Vagabonding Case Study: Benny Lewis
Benny Lewis of Fluent In 3 Months
Age: 33
Hometown: Cavan, Ireland
Quote: “There are seven days in a week, and “some day” isn’t one of them.”
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Benny Lewis of Fluent In 3 Months
Age: 33
Hometown: Cavan, Ireland
Quote: “There are seven days in a week, and “some day” isn’t one of them.”
Nearly nine years ago, I made the most drastic decision of my life. I walked away from 36 years of corporate life to pursue a career as a travel writer and photographer. I remember very clearly the day I left the U.S. I was exhausted from years of working 70 hour weeks and excited to start a new phase in my life, but most of all I was terrified. Although I’d traveled all my life, … Read more »
In March of 1989, the Exxon Valdez struck a reef off the coast of Alaska, resulting in the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Initially viewed as an ecological disaster, this catastrophe did wonders to raise environmental awareness among average Americans. As television images of oil-choked sea otters and dying shore birds were beamed across the country, pop-environmentalism grew into a national craze.
Instead of … Read more »
Soon after my time as a student ended, I began my career as an educator. Working at camps every summer, travel took flight over those much needed school holidays. If you were a kid in traditional school or had parents who worked in one, you may have done the same. Highest prices, hordes of … Read more »
Adventures help us grow. When we push ourselves past our fears and attempt something new and exciting, we learn more about ourselves.
Throughout the years, through all my travels, I have always pushed myself to seek out adventure. I have to be honest, at times it has made me reach beyond my boundaries and tested my limits, but it also has made me a stronger and more rounded traveler.
The world is full of the … Read more »
Adam Groffman of Travels of Adam
Age: 30
Hometown: From the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, though I lived in Boston for a while before leaving the USA. Now I live in Berlin, Germany
Quote: Jack Kerouac, “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad … Read more »
Although I’ve assembled plenty of advice for aspiring travel writers on my websites over the years, I still get a steady stream of queries – often from college students – asking about how to land a travel writing gig. A recent inquiry comes from Maggie in Minnesota:
I am an aspiring travel journalist and freshman in college. … Read more »
I took my first trip abroad when I was 22 and I was convinced I was going to change the world. I had always wanted to leave North America and when I finally did I was fresh out of university, ready to fix everything. I signed up with an organization and jetted off to Kenya hoping to make … Read more »
Ayngelina Brogan of Bacon is Magic 
Age: 38
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Your favorite quote: We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.- Anaïs Nin
The first things you notice about Ellis Emmett are his piercing blue eyes, the source of his deep, rolling laugh. This is a guy who loves life, and lives large; that much is clear from the moment he shakes your hand. He’s a builder, a farmer, an expert white water rafter, a mountain climber, an avid traveler, … Read more »