Product Description

Vagabonding 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 road
• working and volunteering overseas
• handling travel adversity
• re-assimilating back into ordinary life

Not just a plan of action, vagabonding is an outlook on life that emphasizes creativity, discovery, and the growth of the spirit.

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The heart and soul of travel books        Rating:

Don't expect lists of places to go or things to see. Don't expect packing lists or product recommendations. What you can expect though, is possibly the best written book about long term travel on the market today. With personal anecdotes and stories, Rolf Potts will inspire even the most cloistered individual with wanderlust. It's myriad of recommendations for further reading resembles the bibliography of a research paper, but is helpful and more than enough to sate your appetite for travel. If you are considering a trip beyond the typical one-week american vacation, you should read this book and let it take you to the ultimate adventure.

This Idea Might Help You Finance a "Vagabond" Lifestyle.        Rating:

To be honest, I haven't read this book, but I wanted to share an idea that I had about a week ago.

If you look on ebay, they have something called "ebay mobile" which is an app for the iPhone, and other smartphones as well. Basically, you snap a picture of something and then list it on ebay using only your phone.

So, if you're travelling about and you see something that might sell on ebay, you may be able to finance your vagabond lifestyle! And, if it's something that is mass-produced & widely available, you can even sell it before you buy it. And then ship it off to the buyer of course. : )

Warning: may induce uncontrollable shoestring travel        Rating:

This may be the most condensed book of travel wisdom I've ever read.

Prior to my post-college backpacking trip I heard all manner of naysayers decry such exploits as "immature!" and "irresponsible!" and "a waste of money!" Rolf Potts reminds us that, for millennia, and only until very recently, long-term travel was considered an integral part of any earnest student's studies. He introduces travel as an artform (a little ambiguous, sure, but go with it) rather than an expensive once-a-year pursuit. Potts breaks down, in the simplest of language, the lifestyle changes that bring about the freedom needed to see the world--for cheap!--for long periods of time.

So if you've ever wanted to backpack through Europe, camel-jockey across the Sahara, island-hop the South Pacific, or ride your motorcycle across China...this book is absolutely for you. It'll inspire you and help you ACTUALLY realize those dreams.

Great Read for Travelers/Tourist        Rating:

This book is packed with tons of useful information for first time travelers. From safety tips, to planning your first vagabonding experience, down to the best place to eat in a tiny village in India can all be found in this book. The findings from this read not only applies to traveling but makes you put your way of living and day to day thinking into perspective. It's an easy read and I highly recommend it!

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