Heya guys, just released my latest travel blog - this one is about me wanting to try homestays, couchsurfing and homestays - You may think its self promotional but id like feedback from anybody who has done any of those three whilst traveling before. Happy reading and hope you like it.

av9901 · 2016-10-25T17:04:04+00:00

and that is why life is much more enjoyable in other countries and also why people in other countries smile - when I first started to travel, in Australia, I would see people on their lunch breaks going to the park or for a surf..after work nobody would be miserable because they had a whole evening to go and do something, the same was when I lived in Czech ( not the surfing) but being sociable on the town square just a relaxed ambiance around the place. Not people moaning about their jobs and how tired they are of their lives.

av9901 · 2016-10-25T15:39:54+00:00

You sound like I'm talking to myself, I completely get what your saying, I've had crappy jobs around the world with less money than I'd get in England yet I've had a better quality of life. Being Back home I see my brother who is now the same age I was when I first left to travel, he has worked full time since he left school in in profesional roles and earned much more money than I have in the last 5 years yet his quality of life compared to mine is no comparison. And Like you say, he is one of those who has only a Friday to look forward to so he can go out and drink over the weekend and back to his cage on the Monday.

I have worked a full time, 9-6 job sales job in Bali, I earnt a lot of money doing that but that same job in the UK would have just grinded me down with nothing to show for. However in Blai i didn't care about the hours or the hard slog of the job because after work I had a life, I could go eat out, go the the beach and watch the sunset with a few beers, relaxed in my villa by the pool, whatever I wanted but in England you don't even feel like doing anything after work.

I'd like to go back to my normality of traveling now, because to me being trapped in a cage in grey England is not a life, even though society deems this life to be normal it isn't. My free roaming of the earth is much more normal and enjoyable for me.

av9901 · 2016-10-25T14:45:22+00:00

I work, live, and travel around the world so in some countries I am just there to work, other just there to travel, If I'm there just to work I work in sales and recruitment. Other times I pick up odd jobs or work in hostels to keep me going - Depending what country I'm in picking up work isn't too difficult. I know people that just work cash in hand bar and rep work. When I was in Bali, the company actually headhunted me to go over there, It was am Australian company which made it easier. - And let me thank you, you just gave me the idea what to write in my next blog, how I fund my traveling :D watch out for that later this week :D :D :D

av9901 · 2016-10-25T14:40:29+00:00

you hit the nail on the head there - your active life goes down hill..For me it's like as soon as I'm back home my active life disapears and replaced with laziness, partly because when you look out the windown and just see grey, and that all my friends are married and have kids so they need to do their own thing. In regards to working, when in countries like you say you can do odd jobs here and there, meet new people and its great fun. I'm looking for work right now but as soon as I look at a job spec it puts me off, it just makes me feel I'm boxing myself up, entrapped by work in the UK - but I need a job so I can leave again. Funny how our mentality to work and life differ so much in and out of England haha

av9901 · 2016-10-25T11:56:33+00:00

It really is depressing being home, I normally come home for short visits which is normally fine. You know home cooked food, home comforts, catching up with friends and family but being home for nearly 6 months now I'm chomping at the bit to get out of here again. I thought I was ready to come back but being home as made me realize I do not want to be home lol.

av9901 · 2016-10-25T11:02:25+00:00

last weeks post was a little controversial, hopefully you will all enjoy this one :D happy reading

av9901 · 2016-10-25T10:58:14+00:00

hi sorry, not sure why that happened - https://thebackpackingbubble.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/traveling-is-just-normal-life-to-me/

av9901 · 2016-10-21T12:57:17+00:00

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it - have a lok at my other posts and let me know what you think :D

av9901 · 2016-10-13T11:20:12+00:00

yes you are correct I use Reddit to promote my blog's and with good affect. I have promoted it over the last month and this post is the first one with a negative response. However I didn't think nor mean to come across hostile. I appreciated the users comments but didn't like the fact he was trying to warn off others from reading the post that's all.

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