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It's once again winter holiday season, which means it's time to remind everyone that my books make great stocking stuffers for travel lovers. Vagabonding makes a great holiday gift for: College or high school students nearing graduation. Working professionals who don't like their jobs, are currently between jobs, or are considering a sabbatical from work....
“Hypoallergenic bedding, pet free and a non-smoking room on a non-smoking floor, please”-that’s my typical request anytime I make a reservation to stay just about anywhere. I move a zillion times on the train if there’s a smoker or heavily doused perfume/cologne wearer near me. Scented anti-bacterial, oils or lotions set me off in an...
I find myself, more often than not, looking at travel experiences through a writer's lens. Every meal, every trek, every chance meeting has the potential to be material for a travel piece. On boat rides, I think about phrasing. On long bus rides, I scroll through pictures, looking for the right one to go with...
Cost per day? For us it could have been cheap, very cheap but we decided to splash out. We hadn’t found a campsite to park on but decided to park on the sea front. Granted this wasn’t a designated spot but in such a small town no-one battered an eye lid at us. If you...
Rease Kirchner IndecisiveTraveler.com Age: 27 Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri USA Quote: "[Her] goal in life was to be an echo Riding alone, town after town, toll after toll….Remember to remember me Standing still, in your past Floating fast like a hummingbird." - Wilco "Hummingbird" (I even got a tattoo to honor it - https://indecisivetraveler.com/remember-to-remember-me) How...
Elizabeth Kelsey Bradley ekbradley.net Age: 31 Hometown: Antibes, France and Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Quote: “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand” Picasso How did you find out about Vagabonding, and how did you find it...
Wham! After being in transit for so long, that fresh outside air smacks you in the face when you finally step outside of the airport and take that first deep breath of non-circulated stale airplane air. It took forever to get here. After hours and hours you got to the airport, flew on the plane...
Jonathan Look, Jr. lifepart2.com Age: 53 Hometown : Conroe, Texas Quote : 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 harbour. Catch the trade winds in sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -...
“Last night while I lay thinking here, some WHAT IFS crawled inside my ear and pranced and partied all night long and sang their same old WHAT IF song: WHAT IF I’m dumb in school? WHAT IF they’ve closed the swimming pool? WHAT IF I get beat up? WHAT IF there’s poison in my cup?...
Ellen van Drunen & Elmar van Drunen fietsjunks.nl & traveltheworldbybicycle.com Age: 39 and 40 Hometown: Ridderkerk, The Netherlands (small town near Rotterdam) Quote: "Live the life you love, love the life you live!" "Stay hungry, stay foolish." - Steve Jobs "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs...
Karin-Marijke Vis landcruisingadventure.com / notesonslowtravel.com Age: 45 Hometown: Apeldoorn, the Netherlands Quote : "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." ~Lewis Caroll How did you find out about Vagabonding, and how did you find it useful before and during the trip? Somebody gave me Rolf Pott's book, which...
Cost/day There are 2 significant expenses with Magnetic Island. The first is the ferry that takes you to the island which is $32 for an adult. The second is just as much a necessity as it is a luxury and that is the Mokes. For around $80 you can hire one of these miniature petrol...
“We need HOW many shots?” Six immunizations, a signed yellow fever card and two prescriptions later we left the doctor’s office. It was going to be worth it, we just knew it! Five years and a few extra booster shots later and we were right. Our time on the African continent yields some of my...
Dyanne Kruger TravelnLass.com Age: Uh, somewhere breathtakingly near the tender age of 7-oh! Hometown: Seattle, but haven’t lived in the U.S. for several years Quote: “This ain’t a dress rehearsal, folks!” (I also favor “I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”) How did you find...
Lyndsay Cabildo discounttravelblogger.com Age: 31 Hometown: Manila, Philippines Quote: “I may be young at age but older in hours, because I wasted no time.” –J. Beacon How did you find out about Vagabonding, and how did you find it useful before and during the trip? I’ve seen it online and used some of the site’s...
“Can you bring me home a koala? How about a kangaroo? How many pairs of Uggs do you think you can carry?” These were just some of my former student’s comments the first time they heard I was traveling to Australia.” Of course, it’s easy enough to talk about travel’s take home in material things...
Stephen Schreck abackpackerstale.com Age: 30 Hometown: Chillicothe, Ohio Quote: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist; that is all.” ? Oscar Wilde I take this quote to heart. Someday when I look back at my life, I want say I lived, not existed. This is a major reason I chose...
Cost/day: We chose to do the blue mountains as a holiday getaway, so we invested a little more in accommodation and opting to eat out each night. We found an affordable accommodation about 6 kilometres from central katoomba, The Skyrider Motel. It cost $100 a night a little over our usual expenditure but worth it...
Chris Backe oneweirdglobe.com Age : 32 Hometown : eek... Let's call it Chicago, Illinois. Quote : “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain How did you find out about Vagabonding, and how did you find it useful before and during the trip? I really had no idea what vagabonding was until...
I am often asked why I travel. What is the benefit? Is all the work, preparation, and planning worth it? So, I set out to identify what it is I really feel I have gained through travel. While this list may not be the same for everyone (and I expect it wouldn't be), I bet...