Comments on: Essential Tips For Self-Sustainable or Permanent Travel

By: dodong flores

dodong flores — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:33:02 +0000

OMG! I’m still tied up in my own low-paying “rat race”

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:12:33 +0000

Wise words as usual, adventuresaddict!

By: adventuresaddict

adventuresaddict — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:36:10 +0000

I’d like to add a few more points:
1) regarding the ‘good loans’ part. I would add also that you should aim for small and short loans. The bigger the loan, the longer it takes to repay, the more uncertainties there are in your future ability to repay it and get the same return (eg. rental). If, for example, you can earn a rental income net of mortgage repayment of $1000 for a property with a much smaller or shorter loan, while you can get only additional $100 if you were to take a loan double in size and duration, it’s safer –if you want to have sounder sleep–to opt for the former property.

2) One major reason why you will need to increase your expenses suddenly is poor health. So, you should ideally buy an insurance (maybe in Thailand or India if you could). But even if you don’t, you should go for annual health screening so that if you have any diseases you can discover them earlier and start to treat them as early as possible.

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:22:11 +0000

great post. i feel compelled. still working on the details, but i’m getting there…

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:54:04 +0000

Abby, I can only agree with you. Just live your life how you want it and how it makes you happy! It doesn’t necessarily need the big dollars. And Honduras is a beautiful country. Been there in the early 90′s and made my PADI Open Water course on Roatan. Great Caribbean atmosphere!

By: Abby

Abby — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:55:40 +0000

Hey everyone. I was working part time and living at my parents. I didnt know If I’d ever survive. All I wanted to do was get out of there. Sick of winter, and the advertisements every where. Ya I would think oh my crime and oo bugs. I landed a job through a non profit to teach abroad in Honduras. Unlike some other teaching abroad programs I get all expense paid. They are out there. I didnt have any money saved up and they really don’t pay me a whole lot in american money. I get free housing. The crime isn’t too bad and I may see a spider once in a blue. The beach is less than a mile away. Its nice all year round. 1 dollar to 20 lempiras and you can get a cab to town for a buck. Also I had experience with kids but no degree. Anyone can really do it. Its just sucking it up and going out there. Also for those who suck at spanish, so do I,but I am still out there away from the 8-10 hour day shift.

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Cost of Living Chart - Philippines (in Peso, Dollar and Euro) | nomad4ever — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:12:55 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:33:55 +0000

Anna – these jobs usually don’t exist in Indonesia but on a global, international scale. Indonesia’s companies pay based on local standards, so you wouldn’t probably be able to make a living from it.

The trick is to have your income in hard currency, but your expenses in local currency.

These kind of Online Jobs you have to pursue online as well, or via connections you made during your working life. It all depends on what you want to do Online. Then you have to find companies/websites who are in need of your qualification and willing to pay for it. To land such a job can be as easy as writing a paid guest article for a website/travel magazine, but it will be definitely more difficult to find a steadily-paying job comparable to an office job in the offline world.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:27:53 +0000

If you like working on the internet – you can make money online (freelance writing for magazines, blogs, websites), but it will take some serious effort and time-consuming online networking, so I wouldn’t recommend to rely on that, if you are not that internet-affine yet. If you are already an Online Junkie, why not considering working abroad? You can work virtually from every corner of the planet………………

Any suggestions on how I can find a job like this in Indonesia??

PS-I love your blog and left you a message on your youtube page, but I think youthink is still blocked in Indonesia…

Look forward to hearing from you.

~Anna~

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Cost of Living Chart - Bali (in Rupiah, Dollar and Euro) | nomad4ever — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:02:14 +0000

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