the concept of tgif thank god its friday would mean two days to stay at home and chill for most working couples but not for 28yearold ebin ephrem elavathingal and his wife johncy john 26 the malayali couple will have a bag packed and ready by every friday evening so that as soon as they return from work they can hop on to their bike and go for a tripthe duo got married in february 2017 and since then have been a trip jodi who spare no weekends or public holidays to go on budget trips most of their journeys have been to various destinations in south india and they prefer to stay away from crowded spots as much as possibletheir website featuring the trips has become a hit thanks to their passion for exploring the unknown and sharing it with the worldebin who works as an assistant professor in a coimbatorebased college says i have been a travel freak right from my college days and continued with it even after i started working thats when my family got a little worried and felt that they need to do something to get me settledhis family found johncy via a matrimony site and took the proposal forward johncy who grew up in odisha till class 10 hails from thodupuzha when i glanced through his social media page as part of the regular background check in such alliances i realised that he is a simple guy with a travellers heart though i grew up in a family where travelling had the least priority i too desired to go on trips and so said yes says johncy who now works for an mncthe duo started travelling together during their courtship and it also helped them discover each others love to see the worldimpromptu style of travellingthey decide on the destinations mostly on friday evenings or saturday mornings they dont ride beyond midnight for safety concerns also the couple get up early to see the sunrise of each place first it was tough for johncy but now she is used to it ebin saysthey are back by sunday evening so that they can be at work on time on monday doesnt the lack of rest bother them not at all we dont like sitting idle at home during the weekends travelling is our way of unwinding so that works for us as for this week we are planning to check out velliangiri mountains in tamil nadu or a jeep safaricouples who travel together stick togethertheir week day evenings are devoted to blogging about the previous trip editing and uploading photos and videos on their website so we dont have time for any fights laughs johncy says ebin adds when couples travel together they understand each other better and also learn to adjust a lot smarter alongside that you learn to lead a modest life obliging to the requests on their page they will soon be doing videos in english malayalam hindi oriya and tamil