Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
- ISBN13: 9780812992182
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Product DescriptionVagabonding is about 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. Veteran shoestring traveler Rolf Potts shows how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Potts gives the necessary information on:• financing your travel time • determining your destination • adjusting to life on the r. . . More >>
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
I was hoping for more of an updated version of one of Ed Burns Vagabonding books. This was a bit annoying and preachy with little substance, but always a good topic, and not much out there on this kind of travel.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book seems ultra interesting, but the best sort of vegabonding is vegabonding multilingually.
Therefore, before i read all of this book, i shall first learn lots and lots of languages to truly live with the natives in many countries. The opportunities that come with speaking many languages are breathtaking.
So, the books i would suggest reading before vegabonding adventures would be some books that teach you how to teach yourself languages quickly and efficiently (far faster than in school). What fun is vegabondin’ if you cant talk to the natives? Check these out:
How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own
THE QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO LEARNING LANGUAGES FAST
Hope this helps some people go on cooler adventures than mine will be. . .
Rating: 5 / 5
Potts offers some excellent insight and offers the perspective of an experienced traveler/vagabond and also the perspective of someone, in his case a well published journalist, who can perhaps use his “vagabonding” as a means to an end; as a way to support his thirst for the road. I have spent a fair amount of time bashing around over the years and chuckled at his mention of the “trustafariens” and holier than thous who would like nothing more than to make anyone they encounter believe they have the knowledge, the sensitivity and in many cases the affected accent of the populations and regions to which they have, this month, decided to attach themselves. How Potts suggests preparing for a trip, deciding whether or not to travel with someone or solo, the web sites, choosing the right guidebooks, etc is all very sound advice but I did miss the chapter of how to stay current with the literally tens of thousands of dollars in student loans most who might be inclined to vagabonding are burdened with. I understand about how liquidating assets might mentally and financially prepare one for an extended journey but I don’t know too many out there who are interested in assuming someone else’s debt to make it happen. I think a chapter about how frequent job hopping is going to lead to a point of diminshing returns might be useful as well. Quitting a job every 18 months or so to support a wanderlust ultimately makes someone unemployable or maybe only employable in those jobs with wages barely enough to cover this month’s rent, never mind the airfare to your next destination. Also, let’s not forget that vagabonding to many means hanging out there without medical insurance. That’s great if you can afford the premium without the support of an employer but if you’re making that kind of cash you probably don’t need to work anyway. So, in short, many great thoughts about travel from someone who seems to have been able to leverage a career out of it. Oh, and by the way, how many nights in Tibet would the price of this book get me?
Rating: 3 / 5
I think the book is very good for inspiring and giving some very broad tips, but I was hoping to find more specific how-tos. He keeps referring to ways to live on almost nothing, but never really spells it out. Instead, he just mentions people who have done it. Otherwise, though, it’s a good inspirational book about vagabonding, and it’s a quick read. But if you’re looking for concrete “do this to survive in India on $5 a day” you won’t find it here.
Rating: 3 / 5
Doesn’t really focus on practical information. A whole lot of ‘the essence’ of vaganbonding kinda stuff here peppered with personal anecdotes that sometimes come off a little self-serving. Not bad, jusr wasn’t what I expected.
Rating: 2 / 5