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#102911 - 09/10/08 02:25 AM Not Sure Where To Start
terence7 newbie Registered: 09/10/08 Posts: 1	Hi all, I'm Terence...and new here. Well, I recently got married a couple of months ago... and both my wife and I are avid travellers and adventurers. We are located in Malaysia. We both have a dream - to quit our jobs one day and work and travel the world. I hope I'm in a forum for you guys to help me out. Honest to goodness... we're pretty new in this. So, if you experience guys could share your ideas. 1. We would like to backpack and work at the same time. Our time frame is 5 months. What are the suggested countries we should visit, to maximise this time. 2. How about budget? We're kinda on a shoe string budget... what are some stuff we need to consider? 3. We want to earn some cash at the same time we're travelling. I'm sure that's possible... but where is best to maximise time and cash? ---- These are my preliminary questions for now. I hope one (or many!) of you guys can enlighten us! Terence
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#102912 - 09/10/08 06:00 AM Re: Not Sure Where To Start [Re: terence7]
jaiden member Registered: 02/15/07 Posts: 123	Quote: Hi all, I'm Terence...and new here. Well, I recently got married a couple of months ago... and both my wife and I are avid travellers and adventurers. We are located in Malaysia. We both have a dream - to quit our jobs one day and work and travel the world. I hope I'm in a forum for you guys to help me out. Honest to goodness... we're pretty new in this. So, if you experience guys could share your ideas. 1. We would like to backpack and work at the same time. Our time frame is 5 months. What are the suggested countries we should visit, to maximise this time. 2. How about budget? We're kinda on a shoe string budget... what are some stuff we need to consider? 3. We want to earn some cash at the same time we're travelling. I'm sure that's possible... but where is best to maximise time and cash? ---- These are my preliminary questions for now. I hope one (or many!) of you guys can enlighten us! Terence Terence, I believe you are on the wrong web site. In the US, as on this forum, "backpacking" is the term used for hiking and camping in the wilderness. I don't do the type of travel to which you're referring, so I can't recommend a better forum, but perhaps if you do some more searches you will find something.
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#102913 - 09/10/08 10:47 AM Re: Not Sure Where To Start [Re: jaiden]
frenchie member Registered: 10/05/05 Posts: 461 Loc: Lyon, France	Here is one very useful travel website and forum. Some tips for chosing gear, organizing it and carrying less, you can still get from people here.
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#102914 - 09/10/08 02:29 PM Re: Not Sure Where To Start [Re: frenchie]
TomD Moderator Registered: 10/30/03 Posts: 4963 Loc: Marina del Rey,CA	I second Frenchie's choice of Lonely Planet. Also, look at www.bootsnall.com, another travel site. _________________________ Don't get me started, you know how I get.
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#102915 - 09/14/08 03:57 PM Re: Not Sure Where To Start [Re: TomD]
finallyME member Registered: 09/24/07 Posts: 2710 Loc: Utah	Yep, wrong forum. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> _________________________ I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.
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