Jen Hodgins
Round-the-World Traveler Round the World Travel GuideYour One-stop Source to Plan & Book Around-the-World Trips
September 2002
I Ain't Never Comin' Back
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Canada
Project Manager
One more paycheck and I'm gone
Yes
Ireland, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Turkey, England
When I returned from my last trip, I knew I needed to leave again. It was just something I knew I needed to do... more than once.
Being robbed or attacked. Never happened, people just tell you the bad stories and make you paranoid.
My family thinks I am insane, but my coworkers and friends envy me most days.
Winged it a lot
The only indespensible items were my camera, walkman, capris, and t-shirts. They don't make everything in our size in Asia... but you can buy everything else on the road and require very little.
It will make me less dependant upon material things, and help me decide what I want to do when I grow up... if I ever do.
Best decision I could ever make.
Once you pass the 3-4 week threshhold your thinking changes. You are no longer locked into thinking you life has to be the way it is... you are more open to the world and opportunities.
That you need to bring every possible medication and precautionary device possible with you. A) you can get everything you need when you get there. B) everyone is not out to rob you.
To see other ways of life, to meet new people, to try new things. The usual.
Plan as much as you need to make yourself comfortable, but not so much that you can't change your plans. The best day is the day that you start to make your plans as you go...one day at a time.
