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user-inactivated  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's your far-fetched dream?

Getting paid to travel. Somehow.

I'll visit humanodon.





thenewgreen  ·  4263 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would be part if why I'd want to be a "Rock Star".

Payed to: 1. Travel 2. Make music 3. Tour with musicians you look up to 4. Mingle with creative types from all of the arts

5. Party.

humanodon  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll let you know if any miracles occur! Though cynical, I remain open to possibility . . .

user-inactivated  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have a friend who did just that for two years. He was working with some sort of travel agency as an editor of their website or some such nonsense (his words, more or less). Part of the benefits entailed getting free plane tickets every once in a while. He got to go all over Western Europe, Mongolia, Argentina. The job also required him to travel all over the States. I thought it sounded totally awesome, but he got really, really sick of traveling and quit. Grass is always greener, I guess...

seatraveler  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

one of my friends is trying to teach english in japan. he's been there before and it isn't as much travel, but he would essentially be paid to live and teach in another country.

user-inactivated  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A friend of mine taught English in S. Korea and ultimately got kicked out of the country. I wish I could recall the details.

hugitout  ·  4263 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know a lot of people who did this. Recently two of my friends came back from S. Korea. They were there a full year, had a blast. Had more fun in Thailand though, where they spent 2 months before they came home. I have a friend who is in China right now teaching english. He's actually got a blog going if you wanna check it out. http://whiteguyinshanghai.weebly.com/1/post/2013/03/some-hig...

humanodon  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I actually did something just like that, though in Vietnam. It's pretty good, for a while.