If you've ever thought about taking a year off and traveling the world, the logistics and the sheer quantity of unknowns have probably raised your pulse a little. Just getting an around-the-world ticket seems confusing enough, without even beginning to figure out how you fill 365 days in exciting, new places or how you get to those places without completely breaking the bank.
When it comes to hiking the Appalachian Trail and other "odyssey" type expeditions - first of all, our advice is definitely:
go for it! Second, the best place to start -to help overcome doubts and fears- is to talk to someone who's done it, to see that it
can be done by normal people like us.
In that vein,
18 Lessons from 5 Years Around the World is a great article for getting the creative juices flowing and whetting the appetite for world travel. Helping you take it one step further, "Nomadic Matt's" website
Nomadic Matt's Travel Site is a wealth of practical knowledge gained from firsthand experience.
Read up, plan up (but not too much, according to Matt), and get out and travel!
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