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West-to-East, or some other route?
If you are traveling to see the world, which way do you go? Can you call yourself a traveler if you only stay on the main route? Do you need to venture farther afield to see it all? The majority of people take, what I like to refer to as the East-West route. They basically…
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All the way around, or just part way?
One of the great questions in the traveling community is that of distance. Do you need to go all the way around the world or can you just go pat way? Can you go a third of the way, and do another chunk of it later? Personally, I say yes and no. The two acts…
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Stuff part two. The small stuff.
This section of dealing with stuff is based around the smaller stuff in your life. You will also find that it requires easier decision making paradigms. If you have decided to keep your house, condo, apartment while you are away traveling around the globe, well then, this decision is easy. You leave your stuff right…
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The stuff? What about the stuff?
I suppose it’s time to tackle the biggest single problem with travelling. Stuff. Everybody has stuff. Most people have lots of stuff. Stuff is a universal first world problem. We are almost drowning in great big piles of stuff! Okay, all jokes aside, it is one of the single biggest problems for travelers. I’m…
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Unemployed Nomad or Sabbaticalled Worker?
One of the two real decisions to be made once you decide to travel the globe for an extended period of time is that of employment. Most notably, do you attempt to keep a job while you are gone or do you step away from work and worry about the consequences later? If we were…
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Staying Alive.
something that isn’t considered on the average vacation, but is a definite point of concern for the duration traveler is insurance. To be specific, medical insurance. I can understand if this isn’t something that comes to mind when I say lets go travel the world. As most people never leave their natural surroundings for long…
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The Ex-Pat Life.
Continuing on with the previous discussion on timing, there is one more idea that probably should receive consideration. That would be the idea of becoming an ex-patriot. As in, going to live and work in some other country for a period of time. While this is not an ideal option for many traveler these…
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Time. It’s really all about time.
Timing. Let’s face it, if you’re a working stiff and have responsibility, it’s all about timing. Where “they” would like you to believe you can jet off at any moment and spend time wandering some South Asian tropical beach, it just not really true. The “they” in that last sentence would be the Television and…