Preparing for long-distance travel
Traveling abroad art. You need to design, give courage, and endure endurance. When planning for a dream trip, you have to make a fine line between over-analysis and not-too-happy ignorance (Sudanese Summer, Anyone?).
There are several things to consider before booking a trip, and the most important one is to decide where and when to go.
When We Go
has a very good idea of where they want to go. This is a personal choice and you can see and experience wonderful places all over the world. If you intend to pay our systems for your travels, the most important factor in the budget is where to go.
How Much The World Costs
These numbers assume some things. First you are traveling slowly (up to a four days). Second, stay in clean, basic accommodations. While you can definitely rent a $ 3 room in Cambodia, most people are mature enough to want a business for a bit more comfort. The rooms have a bathroom, hot water, shower, towels, bed and TV, but not much else.
The following rates apply to two people, including food, room, laundry, toiletries, visas, and ground (usually local) travel:
o Southeast Asia: $ 50
o United Kingdom and Ireland: $ 100
o Australia and New Zealand: $ 80
o South America: $ 55
o Africa: $ 60
o Western Europe: $ 90
o Eastern Europe: $ 65
o Indian subcontinent: $ 40
o Japan: $ 90
As you can see, spending can be very reasonable, far more reasonable than what they are paying home today. However, you want to travel somewhere that your systems can afford.
In the Third World, such as Southeast Asia and India, you can escape faster and live better. Although we have visited the United Kingdom several times, my wife and I are still enjoying long trips in London. There is also a stronger reason to start the third world initially: from a new perspective. It is likely that if you read this, it is likely to rise in the Western world. When you board, you are undoubtedly ready for a change, and the transition from the first to the third world will be the opening of the eye than the transition from worker to entrepreneur.
All in all, my calculations are quite close to my personal experience.
Money Savings Tips
Some tips, travel agent and personal experience. There are a number of ways to provide your budget:
o Buy tickets before or last minute. So many people complain about rising flight costs when they bought the damn things months ago and saved a package. Here is the budget travel rule: pre-register the tickets if you know where you want to go if you do not want to buy the last moment. For example, there is currently a special discount flight to Hungary from San Francisco for three hundred dollars at the last minute. Are you planning to Hungary? No, but when the opportunity arises, you have to take it.
o Slum, then go out of everything. My wife and I went around Ireland without breaking the bank and still stayed in good quality guesthouses and breakfast rooms (including an old Irish castle). How did we do that? Simple: every night we camped for two nights at a great venue. After we arrived in our room for the night, we cleaned and enjoyed ourselves. The next morning we crashed and hit the road. With this approach you only skip the shower one day …
o Changing drinking habits. One of the most serious grievances with budget travel writers is the silly idea of sacrificing a cold beer in the name of saving money. There is a much better way to save a dollar while traveling. What you need to avoid the rods. You can drink cold beer or local spirits from cheap bottled stores (or strangely, from 7 to 11). I found myself considering Thailand buying a Guinness can of more than home. True, it was an Irish Pub on St. Patrick's Day, but come …
[atleasttwomonthsagostartasmallvaccinationbeforegoingonatripMultiplevaccinationsrequirethreetofourvisitsdividedintotwotothreeweeksHere'sashortlistofthemostcommonvaccinations(orveryrecommended)forglobaltravel:
o Hepatitis A and B. (if possible, get the combined vaccine)
o Japanese encephalitis
o Polio, diphtheria and tuberculosis
o Injury
o Tetanus
o typhus
Yellow fever Malaria
While malaria does not have vaccination, many anti-malaria tablets can be used to combat the disease (although none are 100% effective). Contact your doctor to find out which prescription is right for you. More information can be found on www.malaria.org .
For vaccinations, visit the local travel clinic or talk to your doctor. If you are currently an employee, check the benefits of vaccines. More than $ 700 have been saved for vaccinations, thanks to the health insurance provided by the former employer. Talk about a termination contract.
Food
When it comes to food, I follow some simple rules:
1. Eat in many restaurants where you are tall. Probably means that food is fresh.
2. Eat cooked meals. Try to avoid raw vegetables and raw fish. Fruits and vegetables that can be peeled can be a safer option. Consider taking vitamin tablets if you do not get enough fruit and vegetables.
3. Do not eat too much. If you put contaminated foods in your face, it becomes much worse as if you have eaten a smaller dose. He was ill twice a week abroad, shortly after a three-course meal in a top-quality steakhouse. Depending on where you travel, a water purification system may be required. I use Steripen Adventurer UV Purifier. The same size as the screwdriver, this miracle tool cleans 1 liter of water for one minute using an ultraviolet bulb and lithium batteries. Although not cheap, retail sales are approx. $ 130, Steripen is both easy and effective. Keep in mind that it does not work on ice because it is a common cause for travelers to fall ill.
If you want to buy bottled water on the beach, remember that many traders have refilled the used water bottles in local water and sold them. If the plastic seal is broken – and often this – you probably will not drink.
Traveling Diarrhea
Traveling diarrhea for foreign tourists for 30-50% weeks and is often accompanied by vomiting. In other words, do not be surprised if both ends are leaking … natural. The best thing? Take the counter against diarrhea or antibiotics (not something that just plugs in), drink lots of water, lie low and let the good or bad times flow. Symptoms should be clarified within a few days. Also, contact your doctor.
Connect loose end
Before you reach the road, you must close the shop. Although most of these steps are not required for short-term travel, these long-term migration is indispensable.
o Three to six months out:
o Get a passport (if not).
o Book flights.
o Visit your doctor or travel clinic to get vaccines. Check that the health insurance of the employer covers them before you leave.
o Determine how to deal with your life situation. Consider renting rented rent. This prevents you from storing your belongings and takes one step closer to paying your mortgage. The majority of those who are interested in furnished accommodation will work for a year or longer abroad: they are perfect for your intentions.
o Book a detainee, doctor, and optometric consultation for a month before you go and make sure you need clean healthcare. This gives you time to handle the cavities before you leave.
o One month out:
o Set the deletion time for all insurance policies, credit cards, and other items.
o Close any unused accounts (such as bank accounts and store accounts).
o Register for online banking (if not already).
o Set a redirect address at the post office to a friend or a P.O. Box on your behalf.
o Find someone to rent your car until you're gone. Be sure to make insurance and rent a car.
o Go to your dentist, doctor, and optometric meetings.
o Ensure travel insurance.
o Two weeks of leisure time:
o Enter your employer two weeks.
o Email your passport, driver's license, insurance policy, credit card and all the other important information you need while away.
o Stay checked by the passengers and send the security numbers by email.
o Notify your bank about purchasing your credit card abroad.
o Garzon sale. If you fail to sell most of your belongings, you will get another garage for a week. My wife and I have made over $ 1,500 two-day work, which means more than a month's travel in Southeast Asia. If you can not sell the stuff, look into a storage unit.
o Take the visa if you are in your first country.
Do not forget that you do not need half that you think is a real, long-term journey
What (not) packaged
Before Starting: Create a checklist of the items you need to do. It must contain at most the following:
passport
Driver License (International, if Possible)
Airline / Train Ticket
Credit Cards, Travel Checks and US Dollars
Copies of Important Documents
Youth hostel card
Diving certification (if applicable)
Passport photos (1 or 2 per country)
money belt
A small daily package
Sunglasses
A good book
Pen and notepad
Laptop and headset for Skype
Two pair of light trousers
A short pants
Three shirts (one outgoing)
1 pair of sandals
1 pair of shoes or boots
Underwear
Swim (if applicable)
toiletries
Silk sleep bag (no sleeping bag)
Sewing Set
Nail Cutters
Earplugs
First Aid Kit
Swiss Army Knife
Ownership rights only come to an end. For example, suppose you buy a new digital camera before you travel (probably you will). Of course, it's a great way to document your experience, but you're thinking a lot more than you think.
You have to think twice about swimming in the ocean, fearing someone steals it. Crossing the river can potentially destroy it. Strangers Become Potential Threats
And these are just material situations. The worst, and the most common thing, is to prevent you from actually living the space before you reach the camera. This effectively removes you from your environment and prevents you from ever gaining anything.
Why Was Einstein Flawed – How to Travel
According to relativity theory, time slows when speed increases. For example, imagine a friend passing through the whole or the solar system in a spaceship while still on Earth. Einstein has shown that your friend's clock is slower than his own.
Sadly the opposite is true during the journey. People nearing the speed of light – or at least loudly coming home – apparently did not know where they came from. Places are not just a checkbox on their route, an experience that does not have to be tasted, but for others. The classic "If this Tuesday, this is Rome" syndrome has been developed. Speed is no better, so do not try to travel at light speed.
My advice is to travel at the speed of smell
As I write this, a large Vietnamese market goes on less than five meters. The hot smell and the voice of conversational locals are something I could not have noticed in Vietnam's five-day rotating slices.
To truly experience its environment, it must be slowed down. Although guide books offer walking paths that allow one to "make" a city a day, it takes a much longer time. "
Somewhere along the line, we lost our waypoint. People visit pagodas, churches, churches, museums and art galleries not from personal interests, but from something misunderstood. If you do not like sports, forget the Superdome You Do not Have the First-Hand Patience Witness Do not Go to India
It's not about seeing the most valuable attractions, (19459005)
Your First Night Abroad: Have a Soft Swing
Your first two days must be considered as a transitional period in each new region. Do not throw yourself in the blend immediately book the hotel before departure and stay there for at least two nights, which will help the new one The first few nights should not be covered with travel plans, budgets or any other logistics … just unplug the power cord and rest until your body adapts to new attractions, scents and time zones
Lunch at 4 o'clock? How To Handle The Jet Lag
There are several ways to eliminate jet lag, which is a common problem among travelers. Probably some people find it harder than others; it takes more than a week while my wife takes a step. Here are some ways to fight jet lag:
o Do not eat. Studies have shown that liver needs to adapt to a new time zone longer than any other part of the body. If you have not eaten 12 hours or more, your body will adjust much more quickly. If this seems too much, try to consume the planned arrival hours a few days before departure (dinner at 10 o'clock, anyone?).
o Sunshine. The sun helps to stop the circadian clock, the better the better. Practice also helps.
o Pop some pills. There are additional over-the-counter tablets that claim to help with jet lag. Although I have no personal experience, I talked to more people who I swear without the Jet Lag.
Connecting
Now that he has released his time and place, he needs to monitor the systems and stay in touch with his loved ones. Here are some key tools for maintaining foreign systems.
Poste Restante
Great way to take home care packages. Get the main post in any city where you are (or soon) and the addressee of the person is your email address for the following:
Last Name,
Poste Restante, General Post
Settlement, Country
When you arrive at the post office, simply present your passport as an identification and you will be able to claim the email. In general, postal jobs are held worldwide for two years.
A great way to get in touch with the start of a travel blog. You can do this with free services such as Blogger.com or WordPress.com; both are free and can be set in a few minutes. By creating a travel blog, you can avoid group emails that are always forced and fairly common. So people who are really interested in your travel can check you anytime, if you like, leave comments and involve others in your blog.
Blogs provide much more creative freedom than emails. It can include pictures, videos, polls, international lessons, maps, and many other customizations that each provide a great travel agent after your trip.
Year of the Year: Wifi
The last name is the name of the game. As time goes by, internet access becomes increasingly important and can be used to rank the "free internet", such as free breakfast, swimming pool and massage. Let's face it: we are now able to create systems that pay for a lifestyle, completely free from employees. Free of fax machines, cabins, commuters and water coolers … so signing in to the bill to get into the money does not seem too big, right?
Waiting for internet cafes to get around. Pay $ 1-2 USD per hour. Considering that your business is internet-based, you may want to consider taking a laptop while traveling on your way to your goals.
Laptop: Luxurious or Needed
If you plan to develop multiple systems while traveling, you need a laptop. You need to upload websites to your websites, make phone interviews with prospective freelancers, and keep costs and revenue streams. If you only want to monitor or expand existing systems, you can use internet cafes, though work done by Chinese computer players is not what they've broken.
Laptops provide even greater security. You do not know what kind of spyware (programs that remember keystrokes for later use) may be on a random computer. In order to paraphrase sexually educated teachers, trust, monogamous connection is one of the best ways to avoid viruses.
Cell Phone
Although I do not personally use it, cellular services are constantly improving and save you time by inviting people who do not use Skype. For example, I spent thirty minutes searching for an international telephone call to call my bank for two minutes.
Skype
You should not miss the free international phone calls, and Skype provides this. Bring your friends and family to sign up for free chat via your laptop. More and more companies are jumping on the bandwagon, though banks and credit card companies are still behind the curve.
Another feature that can be used in some sense is the ability to make a US based phone number on your mobile phone abroad. If you make a customer service question, you will need to pay a domestic number. Finally, would you buy a product from a company that requires you to ask questions about East Timor?
Dragon Of course speech
If this software were not, this book would never have been written. For less than thirty dollars you get a microphone, a headset, and can dictate your laptop. I can "write" about 120 words per minute. Another advantage is that you can use the microphone and headphones with Skype.
USB Card
is an indispensable tool. There are times when you can not access the Internet without your laptop and a handy USB allows you to save your job.
Other technological miracles for working abroad
o GoToMyPC: This software allows you to access your home computer from anywhere in the world. If you conscientiously want to travel to a laptop this is the way. Remember, you have to pay online along the way, so it's a better way to travel on short-haul flights.
o World Electronics USA: Information on Global Phones. Good explanation of what GSM frequencies and "bands" are working in which countries will determine the phone (and perhaps home) purchased for travel.
o Universal Plug-in Adapter: I've bought adapters for a variety of digital cameras and laptops in a number of countries, although this may be a lot of fun if you're looking for a variety of different regions. This universal adapter wonders around the world.
o World Electric Guide: This site is life-saving when it comes to foreign electronic management. Breaks tension, performance, and other technical requirements per country.
Use what you have learned and found on the road.
Source by Thomas Pride