Traveling Around the World

[UintatheriumParticipant 1861]

Hi guys.

In a few years, I plan to travel around the world. I want to study the different life forms and geological features around the globe.

Has anyone here done that? What can I expect?

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[Anonymous 24]

I have no idea “what to expect”, but it sure does sound fun. Where are you going to go and what are you planning on checking out?

[ShineParticipant 1696]

Expect to blow through a whole lot of cash!

Solution work remotely from a laptop, become a digital nomad!

The world is MASSIVE, I’d focus on a handful of destinations and take time to explore. I’ve been to the US, UK, SE Asia, NZ.

An overland 4wd vehicle would be awesome for going remote, but alot of travelers just go with a backpack.

If I retrained my coding and database skills which are long forgotten, I would seek jobs online and live remotely in less touristy parts of Asia/NZ/Oz. Maybe that will be my retirement stratergy in about 20 years.

"Society is to blame" Denton

[<<>>Participant 435]

Save money when you have a pile go to cheap 3rd world countries in Latin America,Asia, and Eastern Europe. Be smart, don’t be a tourist, if you see tourists push on until you don’t what they are seeing is not the real culture only a facade. Find western Ex Pats at major hubs seek their advice and counsel and then with caution stray deeper into the bush. Ghost, but stay in contact with friends on the mainland and expats at the hubs when you stray. Wear a money belt. Get a buzz style haircut high and tight and dress conservative khakis and plain white tees with comfortable boots. A plain look will help you blend in and be a hard read many will assume you are military (if you are not do not lie and say you are, false valor is punishable) but let them assume, it can be an advantage for you safety, at any rate, they will not be able to size you up and you can become anyone you need to be depending on your objectives. Explore new places in Cabs and let the Cabbies advise you about the city’s layout and culture but do not do any other business with them ,no drugs, no girls that’s shady. For anything illegal rely on ex-patriots that you can trust and have been in country for a while (best to stay on the up and up but to each his own)

[FeralParticipant 98]

Start reading the “Rough Guides” in a bookstore.
There are also other guides about solo-traveling-on-the-cheap.
Such guides can quickly give you a good idea of what to expect.

See if you can immediately get a local woman to show you around (when you are out of the oppressive West, of course). It is a win-win: she gets the exotic and you get to see a country from a local’s eyes.

Be very mindful of traps: you are a walking wallet: <<>>’s advice is spot-on on staying safe.

You can expect paradise.
The oppressive West is terrible, and countries that are not oppressive to men feel like spring coming after a long winter.

[Mr. SmithParticipant 686]

Gentlemen,

I did this a lot for the last 15 years, only interrupted when I was in a relationship for nearly two years. She of course didn’t like to travel in a camper. “I can only relax in a hotel with a pool or at the beach”. You know what I am meaning…
After university I started with just a backpack and little money (about 1200€), but I was able to travel around Shillong (Northern India), Nepal, Bhutan and a Bangladesh. Later I bought an Unimog U1300 (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog) and converted it into a camper. So I had a highly offroad capable truck for less than 20000€. I used it to cross the Sahara desert twice, once in Egypt and once in Marocco and traveled around in Africa for about half a year each. Biggest part of the money went into petrol, food is very cheap down there and if you have everything in your camper you wont need much. So every journey was less than 10000€. In fact it was cheaper than to live in Germany for the same time. So the advice Shin gave to becoming a digital nomad is not just possible, it is a really good idea. Maybe you find even something in your profession as a geologist. You can also write for magazines.
I also did some shorter journeys, mostly to eastern Europe and Russia, but only for four to six weeks. Besides all cold war stereotypes this are very interesting places and you will meet a lot of really great people there.
Right now I am working on my new camper. The Unimog became to small and so I bought a IFA W50, a former military truck. When it’s done I will travel all the way to Vladivostok and then down to China and Vietnam, Cambodia etc. Again, this is not as expensive as most people think. The truck will cost me less than 25000€ when it is completed. I plan another 12000-15000€ for petrol and stuff I need on the road for half a year.

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