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~ From living like a queen in Thailand & ridding in private jets, to working on a farm in Zimbabwe - Brittany's life is anything but boring.~ In Thailand earning just $1,000 bucks a month she was afforded 3 massages a week and treated her friends to dinner like a true high roller. Later she said yes to a charming French man who offered the spare seat in his Toyota camping car.  Favorite Quotes: “Well there is an empty seat next to me.” “We have to live like children… A child lives with curiosity, excitement, and fearlessness. They think with their hearts.”  “If you travel slowly and wisely you can live on less.”  “If we live in France we would have to work just to eat.”  “Pace is something that if you’re in a couple you’re always working on.” “The key is the journey is the goal.”  Their Ride (sourced from wanderingfootsteps.com): A 1988 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ75 with +600,000 kilometers (+372,823 miles) It's 19 feet long The Continents Visited Include: Africa, Asia, Europe, N. and S. America Container Shippings (not ferries): 3 (S. Korea – Los Angeles; Panama – Colombia; Uruguay – S. Africa) Years on the Road: 17, and still goin’ strong! Brittany's Best Resources: Horizons Unlimited - the big one sourcing all you need to know about camping cars and container shippings, ferries, securing the papers for international travel with a vehicle, etc.  There are many forums to make contacts with other travelers. Camper-van Life a good place for buying or designing a camping car; also has tips on things like money, internet, travel guides and campsites. Camper Contact to find free and affordable overnight parking spaces for camping cars in Europe. Camping Key and Camping Card Discount for campsites in Europe.

~ A custody battle, a kidnapping, and an introduction to Latin America that would forever change her life. ~ Lily’s background will shock you. She was kidnapped by her mom due to an ugly custody battle and taken to Mexico as a young child. While it was a hard to be on the run, learn a new language, and change aliases often she wouldn’t change a thing. Learn about what it’s like to work in the South Pole station, and how someone could truly come home and say they learned how to swing dance in Antartica.  Fouts shares the biggest struggle with life on the road: consistent interaction with friends and relationship building. In Episode 3 Gustav, the Modern Nomad, dives into great detail addressing this common problem and he has some great solutions. Favorite Quote:  “It was harder reintegrating in the US because we looked like everyone else but had watched different shows growing up… and were essentially Mexican. In Mexico we stood out so, if our behavior was a bit odd, it was just chalked out to us being foreigners.”   If you want to learn more about how to move, live, work, and retire in Ecuador read, Becoming an Expat: Ecuador   If you enjoyed this podcast please rate and review it in iTunes Resources: Third Culture Kids: Growing up Among Worlds Responsible Expatting- Blog Entry Finding a Furnished Apartment in Loja- Blog Entry Blog Entries Abou

~ The adventures of one couple, a 28' sailboat and a Pacific Crossing ~ I’ve known Ryan Levinson for sometime so I can tell you, you're in for a treat. We met while working on an ambulance together in San Diego. Ryan has been a lot of things already: an EMT, professional kite surfer, SUP boarder, 100 ton merchant captian, and more; and all with Muscular Dystrophy.  Our interviews to date have all been land-roamers, so I’m excited to share with you what life is like in the endless sea. Ryan and his wife Nicole decided to sail their 38 foot sail boat, Naoma, down and across the Pacific. They're inspirational people who charge life in every aspect of the now. Learn about what provoked this life change, their preparations and adventures they encountered along the way. If you enjoy this podcast please rate and review on iTunes   My Favorite Quote From the Show "Too much comfort is costly." "There are two kinds of sailers... those that never leave dock, and those that prepare the best they can then go for it." "You have to know how to become completely self-sufficient." "Their are four major concerns on the water: water, fuel, power, and weather. It's kinda' neat in that sense because once you get out there it's simple." "With Muscular Dystrophy it's like you are standing on a balance ball 24 hours a day." "Life is like reading a good book, I'm super into it right now and I just want to see where it goes." "I'm much more afraid of if we don't go." "It's really a simple existence, you just preserve your shelter, food, and take care of one another."   Resources: Passage Making- Guidebook to help prepare for a major crossing

I got sicker than I've even been the second I landed in Cusco, Peru (elevation near 12,000 ft). I had a doctor come to my hostel and after about two minutes talking to me and measuring the amount of oxygen in my blood he called for an ambulance. All in all, I was diagnosed with the flu, salmonella, pnemonia, strep throat, and severe altitude sickness. Listen to this episode to learn what it's like to be sick abroad. If you enjoy this podcast please rate and review on iTunes    

This episode is packed with helpful information from the founder of Greenback Taxes and well known tax guru, David McKeegan. He makes complex tax topics like Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, FBAR, and more simple. We even talked about the tax implications of investing in gold! I created this podcast this show for our Becoming an Expat podcast, but now realize all of the information is applicable for nomads, globe-trotters, and wanderers. Simply, change the verbage in your head from expat to wanderer (or your favorite term) as it comes up.  Send me your questions on our Facebook page and I will be happy to ask him on our next interview. If you enjoy this podcast please rate and review on iTunes

