- Money to travel – What does an around the world ticket cost?
The key to low cost travel around the world is to stay in pl... by Ryan@Visit USA - Rosie Swale-Pope chose a slightly different way to travel around the world – by running!
Maria Love your post. Love the book by Rosie! She's such... by Gabi - Travel with kids - challenge or opportunity?
I love taking my kids around, its rare that i get to spend t... by men's swimwear - Rosie Swale-Pope chose a slightly different way to travel around the world – by running!
This is an AWESOME and very inspiring story. Wish I had the ... by kelly@ miniature dog breeds - Rosie Swale-Pope chose a slightly different way to travel around the world – by running!
Whoa! Way to go Rosie Swan-Pope! You are the man! I mean wom... by Sammy Holiday - Travel with kids - challenge or opportunity?
well i am single so i don't have experience but i think its ... by jinnie@Austin divorce lawyer - Paulo Coelho and his advice on how to travel
Three of the most common health problems that you may experi... by Chris@Document scanning
Rosie Swale-Pope chose a slightly different way to travel around the world – by running!
Last week, we wrote about Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman, who chose to travel around the world on their motorbikes. We’ve watched the DVDs from their trip several times and it seems like an amazing adventure with some amazing challenges as well
Rosie Swale's way to travel around the world
Well, now our friend Gabi (who by the way is an avid traveler herself as well as a fantastic photographer: www.5reicherts.com ) just told me about this book she’s reading. It’s about Rosie Swan-Pope who made the same trip as Ewan and Charlie, but not on a motorbike though. Rosies way to take herself around the world was by running!
Paulo Coelho and his advice on how to travel
The other day we wrote about why travel is good for you and your brain based on scientific studies. Today though, I want to tell you about one of my favorite authors and his view on how to travel. This is rather different from the scientific approach though and much more about personal opinions.
Paulo Coelho gives advice on how to travel
The author is Paulo Coelho and to me he is definitive a great author. I always enjoy reading his books. They are easy to read, usually surprise me and inspire me to not always believe my first impression. He often has a nice twist on things. And the books do make me feel good. So it was nice when, earlier today, I was reminded of his advice on how to travel .
Go on vacation, take a career break, quit your job, whichever way you do it, giving your brain some time off by taking the time to travel can actually save your life!
You probably know by now that we’re firm believers that traveling is good for you. That taking some time to travel can be the best investment you’ve ever made. Well, now I found an article which really supports this idea. Just listen to this for example: “A proper vacation can light up higher order brain function that a year of pernicious stress has dimmed and debilitated”!
Don Joseph Goeway suggest you take time to travel
The article is called “Want your brain to make you brilliant? Give it a vacation” and is written by Don Joseph Goewey, someone I have been following for a while. He’s a man who has been working with people in stressful situations, and I mean really stressful situations. Like people faced with serious illnesses, parents who have lost children, life sentencened prisoners and war refugees. Most recently though, he has been focusing on people overwhelmed by the demands of work and family, a situation I guess many of you are familiar with.
Why travel? Meet Derek, who traveled the world with his wife on their honeymoon – which lasted a whole year!
Three days after their wedding, Derek and Shanna set of on their one year long honeymoon. During that year, they visited 40 different countries in Asia, South America, Africa and Europe.
Derek and Shanna on their one year long honeymoon
They also started their blog, www.oneyearonearth.com which is really packed with inspiring information and answers to the question why travel, so check it out. Be prepared though, you might want to take out your suitcases and start packing! They’re back in the USA now since some time, and we asked Derek a couple of questions.
“Long Way Round” a real travel adventure with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
The other day we decided to watch “Long Way Round” with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman again. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, this is a TV documentary of Ewan’s and Charley’s journey from London to New York on motorbikes. As the title suggests, they took the long way by setting off through Europe and then heading east through Russia and Asia all the way to Bering Strait where they would fly the motorbikes to Alaska. Mounting their bikes again in Anchorage they would then ride them across the American continent to New York.
Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman from Long Way Round
First of all let me say that I do enjoy watching the DVD’s although this is probably something I would never undertake myself. But that goes for a lot of things I guess
. Even if it is about an extended journey both in time and distance the focus is definitely on the adventure part. It’s for big strong guys and maybe not something where you would bring your kids along.
Lack of money to travel can be the reason to go on that long journey…
When we were planning our first extended journey we basically had no money to travel at all, actually quite the opposite. We had overwhelming debts as our business was down the drain and couldn’t even keep our home. Still, it was in this desperate situation that the idea of going on a longer journey first did strike us. We had heard of WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) and the possibility to work on farms a number of hours per day in exchange for food and lodging. And we could even do it as a family…
Not having money to travel can feel like being stuck. But there is always a way out!
It didn’t turn out that way in the end though and we didn’t go WWOOF-ing in New Zeeland at that time as was our initial plan. But we did go on a longer journey. Life took some unexpected turns and we took off in an old (very old) campervan on a 5 month journey through Europe instead.
Want some ideas on how to have more time, create an independent lifestyle and be a world traveler?
What’s your ideal lifestyle? Who do you want to be – a world traveler? What do you want to do and have?
Tim Ferriss world traveler and author of
The 4-Hour Workweek
These are some of the questions Tim Ferriss, author of “The 4-Hour Workweek” encourages you to consider if you want to create an independent lifestyle. If you too are interested in living a life outside the 9 to 5, a life where you among other things can choose where and when you’d want to work, then you can get some really good tips from this short video.
Travel long term helps you through transitions
There are times in our lives when we change directions. When we go from following one path and start pursuing another and go from the familiar to the more unfamiliar. Sometimes these changes are “big”, other times they are not so significant (at least not on the outer plane). Such a time of transition can be when you graduate from something, or when you get married or become a parent, or when your kids move out. It can be when you or someone close to you get an illness, or recover from one. Maybe you get laid off, or retire, or like in these days especially, you may lose a whole lot of money and are facing a totally new situation. Or why not, you might even win or inherit money, which can take you to a totally new place in your life.
In times of transition, going away and travel long term can help you see things with new eyes
Anyway, these times of big (or small) changes in our lives, these transitions from one level to another, are perfect for traveling long term. When you’re in transition you’re leaving the well known to take on something new, something you may not really know what it will be and what it will look like. And when you’re at this stage, it’s oftentimes easier to let go of the familiar, take the plunge and leave everything for a while.
