Taking a year off to travel the world - thoughts, advice and ideas - Page 3

What's wrong with that? Too hippy?

2. I see the need for flip flops. What is the difference between hiking and regular sneakers? Are these some serious hiking boots? Seems like quite a bit of additional weight, no? Is this something you couldn't have done with a regular sneaker?
Also, I assume nice (& clean) sneakers are acceptable wear for any club? My interest in loafers were also coming from a desire to sit in cafe's in Italy and Spain sipping a drink and looking badass. Sneakers may not have the same impact, atleast in my head.

4. Fair enough, we'll see where I fall out. Worst case, I have a comfortable cushion. I am actually trying to keep the flying to a minimum but I will need to do a India to Singapore and China to Europe (or Turkey).

5. Sagely advice. And really cool site. I can actually use it to meet a couple of people during my Kiva experience too, as that is in a new city (and country).

Thanks for the tips in the last paragraph too, some good stuff. I have a fair amount of friends in Delhi so I will definitely need to make a stop. Hopefully I have more fun than you did!
What's wrong with Sihanoukville? Too many tourists? Bokor looks cool as hell. Is it a day trip or you can stay there?




I have actually heard from a couple of people that Taiwan is a lot of fun. Also have a couple of friends from college who live there. Maybe worth a short stop.

Appreciate the tips in China, will try to make the ones that are on our path.

I love HK as well. Was there last summer and it was ridic. humid. Hoping to make it a bit earlier in the year this time around.

I also used to live in Singapore so it is almost like a second home. I love Singapore for its food. However, living in Singapore, never made it out to Malaysia. Great food as well, or so I hear. Definitely will try check out the islands too.
The Cameron Highlands looks interesting. It is a region, not a town, correct? Wiki indicates its a collection of towns - you just go to one and jump around?

It's sad but six months isn't long enough to hit up Eastern Europe as much as I'd like. Those countries will have to be kept for another time. I had a friend who did a similar trip recently and one of the best advice I got was to stick to a place and spend some time there. I am trying to do that as much as I can.



That is fuckin' amazing. Will shoot them an email as I get closer to the time.


What were your thoughts on Laos?
I spoke to an Ashoka fellow as well when I was considering Kiva. Nevertheless, Kiva is a great organization and every past Fellow I spoke to had great things to say.
Wasn't a 65 too big? I was thinking something smaller and ideally something that doesn't stand out from a mile. Do you feel you had stuff in there you could have lived without?



I agree. I think the couchsurfer idea shared earlier is a good spot to start but in general, meeting people is certainly the highlight of any city.

I speak hindi, bengali and spanish. I can also survive on basic french and mandarin. Knowing hindi helps me understand urdu relatively well as well. My friend and I only overlap in English so he covers a couple of different countries. Why do you ask?

Sorry for the lack of replies, I took off for the first part of my trip, which is the Kiva fellowship. cldpsu, I learned french in school. Not for long enough to learn it well, unfortunately. Rambo, the trip will not be very well planned. Take it as it comes. No set periods but I have a rough idea of what I want to see. Meanwhile, I have a blog here in an attempt to document my year. Thanks for all the ideas and if anyone happens to have visited the part of the world I happen to be in, I would love to get any ideas / thoughts. Thanks!