Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain
Travel Independent thinks it has “everything you need to know about independent budget travel”. After just a quick browse of its many sections (’What to Pack’, ‘Where to Go’, ‘Before You Go’, ‘Country Summaries’, and ‘On the Road’), I’m inclined to agree.
But how much is this going to cost you? For a quick guesstimate, Saving for Travel is your pal.
Thanks Andy
Where the Hell is Matt… again. The third video, available in HD. Featuring Zero-G Matt, no less!
14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me.
All of Matt’s videos can be found on his YouTube Channel, and WhereTheHellIsMatt.com
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Hoping to have an extended visit to Japan in the near future? You may be as pleased as I was when I stumbled upon a site offering 10 Japanese Customs You Must Know Before a Trip to Japan.
A perfect compliment to Tim Ferriss’ Hacking Japan: Inside Tokyo for Less Than New York (part two).
I’ll be double-checking facts with my brother (who lives in Tokyo) and if there are any anomalies will be posting them here. Seems promising though.
Also: 10 Reasons Japan is Better Than America
Ludovic Hubler is a Frenchman who, in 2003, set off around the world with one goal - to travel all of it by hitchhiking.
This is it ! The circle has finally been closed. 5 years, passed day by day since leaving the Alps, and now here I am back at my point of departure, at the same place I left on January 1st, 2003. When I started out I was 25 years old. Now I’m 30.
This personal account of his experience is a must-read for the intrepid traveller in all of us; a fascinating account complete with philosophical musings and statistics on his journey. He has two words for the world: “never again”… but it’s not what you think!
How to Take a Mini-Retirement: Tips and Tricks from Timothy Ferriss is the first part of a two-part interview between JD Roth (of the excellent personal finance site, Get Rich Slowly) and he of 4HWW fame, Timothy Ferriss.
There’s an apt quote in the interview on something I’m currently struggling with:
The hardest part is deciding. Because until you decide, most people can’t plan. As soon as you say, “I’m going to go on Orbitz [an Internet travel site popular in the US], and I’m going to buy this ticket” — once you make that decision then all of a sudden it’s pulled out of the realm of hopeful thinking and it goes into tactical mode.
I think that first sentence can apply to many areas in your life - not just travel. For me, it relates to work.