Wondering who travels the world? Here's what we've heard so far.
I'm
... a teacher.
... a student.
... an air conditioner repairman.
... a McKinsey consultant.
... retired.
... a jaded 20-something.
... a real estate broker.
... unemployed.
... a flight attendant.
... a PhD candidate in solar energy.
... an international affairs writer.
... a former I-banker.
... unemployed.
... on a 500-day honeymoon.
... a Vietnam vet.
... a college dropout.
... a designer.
... in advertising.
... in fashion.
... 17.
... a 60-something freelance geologist.
... a former con man.
... a beer brewer.
... an Alaskan salmon fisherman.
... a parent, and here are my 3 kids.
... the most famous mountain climber in Poland.
... a nanny.
... a translator.
... the publisher of a local Vietnamese newspaper.
... a [female] teacher turned apprentice carpenter from Switzerland.
... a National Geographic underwater photographer.
... a Danish economist.
... working for an NGO.
... a yoga instructor.
... an army intelligence officer.
... an elite ski instructor.
... a dive instructor from [Belgium, UK, Australia, Kota Kinabalu ("KK"), Channel Islands, Germany, etc.].
... a traveler.
The only patterns we've been able to discern are that teachers and students are the most traveled despite having the least money, and that almost nobody we meet is American.
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
So why aren't you out on the road? Make travel a big part of your New Years resolutions. We have no regrets for 2013 and are even more excited by the potential of 2014!
What are your 2014 Travel-lutions?
What's stopping you from making the jump? Let us know in the comments!
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