both worked as dancers.
It was love at first sight, and after they got married on the Isle of Skye in August 2021, they decided to do embark on a decade-long honeymoon. They've already travelled to Iceland, Spain, hitchhiked across the whole of Portugal, and spent three months in Sri Lanka before heading onto India, Nepal and Thailand.
They manage to do their travels on just £7 a day by staying in the cheapest option on Hostelworld and eating only street food. This gives them leftover money from their £350 a month income they earn from uploading nude artsy shots to Patreon every Friday. Subscribers can pay £6 a week for seductive shots in breathtaking locations around the world.
They plan to continue their honeymoon for ten years, and their current plan is to travel from Chile to Alaska, as well as visiting Myanmar and Mongolia. Silke said: "We get to know each other better by sharing these magical moments together on top of mountains and beneath waterfalls.
"Everyday is an adventure. We lead such a beautiful life but we try to share the hard times too because it’s not always easy. It's amazing when hotels have us to stay for free but we love meeting new people from all over the world in hostels. We go for the cheapest place on Hostelworld and they're not always the nicest."
After meeting in Spain, they embarked on travels after just three months together. Kieran, from Gervin, Scotland, proposed to Silke on top of the Quiriang, the Isle of Skye, while they were working as models for a wedding photographer and surprised her by proposing on the shoot.
After a year travelling across Asia, the couple returned to Kieran’s hometown of Gervin to get married on August 30 2021. The couple trekked 300 miles across Scotland from Gervin to Quiraing and then embarked on their 10-year honeymoon across the world.
Kieran said: “We called it our ‘aisle’ of Skye, it was incredible. We trekked and camped for four weeks and had two weeks of Scottish sunshine then two weeks of rain.”
Silke added: “It was incredible for my family to be able to be there from Belgium especially since we had lived through so many restrictions. My sister came all the way from Mexico and surprised after I hadn’t seen her for three years.”
Kieran added: “We were so caught up in each other we barely noticed the people around us. We walked 500km across the isle of Skye and we thought how could we possible top that? We decided we would travel the world for ten years for our honeymoon.”
The travelling duo started their ten-year trip on 26 September 2021 with five days in Iceland and then a month in north Spain. They then hitchhiked across Portugal for a month and before three months in Sri Lanka in March 2022 before the crisis hit, where they made money working in a tuk tuk.
From Sri Lanka they went to India for a month and then on to Nepal. The travelling lifestyle isn’t always as glamorous as it seems on Instagram as the couple recall spending 17 hours on a jam-packed train from India to Nepal.
“We couldn’t sit down for 17 hours as we were in general class and couldn’t get a sleeper," said Kieran. "It was crazy. Our feet were on top of each other there was literally no space to move.”
In Nepal the couple spent three weeks hiking through the Himalayas and were blown away by the breathtaking mountain views. They are now spending six months in Thailand.
The often get put up in hotels by doing sponsored posts on Instagram, but if not, they stay in basic hostels. The nifty couple limit themselves to just £7 a day and only eat cheap street food.
They are strict on themselves and budget for every aspect of their life, skipping on luxuries and gourmet meals. Most of their income, £350 a month, comes from their artsy nude shoots on Patreon which they upload every Friday.
The couple also play music in local bars and restaurants to top up their income - Silke sings and Kieran plays the guitar.
“We came up with the idea of Freaky Friday because we want to spread body positivity and are both very comfortable in our skin. We are living an amazing life, but we don’t think a lot of people would be able to live how we do," Kieran explained.
Before meeting Silke, Kieran had never stayed in a hostel or travelled. “We are now living in our dream and want to inspire others to catch the travelling bug," said Kieran.
The couple document their journey on their Instagram and Patreon accounts, @silkyrontheroad.
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