about me
Posted: November 11th, 2009 | Author: Shawn | Filed under: | 11 Comments »
My name is Shawn, and I gave it all up to travel. Just me, my backpack and hopefully a clue.
At 36 years old I am probably not supposed to quit my successful career. I’m probably also not supposed to give everything up and backpack around the world. Especially without winning the lottery or having any decent savings. Sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do though. Know what I mean? I suspect there is much more to life than collecting pay checks and buying stuff. So I am going to go take a look around and see what I can find out.
I’d be bedazzled if you were to follow along with me. I could certainly use your advice, encouragement and smartass remarks to keep me going. Definitely feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance whatsoever: rerunaround at gmail dot com
Where am I going, and for how long? I don’t really know. I don’t have one of those fancy “RTW in 365 days” itineraries. Or much of any plan really. I’ll go were I please for as long as I please or until I am either dead, imprisoned, crippled, broke or I change my mind. I’ve done my share of backpacking in the past so I’m not overly worried about the unknowns. I know that I don’t know what will happen and I know I can’t plan for it. I do know that I have a towel and a roll of duct tape, so it’s all good. Everything depends on how cheaply I can travel and if I can earn any money on the road. I have no job or home to return to, so there are no real limits.
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// shawn
If you’re visiting Japan you should visit either Hokkaido, in the north, or Yakushima in the south.
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Good luck Shawn. Love what you’re doing! Sounds awesome.
I’m doing something similar with my volunteering adventures.
Hope you have a great time travelling. I’ll certainly be following along. Good luck mate.
Chris
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Thanks guys for the wishes and the Japan tips :)
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goodluck shawn
i suggest you go to southwest china, the food in sichuan is amazing, not to mention the sights that you’re gonna see…
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Shawn, I had no idea you’re from Victoria. Me – Vancouver. It’s comforting to know another nomad is close by. :)
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Nomadic Chick, that’s rad that you live in the Cougar! Such a great city. Almost as good as Victoria :)
I’m living in Montreal for the next few weeks, then off for some backpacking. Someday when I need a travel break I’ll move back to BC. Either in Van or Victoria. I’m actually already looking forward to it a bit.
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Hey there Shawn,
Found your comment on the little monkey’s site and followed you here. I agree with you that we are also jumping for joy if we receive a comment or two.
I love that you are taking the risk to see the world.
No one every said, I wish I could’ve worked more! Right??
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Hi Shawn,
Hoping to do something similar myself later in the year. Looking forward to hearing how you get on. I am probably flying into Kuala lumpur to hit the islands and de-westernise and then trek up to China/Tibet trek down to indonesia on to OZ for a year then hopefully hit NZ and some pacfic islands all going well. When are you heading off?
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Hi Shawn
Well I completed my tour of duty in Iceland and it is absolutely phenomenal.
Here are my pics and tips from Iceland, hope they help you :)
http://www.rishiray.com/category/2008/iceland-2008/
Rish
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Shawn Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 20:37
Wow, that looks fantastic. Iceland really has such amazing kodak moments seemingly everywhere. Thanks, Rish!
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Hello Shawn,
How do I contact you? Your site was recommended by Gobackpacking.com.
Let me know.
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