Yes that is my wallet. Yes it is a rubber band. Its tightly wrapped around various cards, metro passes, and at least three different types of currency. Money matters and traveling the world is by no means a cheap endeavor. Yet with careful planning it is very realistic. In terms of financing a trip around the […]
Read More A Guide to Financing Open-ended World HoppingI read the book “Blindsight” a few months ago and I’m reminded of when the crew was exploring a massive alien spaceship. Lightly tethered to their home ship, they entered the foreign vessel and inched forward into the unknown. It was a nerve racking scene. They didn’t know whether the aliens were hostile or friendly […]
Read More Motivation for Open-ended TravelPado Pado pronounced Pah-Doh Pah-Doh. In 2016 I was observing the various guesthouses that line the shore of Jeju Island. Many of them incorporated the word “pado” into their namesake and I came to understand that the word means “wave”. It made sense for an establishment to utilize the dominant feature of the immediate surroundings, […]
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