Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

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Random House Publishing Group, Dec 24, 2002 - Travel - 240 pages
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss • “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And Vagabonding teaches you how to travel (and think), not just for one trip, but for the rest of your life.”—Tim Ferriss, from the foreword

There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Now completely revised and updated, Vagabonding is an accessible and inspiring guide to

• financing your travel time
• determining your destination
• adjusting to life on the road
• working and volunteering overseas
• handling travel adversity
• re-assimilating back into ordinary life


Updated for our ever-changing world, Vagabonding is an indispensable guide for the modern traveler.
 

Contents

GETTING STARTED
9
Keep It Simple
32
Tip Sheet
42
Vagabonding Voices
50
Henry David Thoreau
51
Learn and Keep Learning
52
Travel Preparation Q A Tip Sheet
65
Vagabonding Voices
88
Tip Sheet
132
Women Vagabonders
135
Tip Sheet
137
Vagabonding Voices
140
Get into Adventures
142
Tip Sheet
152
Vagabonding Voices
155
The Pioneering Women of Vagabonding 32 42 50 51 288888 52 65 75 89 91 93 103 110 111 112 122 132 135 137 140 141 142 152 155
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Juanita Harrison
89
ON THE ROAD
91
Dont Set Limits
93
Tip Sheet
103
Vagabonding Voices
110
Meet Your Neighbors
112
CrossCultural Interactions Q
122
THE LONG RUN
157
Be Creative
175
Let Your Spirit Grow
192
COMING HOME
203
Acknowledgments
211
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Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There. He has reported from more than sixty countries for the likes of National Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Slate, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, Believer, The Guardian, Sports Illustrated, National Public Radio, and the Travel Channel. Though he rarely stays in one place for more than a few weeks or months, Potts feels somewhat at home in Bangkok, Cairo, Pusan, New York, New Orleans, and North Central Kansas, where he keeps a small farmhouse on thirty acres near his family. Each July he can be found in France, where he is the summer writer-in-residence and program director at the Paris American Academy.

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