13 Bloggers I follow, Who are living a life of travel

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Lifetime Traveling, Inspirational, Emotional and breath taking stories of the Bloggers from around the World.

Hi Guyzzz, this post is really close to my heart.

I started traveling in 2007  and after that I almost stopped traveling. It was like once in a year. But now  in 2014 since last 2 years I have gain momentum and try to travel every month. Really traveling has changed me a lot. Previously I was really a care free kind of person but traveling made me responsible. Now I have become more accountable for everything what I do. But now if I go back and think about my previous life, its like I didn’t live before.

I don’t want to die in this cubicle. I am really sick of this 9 to 5 job. I work with those kind of people who come at same time & leave at same time and sometimes it seems that they wear same kind of clothes. I cannot live this kind of life!! It seemed to be the most ridiculous thing on earth.

But Now after 7 years, I really can’t resist and felt it more than ever.

I want to Travel the World, for the rest of my life.

But is it possible, if yes, how?? How we can leave our roots? So traveling and living at the same time- Can we make enough?? These are the speed brakers which stops many. But I am not going to stop.

If I look around me there are many peoples who are doing this. Some of the most interesting travel bloggers whom I follow- are living a life of travel. I want to learn from them and also spread the awareness that it’s an art and not any rocket science. Each of them has some or the other interesting story. 

The below is the list:

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Matt Kepnes, 30 years

 

   Traveling Since 2006

   Originally from Boston

  www.nomadicmatt.com

   Solo Traveler

   Quit his Corporate Job

 

Motto: I’m here to show you that it’s possible to travel without a lot of money.

Must Read : Click here

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I am following him for last 1 year. His story is really inspiring. Here it is:

My name is Nomadic Matt and I’ve been traveling the world since 2006. Growing up in Boston, I was never a big traveler. I didn’t take my first trip overseas until I was 23. Outside a cruise and college trip to Montreal, I had no travel experience. After college, I got a job and the standard American two weeks a year vacation. I wanted to use that time to travel. After all, it was vacation time, right? So for my first trip overseas, I went on a tour to Costa Rica.

That trip changed my life. From that moment on, I was hooked.

But like most Americans I only had two weeks of vacation per year and I didn’t know any of the genius ways to save money and travel longer. A trip to Thailand in 2005 changed that. There in the wonderful city of Chiang Mai, I met five backpackers who showed me that I didn’t have to be tied down to my job and that I didn’t need to be rich to travel. After that trip, I went home, finished my MBA, quit my cubicle job, and, in July 2006, set out on an adventure around the world. My original trip was supposed to last a year. I didn’t come home until 18 months later. Back home, I quickly realized I couldn’t go back to working in a cubicle and, three months later, I was on the road again.

Source: http://www.nomadicmatt.com/about-matt/

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Kate McCulley, 29 years

  Traveling Since 2010

  Originally from Boston

  http://www.adventurouskate.com/

  Solo Traveler

 

Quit her Corporate Job

Motto: My goal is to show YOU how you can travel the world on your own — easily, safely, and adventurously

Must Read: Click here

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Who is Adventurous Kate and why her life is so inspiring:

I’m a 29-year-old girl originally from the Boston area. After four years of establishing a career in online marketing and a lifetime dreaming of traveling the world, I decided that it was time to make it happen. In September 2010, at the age of 26, I quit my job to travel Southeast Asia for six months. Six months turned into three years across more than 45 countries.

While in Southeast Asia, I worked on developing this site along with building a freelance work portfolio. After returning to the U.S. in May 2011, I realized that I was making almost enough money to support myself full-time. With a little ramping up, I wouldn’t have to go back to a conventional job. So I ramped it WAY up — and I haven’t looked back since.

In August 2011, I moved to England, spending half my time there and spending the other half traveling primarily around Europe, with occasional jaunts to places like Mexico, South Africa, and Jordan. In September 2012, I met a wonderful and handsome man named Mario, owner of the Someone Once Told Me site. Soon I moved to London to be with him. Nine months after we started dating, we got engaged in Malta! Today, Mario and I are traveling the world on the SOTM Tour. For one year, we’re meeting people around the world and documenting their stories for Someone Once Told Me. In June 2014, we plan to settle down in London — but I will absolutely keep up the traveling, both solo and with him!

Source: http://www.adventurouskate.com/about-this-blog/about-kate/

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Shivya Nath, 26 years

  Traveling since 2011

  Originally from Dehradun , India

  http://the-shooting-star.com/

  Solo Traveler

  Quit her Corporate Job

 

  Motto: The Shooting Star is the home of all my travels, and I hope to inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and discover the world.

Must Read: Click here 

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She is an Inspiration for me. What makes her a star:

My name is Shivya Nath, and at age 23, I quit my corporate job to travel the world. I live a nomadic life, seek adventures off the beaten path, and work on the go to fund my travels. The Shooting Star is the home of all my travels, and I hope to inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and discover the world. I grew up in a protective Indian family in Dehradun, a small town at the base of the Himalayas, and spent my childhood wondering what lay beyond the mountains I could see from my roof. Upon finishing high school, I went to Singapore to study, with big dreams and a big student loan. As luck would have it, I graduated in the middle of the financial recession of 2009, when most companies I wanted to work with had ceased their hiring. I landed a job with the Singapore Tourism Board, where I learnt everything I know about social media, and started following the journey of travel bloggers across the world.

It was impossible to tame my restless cubicle-bound soul, so in 2011, I took a 2 month sabbatical from work. I went flash-packing across Western Europe with a friend, and volunteer-travelled by myself in the high Himalayas of India. In those two months, I saw, experienced and lived more than I ever had before, and decided to quit my first & only corporate job with the dream of travelling the world on my own terms.

Source: http://the-shooting-star.com/about-me/

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Lauren Juliff

Traveling since 2011

  Originally from London, England

  http://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/

  Solo Traveler

  Quit her Corporate job

  Sold everything what she owned

  Must Read: Click here

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The girl who never went out alone, never used public transport, never ate rice is traveling alone since last 3 years. Who is she:

Hi. My name is Lauren and I am a digital nomad, originally from London, England. I’ve been travelling and working my way around the world on a permanent basis for over two years. I wasn’t rich and I didn’t have substantial savings — there are no rich relatives funding this adventure. For five years, I worked three jobs while studying full-time at University. I sold everything I owned. I didn’t eat out and I didn’t buy anything I didn’t need. I even moved in with my parents. By making travel my priority I was able to save £15,000 ($24,000) over those five years — enough to keep me travelling for a couple of years.

To reach this point, where I can cover my expenses and travel full-time, took many, many years of hard work and lots of trial and error. I made hundreds of mistakes, wasted energy and squandered time — all so that I could spend more time staring at a laptop than lying on a beach.

Source: http://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/about-lauren/

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Alexandra Kovacova, 29 years

Traveling since 2009

  Originally from Snina, Slovakia

http://www.crazysexyfuntraveler.com/

  Solo Traveler

  She was never a Corporate Slave

 

Must Read: Click here

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A model, cabin crew, healthy lifestyle consultant and now a travel blogger. How she has done so much:

My name is Alexandra Kovacova, called Saška at home and Alex abroad. I was born 14 Nov 1984 in Snina, Slovakia. I started traveling already like a child with my parents, every summer road trips all over Slovakia and going shopping to Poland, Hungary and Ukraine. I guess it all started somewhere there. Then I studied English and Spanish philology in Olomouc, Czech republic, lived in Spain, and because of my work I moved to Scotland for a year and then to Brindisi, Italy for another year. Then I spent 3 months in my dream country – Mexico. So I’ve lived in 6 different countries already and I still plan to try many more. I just love traveling, it used to be my job (stewardess) and I travel always when possible.

I spent 25 years looking for the reason of my life, and in 2009 I finally found it = TRAVEL … Why I travel? To see new places, adventures, different cultures, local food, music, habits … meet new people and much more … And I feel like a different person when I travel. Or should I say I feel like myself? I do crazy things I would maybe never do normally. But CARPE DIEM, right? So this is me, Alexandra Kovacova, alias Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler. Here is all about where my blog name came from

I am the owner, author and administrator also of other travel blog We Travel Around the World since June 2012. I am also using some of my healthy lifestyle tips on the third blog I created in November 2012 – Fit when Traveling.

Source: http://www.crazysexyfuntraveler.com/about/

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Sabrina lovino

Traveling since 2008

  Originally from Berlin, Germany

http://www.justonewayticket.com/

  Solo Traveler

  Quit her corporate Job

  Got rid of almost everything what she had.

  Motto: Decided to live the life I want to live. LOVED IT!

  Must Read: Click here

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Sab and I have almost been living the same, boring life until she took a bold step to travel round the World.

Hi. I’m Sab. But you can call me Sabrina. I’m a travel blogger. I’m also a photographer, but not a very good one. But I’m a pro in Photoshop which makes my photos look very professional.

2004 – 2008 | Worked as a screen designer, barely remember anything from that time, every day the same…

2008 | Quit job and traveled around the world for 433 days… LOVED IT!

2010 | Came back to Germany. Started to work again. HATED IT!

2010 | Quit job again and got rid of almost everything I owned. Decided to live the life I want to live. LOVED IT!

2013 | Became a digital nomad. Started this blog. Didn’t decide yet whether I love it or I hate it.

Source: http://www.justonewayticket.com/about-me/

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Turner Barr, 30 years

  Traveling since 2007

  Originally from “Everywhere”

http://www.aroundtheworldin80jobs.com/

  Solo Traveler

  Quit his Job

Motto: To show other people travel job opportunities abroad so that they too can give the road map the finger.

Must Read: Click here

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Actually he is not a travel blogger, is a person who is doing odd jobs around the world for living. How he did it:

Hi, my name is Turner. I travel the world, hustle to find interesting jobs, and write about what happens when you read too many self-help books.After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2007, I hit the open road and headed to South America. I didn’t have a specific agenda or goal – just to travel abroad, see some interesting places and try not to get robbed. I didn’t realize until then that I wanted to live overseas, but by doing something that I found meaningful. I didn’t blog or write about it, and I don’t intend on writing about why you should go travel abroad or advocate doing anything more than sitting on your couch. I think you should do what you want to do in life, and try to make that work for you.

Fed up with filing TPS reports and refusing to do tedious and meaningless shit that no human being should ever care about, I set out abroad 6 years ago doing different jobs around the world with the goal of finding a way to work and live overseas full-time.  This website hopes to cut out the romanticized fantasies  about what it takes to live life overseas and aims to show you how to find meaningful experiences and gainful employment abroad. From doing feel good volunteer jobs with sick elephants to bizarre odd jobs in strange outfits that offer once in a lifetime unique cultural experiences, to getting your hustle on to find money making jobs abroad that keep the lights on, I hope that I can show you that it is possible to take the less traveled, unknown road and come out alive.  Have a look around and discover odd jobs, adventure travel jobs and location independent jobs that might interest you or check out the Living Abroad and Lifestyle Design sections on what the reality of deliberately making life choices to find your path is really about, and maybe have a laugh at my expense in this learning process called life. You can do what you want, where you want in life, if you just dream big.

Source: http://www.aroundtheworldin80jobs.com/about/

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Susan Shain, 27 years

  Traveling since 2008

  Originally from New York

  http://traveljunkette.com/

  Solo Traveler

  Doing Seasonal Jobs

 

Motto: If you’re sitting at a desk staring at your tropical beach wallpaper just wishing you could travel, I’m here to tell you that you CAN.

Must Read: Click here

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The best about Susan is- She was never a corporate slave. Then how she did it?

I’m not one of the many refugees from cubicle life. I did graduate from college, but that was the end of my career as a grown-up. One really bad interview my senior year with a bunch of pale dudes in suits made me realize that I didn’t want to go into public relations, advertising, or “consulting,” whatever that means. I came home, told my roommate I was moving to Colorado, and haven’t looked back.

Since then, I’ve worked a variety of seasonal jobs; I’ve scooped ice cream, taught English, rented out skis, and even art modeled. Not only did these jobs afford me the time and money to travel, but they were FUN. (Well, I don’t know if I’d call art modeling “fun,” but it paid well.) In between jobs, I travel to places that I can afford and that I never want to go when I’m old. I figure by that time I, A. will be rich, and B. will probs no longer think of 20-hour bus rides with drunk Peruvians as a good time.

If you’re sitting at a desk staring at your tropical beach wallpaper just wishing you could travel, I’m here to tell you that you CAN.

And if you’re about to finish school, remember this: you don’t need to work a job you hate if you embrace seasonal jobs. You don’t need a lot of money to travel, and supporting yourself doesn’t mean having to have a “real” (and often boring) job. I’m living proof of that. Even if you’re not interested in travel or seasonal jobs, that’s cool. Just hang out for the stories.

Because, as an open-minded girl who never turns down a good (or shitty) bottle of wine, I have quite the collection of tales that will hopefully entertain or inspire you, or at least make you ponder the future of humanity at the hands of the Millenials.

Source: http://traveljunkette.com/about/

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Gary Arndt

  Traveling since 2007

  Originally from Wisconsin, US

  http://everything-everywhere.com/

  Solo Traveler

 

  Sold his business to a MNC.

  Sold his house also.

Must Read: Click here

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I wasn’t always a world traveler. Other than occasional summer vacations, my family didn’t travel very much. I grew up in Wisconsin and never saw salt water until I was 21 years old. In 1998 I sold my business to a multinational corporation and they sent me on a whirlwind 3 week tour of their offices in January 1999. I visited Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Belgium and the UK. That trip stuck with me for years. I made a few other international trips after that to the Bahamas, Iceland and Argentina, but never really made a commitment to travel. In 2004 I decided to go back to school and study geology. After seeing the hell that PhD students were going through, the idea of going to graduate school became very unappealing.

I decided to travel around the world.

It took about 2 years for me to tie up all the loose ends I had and sell my house. Finally, on March 13, 2007 I turned over the keys to my home. I thought I’d be traveling for a year or maybe two. So far it has been over 6 years with no end in sight!

Source: http://everything-everywhere.com/about-me/

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Two Friends- AGA and IZA

  Traveling since 2010

  Originally from Poland but met      in  the States through a common  friend

 

http://www.hottoddiesunlimited.com/

Quit their Corporate Job

Took their life savings

Motto: Our goal was to step foot on all seven continents and after two and a half years the mission was complete

Must Read: Click here

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Isn’t it amazing. Two strangers barely know each other are traveling together for last 3 years. How did this happen:

We are Aga and Iza, aka Hot Toddies. We’re originally from Poland, but we met in the States. Barely knowing each other, in February 2010 we dropped everything, took our life savings, and cluelessly started gliding around the globe. Our goal was to step foot on all seven continents and after two and a half years the mission was complete. This however didn’t mark the end of our nomadic lives, we continued to glide, although with slower speed. Packing and unpacking remained in our daily chores.

How did they met actually?

We have a mutual friend whom Aga worked with and Iza lived with. One day during lunch at work with my friend, Aga said, “I know, I will take all the money I made and travel the world.” Our friend went home and shared the news with Iza. Iza replied, “tell Aga that I will go with her.” This is pretty much how it started. We picked a date, February 14th, 2010, which was a year away. From that point on all things pointed for us to travel. We took off knowing very little about each other. Traveling and getting to know one another added to this amazing experience. 

2.5 years, 33 countries, 209 beds: 2 Inspiring Women who dropped everything to travel the world- This is what said by Tripoto

Source: Interview on Tripoto

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Dalena and Peter Heck

  A Canadian couple 

  Traveling since 2008

  http://www.hecktictravels.com/

  Sold Everything what they had

 

Motto: “Travel is a necessary component of our personal fulfillment. It is our ultimate definition of happiness.”

Must read: Click here and Click here

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Here’s how they did it:

It was a snowy afternoon in December of 2007, during a drive across central Alberta, Canada when this plan was hatched.  Having overcome a difficult year of personal tragedies and being dogged tired of the uninspiring corporate lives we were living, the excuses and reasons NOT to follow through on this plan were few and weak. After almost giving up on the dream (thanks to a tanking housing market), the house finally sold in the spring of 2009 and we were soon on our way.  First up: the high altitude city of Sucre, Bolivia for two months of volunteering and Spanish lessons.  From there we worked our way around seven countries of South America before returning home to Canada for a family wedding.

Upon return to Canada, tired and weary of life on the road, we half expected to be lulled into staying and picking up our suburban lives again.  This didn’t happen.  After a few months of rest with a housesitting job in beautiful British Columbia, the wanderlust returned in full force and compelled us to jump on another southbound plane for a 6 month assignment in Honduras. Nothing like a few months in paradise to reassure these vagabonds that we are onto something grand. We’ve since explored more of Central America, lots of Europe, some of the Middle East, and even our own backyard of North America.

The decision is made.  The time to slow down and settle down is NOT now.  This life is too good.

Source: http://www.hecktictravels.com/about

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Craig and Caz Makepeace

  Australian Couple, Traveling since 1997

  From dreams to reality, we want to help you travel   more and create better memories.

  http://www.ytravelblog.com/

Quit their job.

Motto: We’re on a mission to show you travel doesn’t have to stop after kids.

Must Read: Click here

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I, Caz, left home in 1997, 3 days after graduating from University to live in London. I lived in a house with up to 25 international travellers. I didn’t think twice about mid-week pub crawls and Sunday Sessions. It was fun and apparently soul evolving (well that’s what I like to say) It wasn’t all just partying I travelled a lot too- Eurovan tour and treks through South East Asia (maybe with a little full-mooning thrown in)

At this time, Craig, was carving up the length of the football field playing professional rugby league for the North Sydney Bears. He trained and played hard, and in the off season went in search for adventures in South Africa and the US. When his football career ended prematurely, due to a overly flexible body, the passion for more travel began to stir within him. He had plans mapped out for indefinite travel when his carpentry training finished.

We met at the right time. 3 years after I first left, I returned home, ready to fatten the bank account and leave again for round 2. But, then a handsome young man walked in the pub one night and swept me off my feet. I couldn’t leave him for Ireland, so I waited. 2 years later we married, and 3 days after that we hopped on the plane to live our travel dreams together.

Source: http://www.ytravelblog.com/about-us-2/meet-caz-and-craig/

We’re on a mission to show you travel doesn’t have to stop after kids.

I got so tired of people telling me once I fell pregnant my travel life was over. It was like becoming a mother meant you were walking into a prison cell. I did not sign up for that! As I said, don’t tell me why I can’t do something. Tell me why I can. Both girls had their first international holiday before they were 6 months old, and we’re currently on an indefinite road trip around Australia.

This is what happens when you pursue your passion and do what it takes to make it your lifestyle. You’ll discover those barriers were just imagined and born from fear and doubt. We’ll help you to kick away those fears and lean into the life your heart desires.

Source: http://www.ytravelblog.com/about-us-2/meet-caz-and-craig/

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Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott

  A husband-and-wife storytelling team since 2002

  http://uncorneredmarket.com/

  Quit their respective office Jobs

  Sold Everything what they had

Motto: Our goal at Uncornered Market is not just to inspire, but to help others build a story-filled life, whether that may take them around the block…or around the world.

Must Read: Click here

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Twelve years ago we (Dan and Audrey) left San Francisco with six suitcases, a one-way ticket to Prague, Czech Republic and no jobs. Everyone asked, “Are you crazy?”

Five years later, we did it again.

We quit our traditional office jobs in Prague, sold everything, packed our life into backpacks and set off with a one-way ticket to Bangkok, Thailand. Our sights were set not on a particular city this time, but on the rest of the world. Our family and friends really thought we had lost it. Not at all. This was us wanting to live deliberately and not asking What if? with regret later in life.

What was meant to be a 12-18 month creative sabbatical turned into seven years (and still going) of exploring and sharing stories from this big, beautiful world of ours through our blog and social media channels. Our goal at Uncornered Market is not just to inspire, but to help others build a story-filled life, whether that may take them around the block…or around the world.

Source: http://uncorneredmarket.com/about-us/

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All the above Bloggers have one thing in common that they have the dream to live the life of Travel. To live the dream, some of them even sold their houses, take away all their savings, leave their corporate job etc. Did everything what they could to become the architecture of their own life. Some of them are traveling solo, some with friend and some with family. So never think that if you are getting married or you are having a child, can ever stop you or become a hurdle in following  your dream. If you have a dream then Just go and live it because:

ONE DAY YOUR  LIFE WILL FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES. MAKE SURE IT’S WORTH WATCHING

 

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