My 3rd Asian trip in Spring 2019









Sri Lanka  – South India – Laos  – Myanmar  – Malaysia  – Brunei - Korea – Taiwan 

I travel overseas 2-3 months each year to experience multicultural life.  Most recent 3 month Sri Lanka / South India / Laos / Myanmar / Malaysia / Brunei / Korea / Taiwan (Jan-April, 2019). My trip highlights include (1) half-way snowing hike in the national park near Seoul, south Korea; (2) Sunrise in the middle of thousands of Bagan pagodas, Myanmar; (3) Inle Lake 8-hr cruise, Myanmar; (4) steep hike up to Nam Xay Viewpoint in Vang Vieng Laos; (5) Kuang Si Falls near Luang Prabang, Laos; (6) Mamallapuram (stone-carving) and Brihadishwara Temple (Big Temple) UNESCO sites in south India; and (7) Sigiriya: 8th Winder of the World. See details at https://jtasiaiii.blogspot.com/





I lived in Taiwan, Japan, and USA, visited Albania, Argentina, Australia, Armenia, Austria, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Serbia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Vietnam. 

Believe me, you can but do not have to learn local language to travel. I only learned one word of Farsi but traveled Iran for 3 weeks. After staying in South America for three months, Spain for 2.5 weeks, and Central America for two months, I speak just about 30 words of Spanish.


Other people deploy strategies such as working via the internet or remotely, finding jobs abroad, work-stay at hostels, guest worker at organic farms, etc., to realize their own overseas life style.  If you really want to travel, you will find a way to do it. 
Here are some budget travel tips:

“Last year I traveled around the world on just $2000. I hitchhiked, Village hopped, couch surfed through more than 20 countries.” Eric, NC, USA. 1/6/2013 http://www.yourworldyourhome.com/how-to-travel-across-the-world-on-less-than-2000/ 

How to Hitchhike Around the World? Ask the Guru, Kurt!http://www.teachingtraveling.com/2013/01/24/hitchhiking-around-the-world/


You can browse my venture blogs:
   Fall 2011 Argentina/Chile/ Colombia/Ecuador/Peru http://southamericajt.blogspot.com/
   Fall 2012 Taiwan/China/Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand/Nepal/India. http://asiajt.blogspot.com/  
   Fall 2013 Middle East (Greece/Turkey/Georgia/Armenia/Iran/Spain) http://jtmiddleeast.blogspot.com/
   Summer 2014 Cuba/Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua/Costa Rica http://centralamericajt.blogspot.com/
Spring 2015 to Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. http://jtseasia.blogspot.com/
Summer 2015 cycling with a group across Virginia along the Transamerica trail in 10 days http://cyclex-us-jt.blogspot.com/
Fall 2015 to  UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Netherlands. http://easteuropejt.blogspot.com/
Summer 2016 to Italy, Vatican City State, Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Germany. http://italyeasteuropejt.blogspot.com/ 
Summer 2017 to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Chinese Silk Road, Taiwan. https://jtsilkroadcentralasia.blogspot.com/
Spring 2018 to New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan. https://nz-aujt.blogspot.com/ 
Winter 2019 to Sri Lanka, South India, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Korea, and Taiwan. https://jtasiaiii.blogspot.com/

Spring 2020 to Jordan, Egypt, Taiwan 
https://mediterraneanjt.blogspot.com/ 

   Fall 2021 to Portugal - Monaco - France - Luxembourg  -  Belgium - Netherlands - UK - Morocco  https://jtwesteurope.blogspot.com/

   Summer 2022 to Iceland – Norway – Sweden - Estonia - Finland - Latvia – Lithuania – Sicily – Naples – Taiwan https://jtnortheurope.blogspot.com/

   Summer 2023 to Israel – Palestine - Cyprus - Kenya – Tanzania – Malawi – Zambia – Zimbabwe – Botswana – Namibia - South Africa.  https://africajt.blogspot.com/

 
 


















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  1. 20% DIVIDENDJanuary 31, 2019 at 6:27 AM

    In our grandparents day, many died from yellow fever, the public has forgotten all about it.

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