by REBECCA MISNERawayTHE ATTRACTION WAS IMMEDIATE for Instagram dar-
lings Jake Snow and Marie Fe, but building a relationship and a
shared business took nearly three years and hard work. That
isn’t obvious to anyone scrolling through shots of the lithe and
lovely couple, traveling in exotic destinations. But read their
posts, and one thing stands out: What they are selling you is a
genuinely heartfelt message. Life is short; love is all that matters.
Back in July 2016, Snow was doing just fine, playing Aussie-rules football in South Australia while
working part of the year on a vineyard, and then taking time off to travel before repeating the cycle.
He was single and actively not looking for a relationship when he went to Thailand’s Koh Tao island
with a few buddies. Fe’s path to the popular isle was different. She had just come off a tough year—her
father had died, and she had quit a fast-paced job at a fashion management firm in Germany to move
to Barcelona for graduate school. She was traveling with a friend before starting her new life and was
not looking for love when she met Snow while wading in the cerulean Gulf of Thailand. “I sort of
nonchalantly swiveled my way through the water to her,” Snow says. »On the Road
to Forever
CAPTIVATING IN
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Jake Snow bends
the knee to pro-
pose to Marie Fe
at the Koza Cave
Hotel in Turkey
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