About Us

The Beginning

Coming from a small island Taiwan, Catherine and Joseph always love to dream big. During our free time, we keep wondering how different the places in the world can be. Thus, we sought out and decided to study abroad in the United States. It is definitely the first step for us to dream of traveling the world.

During the Carnegie Mellon days, Joseph travelled to many different cities in the US. To name them, New York, San Francisco, Orlando, Cleveland, Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville and of course, Pittsburgh. Joseph is fascinated each time when he arrives in a new town / city. After a few trips, Joseph had started planning to visit every corner of the US. Little did he know that his ambition would only grow bigger in the following years, and now only plotting his footprints all around the world can satisfy his eagerness of travelling.

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The Twist

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized that our lives are so full of unknown and uncertainties. If we don’t start to travel and explore the world now, who knows will we ever have another chance? Also, “WHEN” will we finally start following our plans and dreams, and just do it?

We finally decided to buy a scratch off world map to log every place we visited. It is the moment the World Map Footprints came into our minds.

The journeys we had are always boundless and limitless, whether it is a luxurious trip or a frugal getaway, we found ourselves loving every moment of any trip. Eager to document these realizations only grows after traveling to more and more places, we really started to think about sharing their stories and feelings somewhere.

Hence, the World Map Footprints finally got its place, accessible by everyone, and no longer a little dream between the two of us, or just a scratch off map anymore.