Here are some tips on traveling the world For FREE!!
It sounds like great fun, for people with a sense of adventure.
Free - and you'll be a lot richer for it.
And if you decide to follow these tips
Go well
You're probably sitting at home wondering right now how your friends--they must be rich!--have debarked to so many distant shores. They've come home with stories galore about the disparate flora and fauna, the cultural citizenry and sui generis cuisine. You don't have to be rich, just smart(er) to travel the world for free. Here's how to go about it.
South Korea Dragon
The first thing to do is to find a job out East (said with a southern accent Out East! your parents say) that will pay for your airfare and, once you arrive, your apartment. South Korea or Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam (up and coming) and sometimes China are good places to start. Here, you can sign up for a six month or year contract with an after-school English institute. You'll teach from 3-9pm, for example, and have your apartment furnished and get a paycheck. You must have a BA to do this. (Or, you can pick a BA in Thailand with documents and transcripts for a fraction of the cost of college--you didn't hear it here!) Try Dave's ESL Cafe for some of the most up-to-date job postings (for a lot of places around the world).
Japanese Geisha
While working in the east, you'll easily be able to save a thousand dollars per month. From here, travel to Thailand and Eastern Asia for at least a month or two. (I rode my bike, for example.)
Ulu Rock Australia
Next, head to Australia where you can get a 9 month working visa. You'll have to change jobs every few months, but you can travel around, get a car, surf, dive, snorkel and love life while bar tending, waitressing or working at a dive shop or tourist venue. You can get housing for free if you have some connections. If not, room with a few students and your rent will not be expensive. Stay here for a few months and travel south.
New Zealand (on ice)
Head down to New Zealand on the funds you've earned above. Take a cargo flight as a courier, if you don't want to pay for it. You can become a member of a courier service on the Internet. At any rate, you can either house sit here in New Zealand during their winter (more options) or teach English. If neither of those options work, try working on an organic farm. Wwoofing is an organization on the internet designed to get you work abroad. Generally, you work a few hours each day for food and lodging. Use your erstwhile funds to travel around on your days off.
Biking in New Zealand
Head east from here after a few months towards Europe. It will take you some time on a plane and the tickets are not cheap. You can jump on a cargo ship and pay for lodging, but it may take some time and several stop-overs. If not, head over to Europe and get a job teaching English (ESL) again. If you're done with that rap, then become a member of Wwoofing or Help Exchange. With these, again, you can find lodging and work generally 4 hours per day.They are all over Europe. The best time to get in contact with people on Helpx is early spring (March or April) and plan to work 3-4 weeks at each place during the spring, when outdoor work is needed done badly and the temps aren't too hot yet. Again, you can house sit. Often, you'll find people wanting to go on vacation for a month somewhere and they need someone to give their cat its insulin injections, for example. This equates to you living for free with a roof over your head. Be respectable and responsible and willing to do your share and more.
Morocco Mosque
Once you've spent a few summer months in Europe, head south to Africa. Morocco is an easy place to get to, with cheap flights from Europe to Fez, Marrakech, Rabat and Casablanca. Here, you can find work teaching English, with the abovementioned cities primo in need of English speakers. Find work with an NGO if you have any formal understanding of such work. Or, find work over the internet for a couple months, writing blogs or articles for people's websites. Try freelancing in google to find these types of jobs (that is, if you know anything about writing and the subject matter). Make sure to climb N. Africa's tallest peak-Mount Toubkal. You can hire an in-country tour operator to set you up with the donkeys and details. (See Research box below)
Coastal Road
Once you've "done" Africa, head back to New York, the cheapest place to get a ticket to from Morocco, most likely. From here, you can fly cheaply (well, you know) to Brazil or Ecuador, both great places to find English work. Or, work in the Galapagos on a research station. There's always foreign tour companies in touristy areas where a foreigner (your native) can help you out, maybe with lodging and work. You'll be amazed at how many people you'll connect with.
Antarctica
If you still want to head south, you can find work on the a research station in Antarctica. Here, you can clean, help with gym supervision, help in the greenhouses, et cetera. If you have a science background, all the better. If not, you'll do some manual labor but what the heck. Last time I knew, you could register with Raytheon or go to coolantartica.com for job listings. The US McMurdo base hires a lot of seasonal general staff. You best like ICE-OLATION (that's as good as my jokes get). uhm...Moving on...
Kiss da Fishy
If you still aren't finished, find a job in Alaska. You can work as a bus driver for tourist, in gift shops or fish cannery factories. Try websites like coolworks.com and see all there is to do (with lots more seasonal jobs available--mostly tourist seasons). Cooljobs.com is a good site too, but not as seasonal. You're on the move, right? So, find jobs that last no more than 6 months each stint and keep a-go-in.
If you are done, then go home and tell your friends you know a lot about the world now. If you must keep going, travel to the Caribbean during the winter months when the tourist season is high. If you want to drift, work aboard a Yaht or cruise ship. You can find jobs (and registeries) online. cruiseshipjobs.com is an example.
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