Week-In-The-Life Series

Here’s a week-in-the-life of Nicole of Woman Seeks World as she takes the train through India. Hmm….trains….

Here’s a week-in-the-life of Mariano as he finishes the Trans-Siberian from Mongolia to Beijing, then works his way to Hong Kong.

Todd & Lauren and left their jobs, not to travel, but to build a business. Since they were building a travel business, it was a great opportunity to test-drive the ‘digital nomad’ lifestyle. So after developing and launching Globetroopers, they left their home in Sydney, Australia, for a life of … Read More

Here’s a week-in-the-life of Paul Kilfoil from South Africa, traveling with his wife and son through South America.

Please enjoy this week-in-the-life about Turner’s teaching life in small-town South Korea.

When Leif (creator of The Runaway Guide) was 16, he ran away from home and explored much of Europe and the Middle East without a penny to his name. He’s most recently undertaken intense budget excursions to India, Eastern Europe, Nepal, Thailand and Japan. While living and studying at the … Read More

The Nomadic Chick is born: While planning a full escape from her corporate-tour-of-duty, Jeannie Mark’s job suddenly quit her.  In June 2010, she set off to explore the world, find stories and grow exponentially.  She recently spent three months volunteering at a small village in India with Child Haven, a … Read More

Three years ago, Vesna and Mike started assessing their lives – including the hours they weren’t spending on their passions – and determining what truly matters. After a trip to visit family in Europe and living minimally for three weeks, they came home to a mortgage and a load of … Read More

Sean King grew up in Hartley, Australia, and while it was (and still is) a beautiful place, it’s an isolated town on a giant isolated Island. It left him yearning for something a little different. So a few months ago he bought a backpack, picked a starting point, and started … Read More

Erin & Simon of Never Ending Voyage sold everything they owned and left the UK in March 2010 to travel the world forever. They recently spent two months renting an apartment in Medellin, Colombia, getting lots of their location independent work done. Please enjoy this week-in-the-life of Erin and Simon, … Read More

After Dalene and Pete suffered a number of personal tragedies in 2007, they realized that life was way too short to be stuck in unfulfilling careers and in a too-large house filled with *stuff*.  Hecktic Travels was born when they quit their jobs, sold everything, and have been traveling since … Read More

Earl left home in 1999 with $1500 in his bank account and the idea of taking a three month backpacking trip through SE Asia. That same trip has yet to end and has involved endless adventures. Earl doesn’t collect stamps in his passport; instead he focuses on human interactions and … Read More

After years of working 70-80 hours per week at jobs that paid the bills but brought no joy, a serious illness made Barbara Weibel realize she felt like the proverbial “hole in the donut” – solid on the outside but empty on the inside. After recovering her health, she walked … Read More

Johnny Ward (OneStep4Ward) had his life planned out – study finance, graduate, spend a year abroad, move to London, become an investment banker, get rich and drive a Ferrari. He got stuck on the abroad part. Since graduating in 2006 Johnny has lived, worked, volunteered, studied and backpacked through 50 … Read More

Globetrottergirls are Dani and Jess, a German-American travel writer and aspiring photographer who left their adopted home in London in April 2010 to become location independent, working on a freelance basis for their UK-based employers. They started their journey in the United States where they traveled 70 days through California, … Read More

Tim Leffel chucked his music business career and took three trips around the world with his now-wife in the mid-90s. He taught English in Turkey and Korea and began a career as a travel writer. He settled down to have a child and wrote the popular budget travel guide The … Read More

Traveling around the world was a vision for Akila and Patrick that turned from a three-month trip to a multi-year lifestyle.  Akila writes for online magazines and blogs and is working on a novel, while Patrick consults for his software design firm doing software architecture and grant writing. They left … Read More

I met Andy Hayes in Edinburgh, having known him online for a while. Andy is a location independent entrepreneur with an interesting approach to working and travelling. First of all, he maintains a home base somewhere in the world (it changes from time to time). Next, he works on a … Read More

Stephanie and John recently traveled quite unconventionally; they criss-crossed the States (and a bit of Canada) for three months in a replica of National Lampoon’s Wagon Queen Family Truckster! They slept in vacation rentals under the sponsorship of HomeAway .com, and awoke most mornings to crowds of nostalgic fans ogling … Read More

Marcello (also known as the Wandering Trader) has always taken extended vacations, but eventually he decided to get away from it all more permanently and left for Sicily.  He now travels the world by spending 2-5 months by creating a base and then taking weekend excursions to all the tourist … Read More

Craig and Linda Martin have been traveling around the world full time since February 2006. The middle of 2010 finds these two Kiwis on the tracks between Berlin, Germany and Utrecht, Holland while they work on their company, Indie Travel Media Ltd producing websites like the award-winning Indie Travel Podcast. Please … Read More

About 6 months ago, Taylor and Rachel made the decision to leave their big, important corporate jobs in sunny San Francisco and travel for 6-12 months through Central and South America and Europe. They set some loose goals to learn Spanish, play guitar, and give thought to life’s most important … Read More

David Thompson is an International travel writer and prolific traveler who has been writing professionally since 1996. California raised, he co-founded a collegiate Solar Racing Team which designed & built a solar car from scratch. Since then, he’s been adventuring all over the world and sharing his words of wisdom … Read More

Travel doesn’t always go as planned. That’s what Stephanie Lee discovered in Egypt. Stephanie Lee was born in Malaysia, and has lived in three different countries. She spent her childhood in Kuala Lumpur, and later moved to San Francisco during her teenage years. She then went on to study architecture … Read More