Derek Earl Baron, a.k.a. Wandering Earl, made for an amazing interview. He left Boston with $1,500 for a three month vacation as a treat for getting his undergraduate degree. His 3 month vacation has lasted 15 years and counting. Y2K in Cambodia convinced him that he had to figure out a way to stay on the road. Enjoy his stories ranging from getting kidnapped and kicked out of Romania, to cruising the world. My Favorite Quotes From the Show "I would have stopped traveling a long time ago if I were just going to see the sites... it's all about the people, the networking, the interactions with people who otherwise you would have never come across had you not traveled. That's the main reason I'm still traveling." "I talked to everyone I met and asked them how they traveled for longer periods of time, because this was before Google had much on how to travel this way."  "The more people you talk to the more you learn about how possible it really is." "My confidence grew every time I talked to someone was doing it." "The more you travel the more you find out how to make your money last longer." "If you use the same resume format that you use on land for a cruise job it's not going to work."  "Every country I go to for a different reason." "I think the only thing I'd change would be to try and have more of a purpose from the beginning." Resources Mentioned Blog entry about 

Nora Dunn shares her life journey from fianancial planning to a life on the road. She turned in her office key in 2006 and has never looked back. Curious about how much it costs to live around the world? Find out how much she spent and how much she earned in 2014! In addition to being a financial guru she is an expert securing free accomadations and and a bonafied train traveling junkie. She once traveled 30 days by train from Portugal to Vietnam nonstop!  If you enjoyed this podcast please rate and review on iTunes   My Favorite Quotes in the Interview:  "A giant pile of money isn't going to do you a fat lot of good unless you know what you want to do with your life." "What was my lifestyle like? I was busy 20 hours a day and still wasn't happy which was what lead me to a physical breakdown." "Once you become a little more in touch with who you are and what it is you want to do that natural balance really does predicate your lifestyle a little bit more." "These days on average people will change their career 8 times before they turn 40." "Employers are no longer loyal to employees for their lifetime, nor are employees loyal to employers in the same way." "I just want to flippin' retire! Stop the bus, I want to get off." "What does retirement mean to me?... I wanted to climb the mountains of the world, volunteer around the world, break bread around the world... truley understand different cultures around the world." "Sometimes life's misadventures make for the best adventures and learning experiences." "Whe

The Modern Nomad, Gustav Andersson, takes life by the horns and shares his journey in this episode and through his honest and exhilerating blog www.themodernnomad.com.      He shares how he ended up in a lifestyle of travel, how he funds it, how to deal with language barriers and face your fears, how to manage the ever changing relationships from afar and what it's like being gay around the world. He even turns the tables towards the end and asks me what it's like traveling around the world as a couple. If you enjoy this podcast please rate and review on iTunes Favorite Quotes:  “Accept your friends they way they are and how they act or you don’t accept them at all. Accept the way they handle this strange situation you put them in.” “Trust in the generosity of strangers.” “Your life becomes very much less about possessions, it becomes more about connections, experiences, memories it’s liberating.” “If you’re curious about the lifestyle it’s probably a good idea to give it a shoot, just so that you know what it’s like. then you can make a decision if you want to continue it, change it, adapt it, or abandon it.”

In this episode Rachel shares her experiences from bull riding in Panama and living in Israel during a war, to getting ridiculously lost in Romania. Pink Pangea's Co-Founder, Rachel Sales, is one extraordinary gal. She has lived and worked from a variety of countries and because of this was inspired to help women around the world realize that it is safe and beneficial to travel solo.  She annilates the myths about women's rights in Israel, and provides insights about: why her community excels at living in the present, how she founded an international company, and her favorite adventures along the way. If you enjoyed this podcast please rate and review on iTunes.   Resources: Pink Pangea The 5 Superpowers of Coconut Water 

Hecktic Travels- Dalene & Pete Heck www.Hecktictravels.com No possessions, no plans, just travel   Dalene Heck from Hecktic Travels sat down with us to share her extraordinary life. She explains how her and her husband, Pete shifted form corporate drones to fulltime adventurers. For them it took 7 months of tragedies to send them to their new life. In fact, travel worked better to heal them than any other method. They share how they sustain their fulltime travel lifestyles and their favorite experiences from a culmination of over 45 countries. From Ice hotels and dog sledding to housesitting and living life as a local in Turkey.  Learn from their experiences and mistakes and soak up the inspiration from these two! If you enjoyed this podcast please rate and review it on iTunes Favorite Quotes: "I don't need a car, I miss my bath robe." "For some reason the older boys always wanted to race me." " Awards: 2014 National Geography Travelers of the Year, BlogHer Voice of the Year in ’12 & ’14 Answers to their most commonly received questions:  http://www.hecktictravels.com/about Recent Pictures Taken By Hecktic Travels of their adventures: