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Cheap Places To Stay For Awhile Around The World. The problem with cheap places is that it’s all relative to the lifestyle someone chooses.

Cheap Places To Stay For Awhile Around The World

While I do list Xi’an, China as being inexpensive, it’s also quite easy to spend as much as you would in Tokyo, Japan. It also depends on what you’re into. Do you like big cities, beaches, comforts of home, party towns, or jungles? Here’s a few things I consider when staying in a place for a few weeks or months between traveling around: Fast and reliable internet.Good selection of food.Entertainment such as bars and nightlife. If you’re looking to take a break and stay somewhere for awhile, here is where I recommend. Xi’an, China If you’ve been following Art of Backpacking, you probably expected I would mention this city. Xi’an is well known to be one of the cheapest big cities in China. At a big fancy nightclub with VIP treatment, a bottle of Absolut, basket of fruits, snacks, and a few sodas cost $47. Pick up Mandarin classes and go sightseeing in one of China’s oldest and traditional cities. 10 Careers for People Who Love to Travel"

Some people's idea of a vacation is visiting their in-laws on the other side of town.

10 Careers for People Who Love to Travel"

Others want to get away at any and every opportunity -- the farther away the better. If given the chance, they'd climb Mt. Kilimanjaro one day and compare Impressionists at the Louvre the next. These intrepid travelers will brave any terrain or climate. They'll even repeatedly subject themselves to airport security just for the chance to go somewhere new. 4 Jobs That Let You Travel the World. Your Career >> Browse Articles >> Career Changers Your Career >> Browse Articles >> Find Your First Job Your passport can pay off!

4 Jobs That Let You Travel the World

Wouldn’t it be nice to find a way to blend your love of travel with your career (instead of slaving away for 50 weeks to pay for two weeks of vacation)? If you’re at a point in your life where you have the personal freedom to travel, consider these travel-related careers: 1. While it is unlikely that you will be able to support yourself as a full-time travel writer (most writers juggle multiple income streams) there are some very nice perks associated with this profession. To learn more about travel writing, consult the following resources: 2. America's 100 Best Adventures, State-by-State List. 50 Wonders Of The Ancient & Medieval World. 10 Best Sights of the World. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did so.

10 Best Sights of the World

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Mark Twain Sometimes life becomes so stressful that people need to disconnect from their regular lives and recharge their ‘batteries’ to be able to overcome the difficulties they face daily. Grand Canyon in the United States People from all over the world come here to look at the most beautiful view of the world, which becomes a living picture in the style of impressionist painters especially during sunset. View of Hong Kong from Kowloon Huge lighted skyscrapers of Hong Kong are best seen from the Kowloon Peninsula. Pang Nga Bay, Thailand This is the famous bay between the island of Phuket and mainland Thailand with a lot of limestone pillars, hanging hundreds of meters above sea level.

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Quit Your Job, See the World. Time to leave the office?

Quit Your Job, See the World

It’s Labor Day in America, a time to celebrate the working man by…not working for a day. Unless you work in retail or fast food, in which case it’s like any other day. But what if you’d like to make every day (not)Labor Day? How about traveling around the world for six months or a year instead? Or three years like I did? He Art of Backpacking blog has a detailed story on escaping the cubicle world. Steph at Twenty-something Travel is taking off this month. The British couple running the NeverEndingVoyage blog saved 75 percent of their income and are now traveling through South America on a healthy budget of 1,200 pounds a month (plus extra for Spanish lessons and big adventure excursions).

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Stories. Advice. 25 Most Inspiring Travel Bloggers In 2010 - As We Travel - Around The World Travel Blog. We thought it would be a great time for us to take some time and reflect back on this year – not just at how much AsWeTtravel.com has grown as a site but also at how many amazing other personal travel blogs there are out there – sharing, provoking and living this travel lifestyle to the fullest.

25 Most Inspiring Travel Bloggers In 2010 - As We Travel - Around The World Travel Blog

There are so many personal travel blogs out there, and every day more and more are starting up – so it is nearly impossible for us to track, and fully study every travel blog out there. Here are a few guides on How To Start a Travel Blog and Get Sponsored: A Funding Guide for Explorers, Adventurers, and Would-Be World Travelers (here a is great book review of the Get Sponsored Guide) The 25 Most Inspiring Personal Travel Blogs below are some of the best blogs which we feel have inspired and helped the travel blog industry grow the most this year. #1 Wes Nations / Johnnyvagabond Why has he made the list?

Site: www.johnnyvagabond.com Twitter: @johnnyvagabond #2 Matt Kepnes / Nomadic Matt.