Planning stages of my work-travel round-the-world trip
I am in the beginning in the fall of 2013 and probably taking two years. I’m working on a detailed route for only the first half now; plane tickets are only issued one year in advance. On my list of top countries to visit are: Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, Costa Rica, Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Australia and Thailand.
These are places where I have contacts through the Taoist Tai Chi Society and friends. Also many of these are countries where I can speak the native French and Spanish languages and where my English tutoring skills will be useful. As well I am giving preference to places where I might be most likely to manage trading massages for room and board. There were many deterrents to planning such an elaborate trip before, but after some scrutiny I discovered that those “why nots“ were really all in my head. Sure, I`m not twenty any more but I’m healthy, unattached and multi-skilled. I can’t afford to “just travel” (without having to earn some as I go) at this point and if I wait until I can, then I may indeed be prevented by more substantial “why nots” that arise. So the planning has begun and this is one of the most exciting parts because there are no glitches, just wonderful discoveries and dreaming.
I Google travel sites and email contacts, letting them know my plans and finding out what I need to know about countries I decide to visit. It’s creating a new life, actually, which I can choose to somehow continue four years from now or return to my life in Squamish. Besides the research, I’ll be doing a lot of weeding out and selling off things. Also on the agenda over the next two years is paying off my debts so I won’t have to carry those around with me. My new practice of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) should help with that and I will be doing that via SKYPE as I travel as well, in order to bring in some income.
Any suggestions just email me por favor, s’il vous plait and please hdonald4@gmail.com .