Time’s Not Your Friend
I don’t want to give you all the tips and budget plans and packing lists. I want to inspire you to get out in the world and explore, and be in awe of its beauty, but also to grow by using your creativity to try new angles that take risks. You are not on an adventure until things start going wrong. Half the fun of travel is the confounding debacles you find yourself in, so get out there and get lost in a new city, or miss a flight because you met someone who made you lose track of time. Get food poisoning on a 36 hour bus ride. Get bed bugs and give them to your girlfriend. Snap blurry photos of surreal landscapes and photos of six people on a 110cc scooter with half of your thumb. An encyclopedic list of travel tips robs travel of all it’s adventure. If you want to really prepare, read Dave Eggers book, You Shall Know Our Velocity...or some of the stories you’ll find on my blog.