Lessons from the Road

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I found the journey to be far more manageable if I adopted the memory span of a goldfish, thinking only about the next minute step I needed to take to keep moving in the direction of the ultimate destination. If we only think as far ahead as the next faltering step, every journey is manageable. A microadventure is an adventure that is close to home, cheap, simple, short, and yet very effective.

To looking within; To helping out.

Alastair's six books for Eye include the highly acclaimed The Boy Who Biked the World trilogy — a series of novels for 9—year-olds based on his own real-life adventures, plus Moods of Future Joys , Thunder and Sunshine and Ten Lessons from the Road. A Raindrop in the Ocean.

All Will Be Well. At The Deep End. Cold Hands, Warm Heart. Cry from the Highest Mountain.

Green Oranges on Lion Mountain. Moods of Future Joys. News of the World? Riding the Outlaw Trail. Squirting Milk at Chameleons. Ten Lessons From the Road.

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The Beat of the Pendulum. Before I rock up anywhere near, I always do a bit of Wikipedia digging to find out the history of the place I am travelling to.

Honestly, if you are reading this that means you have easy access to the internet and are probably American, European, Canadian or Australian. We are so god damn lucky, we have access to so many opportunities. Personally, this is my least favourite part of travelling — struggling to keep my fitness in good condition! The law of attraction is a powerful thing, visualise what you want, visualise who you want to be and then work your butt off till you get there.

I could write a whole post about this. In Jordan, I cavesurfed with a Rastafarian Bedouin for a few nights. I never travel without a buff , it can be used as a makeshift eyemask, as a filter to keep dust and pollution out of your mouth, as a cover to keep tattoos out of the sun, as a bandage and, in extreme situations, a makeshift condom just kidding. The scale of this world, this galaxy, this universe and all of the unknown mysteries constantly boggles and excites me. Our world is an amazing place. Retrace your steps, find a logical place to pause and collect your thoughts, usually somebody will come along after a while who can help you out.

I have an adopted family in Pakistan, and I feel no weirdness using that term, I love these guys and think about them almost every day. Dithering rarely helps anything. Make a decision and roll with it, evolve your plans as you need but be decisive. Ask questions, find out the stories of those you are with.

On the surface, it can seem like people from different cultures have nothing in common but in my experience, I have found that everybody has the same hopes, dreams and aspirations. People all around the world want to feel safe, want to feel loved and want to be noticed.

People want to laugh, to build a good future for their children and to work on their passion projects. Stay off your phone and instead read a book — check out this post for some of my favourite travel reads. No matter how many times I conquer this fear, I still get dizzy at heights. Not mega-manly I know but there you go.

72 Lessons from Nine Years Traveling

This one little hack can save you thousands of dollars over the course of years, especially in the more expensive regions of the world. When I began this two year journey, my destination was the purpose of the trip and it motivated me — it was on the horizon, it was something tangible, I just had to keep going East. Along the way, so much happened and whilst I do still intend on reaching my destination I am enjoying this journey way too much to want to rush it to an end.

Personally, travelling has saved my life more than once. Traveling the world has allowed me to put some deep seated insecurities to rest, to accept myself for who I am and to work through a lot of shit. There is a huge amount to be gained from exploring the world and yourself and being on the road gives you so many incredible opportunities to experiment, learn and evolve.

Master of the handstand pushup. Conqueror of mountains, survivor of deserts and crusader for cheap escapades. Will has been on the road for nine years, travelling to far-flung lands on a budget. Today, he runs a number of online ventures. He is passionate about teaching others how to ditch their desks, hit the road and achieve real freedom by earning money online.

Currently, Will is on a four year journey from the UK to Papua New Guinea; travelling through truly special countries such as Iran, Pakistan and Bhutan whilst running his businesses online. Agree about the taxi drivers and spending money on food! Sweet, once Toby gets his passport back from NZ Embassy, we will be booking tickets. You will be in Chiang Mai?

This is a friggin hilarious post, I was nodding and agreeing all the way through. Great article,, come to indonesia,, you contact me,zulbahrib gmail. This makes me want to go to the middle east, even as a solo woman. I respect the fuck out of you and what you do. Hey Will love the blog man! I gonna settle in Medellin next year — We are a little far from each other to share a joint haha.

I lived in Medellin for a bit once upon a time, epic place! No doubt we shall meet somewhere on the road for a beer and a joint sometime in the future!

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Nothing more to add, nice words from experieced traveller, I enjoyed it very much. Hey, Travelling is my best hobby of life i want to explore many middle east countries as well when i have so much money: Great tips, Stunning photos of beautiful people and daily life from around the world. Look forward to your travel updates. All of your pictures are really amazing. You are an inspiration to me.

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience with us. Your Shareing boost a dose of confidence to start our journey to wonderful world all around Thank you so much. Their stories are amazing WILL and makes me want to go traveling the world too and soon I will be on the road. Wow you have clearly been through a lot to come up with all those points! I really love this article! You made some perfect points and I hope more people will be motivated by this post to step out of their comfort zone.

Very good tips… I have dreamed a lot about starting to make my first trips around the world and at the same time sharing my experience with people. Your posts are very good and motivational. Thank you for sharing your experience in detail with us. Thanks for sharing this Will! We were required to take up practicum back in College and that inspired me to travel locally and internationally. We had to immerse within the community for almost three months for research and was temporarily adopted by foster parents. It was there that I realized the differences in our way of living and fueled my thirst to learn more about people and really immerse.

Traveling teaches you how to be respectful because every culture is different from one another. Made me go WOW!! You are a true inspiration for people like me, who have just started. Must have been really difficult, having been through so many experiences. Really amazing post, Will. This list really helped me to think about a lot. I want to travel to other countries now really badly. Maybe we can smoke a joint together. Hit me up on email sometime. Thanks for compiling this.

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Will share it with our backpacker friends. The first picture got me hooked itself into reading this blog post. And I enjoyed it quite thoroughly. Hi Will, This is a useful post for me. I gain a lot of information from your post. I hope that in the near future, you will have other posts like this. I really enjoyed your blog, I can only dream of traveling as you have. Thanks of all your input and adventure. Solid post brother, love your entire website man …. This is such an amazing list of real-life lessons that we can really learn along the road, Will!

Everything you have written in this post is and will be useful to everyone whether they travel locally or internationally. I love every photo you included in your piece; each one emanates a heart-warming vibe and story. Thank you for sharing! Your list is not helpful for only travelling but also in our daily life. Hope to see you during your next India tour to drive autorickshaw with you? Couchsurfing, backpacking, hitchhiking, and all that goes with jumping heads-on into the world of travel, so vividly described in your blogs.

My personal favorite is your lesson 69, find beauty in the little things! Enjoyed reading every word of your blog from thieving monkeys to tall mountains and all that happened to you in between during your long journeys around the world.

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Hitching a ride in Iran. The amazing view from the fort about 2 minutes before we were mobbed. Heading to our glacier camp in Pakistan. Same girl, different hair. With amigos at an Indian wedding. The view from my tent on the Deosai Plateau. A bunch of Pakistanis I met on the train….

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