George, Drew, David (picture: left to right), and Jamie operate a community and online store for active people, LiveOutThere (currently debunked). Jamie, the chief adventurer, recently summited Mt Everest for the second time and the entire team went along for the trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp. After spending a … Read More

Martijn Reintjes and his girlfriend rented out their home in Holland for the year and left for Central America (including Honduras) and the Caribbean. She wanted to follow her dream of volunteering as a child psychologist and Martijn decided to turn his game design studio in a location independent enterprise. … Read More

Bernard Pollack and Danielle Nierenberg embarked in October 2009 on a journey to visit almost every country in Africa. Their mission: to dispel the idea that Africa is only about conflict, disease and famine. They’re meeting with farmers, workers, NGO’s, and governments to tell stories of hope and success in … Read More

Ben is an engineer by trade but an adventurer by necessity. He’s terrible at speaking foreign languages but loves to do so. Being on two wheels is where he’s most at home while traveling the world. Please enjoy this week-in-the-life of Ben motorcycling through South America. This post was originally published … Read More

Kirsty left Canada in 2001 and has been traveling, working, and volunteering abroad ever since. Of the past two years, she has spent 11 months doing disaster relief work in Bangladesh, Haiti, and Indonesia. Please enjoy a week-in-the-life of Kirsty as she returns to Haiti to volunteer her time with … Read More

After settling down for far too long, Becky Ances and her husband Ryan decided to abandon their comfortable life for the unexpected in China. They initially signed up to be English teachers for 6 months but enjoyed it so much they extended it for a year. Please enjoy a week-in-the-life … Read More

Sherry has been blogging about her travels on Ottsworld for 3 ½ years.  She quit her corporate job and traveled (primarily solo) around the world to over 23 countries, armed with her camera.  Recently she spent the last year living in Vietnam experiencing the ups and downs of expat life … Read More

Russell Slater is a freelance journalist currently hopping on a bus, eating a baguette and listening to his walkman. It’s no surprise then that he likes writing about travel, food and music. He is a regular contributor to Uruguay Now, Brazzil, Matador Travel and A Different League, writes occasionally for … Read More

Saben and Lin are two twenty-somethings backpacking around the world on a tight budget. Leaving the cube farm and the class room (respectively) they left with a vague plan and a small savings account that has turned into an adventure crossing 5 continents and over 20 countries. You can check … Read More

After 10 years in the Internet industry, veteran web designer Kelly Hale and developer Mike Schimanowsky sold all their worldly belongings, bid farewell to friends and family, packed a laptop, and traded in the daily 9-5 for a life of nomadic freelancing and travel. Having just completed their first year … Read More

Attempting to avoid Canadian winters at all costs, Chris & Cathy decided in 2004 that traveling and teaching would be an ideal way to immerse themselves in foreign cultures and not merely pass through them, staring wide-eyed from a bus. They quit their jobs, sold their house, put everything remaining … Read More

When Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll left their stable lives and jobs to travel around the world in December 2006, they expected to be on the road for 12 months. Over two and a half years later they are barely halfway there; exploration takes time. You may find them on … Read More

Having lived in London (England) all her life, Rosie has traveled extensively through America, Europe, Asia & Africa as a solo female visiting some 32 countries. She met her partner (Paul) on a singles holiday (the one & only package she ever took!).  After Rosie’s 33 years in retail banking … Read More

Corbett Barr is an entrepreneur and blogger who has spent the past seven months on a road trip with his wife through Mexico and the Western U.S. and Canada. You can find him at his namesake website where he writes about lifestyle design. Please enjoy a little insight into what … Read More

After spending years in corporate America and then being laid off, Brian took the opportunity to jet off to foreign lands instead of picking up the want ads. He traveled around the world, visiting 4 continents, seeing new cultures and making new friends. Below, please enjoy a week-in-the-life of Brian … Read More

Friedel and Andrew Grant are Travelling Two: two Canadians who set off in 2006 to travel the world by bicycle. They have been on the road solidly since then, and have cycled through approximately 30 countries so far. Their decision to travel by bicycle is less a function of them … Read More

Lea and Jonathan Woodward are originally from the UK, and enjoy careers that allow them to be location independent. They tend to spend up to three months in any given destination, and they enjoy renting furnished apartments as opposed to staying on the hostel circuit. Since 2007, they have spent … Read More

Sue started traveling solo in America when she dropped out of a chemistry PhD program at the University of Minnesota, packed up her car with camping gear, and hit the road to….somewhere. Her website Road Schooled (since debunked) is about what she has learned on the non-traditional road. Below, please … Read More

Almost five years ago, Dave of The Longest Way Home started traveling the world in search of a place he could call home. His largely overland travels have taken him to a good 17 countries since then. While in Tibet and China, he found himself in the middle of an uprising, … Read More

Dave Bouskill and Debra Corbeil (better known as Dave and Deb) are an adventure travel couple from Canada. Together they have traveled to over 30 countries on 5 continents; hiking, bicycling, climbing, diving, and trekking their way around the world. Last year, they spent four months on two wheels, doing … Read More

Want to know what the average week looks like for a full-time/long-term/expat traveler? You have come to the right place, my friend. Welcome to the first of what will be a regular week-in-the-life series! First, some background information: There is a lot of mystery around the daily routines of  long-term/full-time … Read More