Backpacking for a year as a way to grow oneself?

[something_else]

4 hours ago, Yimpa said:

Just be careful not to bite off more than you chew, though. You’ll inevitably quit if you go overboard, unless you’re really passionate about what you’re doing,

That’s true. I have ultimate flexibility, so it may be that I decide to come home after 3 months, or 6, or 12.

I’m just gonna play it by ear and see how it goes

[Yimpa]

4 minutes ago, something_else said:

That’s true. I have ultimate flexibility, so it may be that I decide to come home after 3 months, or 6, or 12.

I’m just gonna play it by ear and see how it goes

Fantastic. Let us know how it goes!

[MarkKol]

Where did you get the balls to go to such rural countries?

[WonderSeeker]

On 7/12/2023 at 3:39 AM, something_else said:

Oh shit, Mongolia is on my list of places to visit funnily enough! How was it? Do you have any recommendations?

And thank you for the encouragement 

Both my parents are encouraging it lol, it's my voice. It's pretty quiet but I do notice that a bit of doubt creeps in here or there.

Mongolia was incredible. Simply the best 6 weeks of my life (I'm age 25). I can tell you about it in depth, PM me. Sending this from Alaska on a crappy WiFi connection 

[something_else]

8 hours ago, MarkKol said:

Where did you get the balls to go to such rural countries?

What are you scared of? 

19 minutes ago, WonderSeeker said:

Mongolia was incredible. Simply the best 6 weeks of my life (I'm age 25). I can tell you about it in depth, PM me. Sending this from Alaska on a crappy WiFi connection 

Will do! 

[MarkKol]

4 hours ago, something_else said:

What are you scared of? 

5 hours ago, WonderSeeker said:

Just asking, I'm quite bold myself when it comes to where I go so developed asian countries like Japan, Taiwan & China are always a possibility for me.

But India? Nepal? How do you even move from place to place? they barely have roads in those countries.

[something_else]

19 hours ago, MarkKol said:

Just asking, I'm quite bold myself when it comes to where I go so developed asian countries like Japan, Taiwan & China are always a possibility for me.

But India? Nepal? How do you even move from place to place? they barely have roads in those countries.

Nepal has no trains so your options are flights or busses. I would imagine long distance travel in India is mostly by train or plane.

They have decent-ish roads between big cities, the issue is that they have a monsoon season every year that decimates many of the roads making it hard to actually maintain a consistent road network. But the people there figure shit out and things go on.

I went by bus for the adventure and I don’t regret it. I got a local bus a few times and also a tourist bus a few times.

Neither are particularly safe by developed standards but you’re probably going to be fine lol. The local bus was more dangerous but more of an adventure.

[PurpleTree]

Just came back from 6 months ? i think 6 months is enough for me though, i‘ve done it like 3 times