May 2012

How The Happy Nomad Tour Rolls – Loneliness

May 31, 2012

Many people have asked me how I could just leave my job and seemingly travel perpetually. How can I afford it? How do you find places to stay for free all the time? How do you find places to volunteer? All questions I’ve received by email, and now I’m sharing the secrets in a series [...]

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Speaking At Centrum Business School In Lima, Peru

May 30, 2012

I had the good fortune of being invited by Centrum Business School, the graduate business school attached to Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, to give a speech about my experiences and share some advice. Spanish When we started talking about the event, I was told it would be in English. No problem. When everything was [...]

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Lima, Peru – A Home Away From Home

May 29, 2012

Lima. It’s a place I knew I could call home ever since I lived with my Peruvian sisters in Madrid. But I didn’t realize just how much I’d feel at home there. Arrival I arrived after my marathon bus ride from Yauya. My friend, Gigi, had a crazy day of running around to finish things [...]

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From Snow To Mountain Greenery To Desert Hotness – A Bus Trip With A Little Of Everything Earth Has To Offer

May 28, 2012

Getting from Yauya to Lima was a 20-hour a process. First, there was the night bus from Yauya to Huaraz. You leave Yauya at 9pm and arrive in Huaraz at 5am. Along the way you pass through the Cordillera Blanca. At 4800m/3 miles high, you are right in the thick of the mountain snow. The [...]

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The Happy Nomad Tour Anthems

May 26, 2012

A year ago I wrote a post about my anthems in life. Although those songs still hold true, some new songs have taken on some meaning as well. Below you can see some new anthems I’ve incorporated into my life as a result of The Happy Nomad Tour. Makes Me Feel Thankful This song kept [...]

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Photo Friday – Reflecting Back To The Start Of This Trip As I Briefly Return Home – Cleveland, OH, USA

May 25, 2012

As I return home to Cleveland this morning exactly 9 months after entering Latin America and traveling 22,591km/14,040mi, below is a video I shot in the Cleveland Airport on August 10th, 2011 at the start of The Happy Nomad Tour. I never could have imagined how wonderful this experience would be, and all the amazing [...]

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How The Happy Nomad Tour Rolls – Money

May 24, 2012

Many people have asked me how I could just leave my job and seemingly travel perpetually. How can I afford it? How do you find places to stay for free all the time? How do you find places to volunteer? All questions I’ve received by email, and now I’m sharing the secrets in a series [...]

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Que Caro Es Ser Pobre/How Expensive It Is To Be Poor – Change For A 50?

May 23, 2012

When I was volunteering at Maya Pedal in Guatemala there was a sign on the wall that said “Que Caro Es Ser Pobre”. It means “How expensive it is to be poor.” As I travel through many of the world’s “poor” countries, I am writing a series of articles about how expensive it is to be poor. [...]

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Volunteering At Jatun Nani – A Rural Library Project Close To Heaven

May 22, 2012

As I mentioned in my post about Yauya, I ended up here thanks to a friend of mine from my MBA. But I had no idea what to expect other than being completely off the grid. What I found in Yauya stunned me and, in the words of the Indonesian Guru from Eat, Pray, Love, [...]

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