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“Life & Travel 101”- Exploring the World on a Tiny Budget. Jefre C. Outlaw Thursday, January 16 th , 2014 In Yekaterinburg, Russia. Travel Bio Jan 2013.
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“Life & Travel 101”- Exploring the World on a Tiny Budget Jefre C. Outlaw Thursday, January 16th, 2014 In Yekaterinburg, Russia
Travel Bio Jan 2013 Jefre has traveled almost non-stop for the past 43 months travelling in and through 101 countries, 500+ cities and 1,000+ sacred sites on all 7 continents. After a health crisis caused him to re-evaluate his life priorities in 2009, Jefre decided to follow many others into the adventure of downsizing his US life and up-sizing his world view by backpacking the planet. Jefre is an experienced world traveler having completed his second pole to pole journey dancing with Penguins and looking for Polar Bears in 2013.
Jan 2014: 105 Countries, 500+ Cities and 1,000+ Sacred Sites on All 7 Continents
My Story • All Work • No Play • Declining Health • Choices • Why Travel?
“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float; to gain all while you give; to roam the roads of lands remote; to travel is to live.” ― Hans Christian Andersen
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Unknown
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before.” – Dalai Lama
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley
“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
“The world is a book and he who doesn’t travel only reads one page.” – St. Augustine
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” ― Clifton Fadiman
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Scott Cameron
Your Story What story are you telling yourself? • Age • Health • Money/Income • Relationship Status • Safety • Family Status • Language Skills • Family/Friends Expectations • What is your fear?
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
What Next? Do what makes you happy! Become a student of Lifestyle Redesign and Travel. Start your own travel tribe with travel friends to share information and encourage each other. Take a test trip to see how you like it.
“NOT I – NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman
Resources - Books • The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko (Nov 16, 2010) • The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Expanded and Updated) by Timothy Ferriss (Dec 15, 2009) • The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau (Sep 7, 2010) • The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau (May 8, 2012)
Resources - eBooks • How To Travel For Free (or pretty damn near it!): Global Nomads Tell You How They Do It [Paperback] by Shelley R Seale (Author), Keith Hajovsky (Contributor) (eBook) http://travelforfreebook.wordpress.com/buy/ • How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter Paperbackby Matt Kepnes (Author) http://www.nomadicmatt.com/books/ • How to Get Free Accommodation Around the World by Nora Dunn (eBook) http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/travel-tips-resources/get-free-accommodation-around-world/
Resources - eLinks AONC: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/ Meet Plan Go: http://meetplango.com/ Boots N All: http://www.bootsnall.com/ Go Nomad: http://www.gonomad.com/ Nomadic Matt: http://www.nomadicmatt.com/ Travel Hacking: http://travelhacking.org/ (free airfare)
Resources – eLinks cont. Couch Surfing: https://www.couchsurfing.org/ (free lodging) HostelZ: http://www.hostelz.com/ (hostels) Kayak: http://www.kayak.com/ (airfare) Outtrippin: http://www.outtrippin.com/ (funding travel) Vagablogging: http://www.vagablogging.net/ The Professional Hobo: http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/about/