tommydavis
About tommydavis
Respected Member | Member since 11th Apr 07
Citizenship: USAMarital Status: Single
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
About tommydavis:
I used to live in San Diego and work as an electrical engineer but I decided to quit my job and travel around the world until I run out of money or get tired of it.
Hobbies:snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing, cycling, drinking local beer, and checking out various flora and fauna and archaeological sites
Activity : photos (1094) forum (0) guide (0) blog (40) diary (0) trips (1)
Latest Blog Entry
Unemployed in the USA
Posted by tommydavis | 6th February 2008
Back to last September in Costa Rica... One of the guys I met was an Aussie named Gavin who had been traveling for two years. I sat down and drilled him about details for an hour or so out of pure fascination. What was it like? Where did you go? How much did it cost? How can a normal person be expected to quit their job and drop everything to do such a thing? He told me one of the best lines I have heard at any time in my life:
Very simple: "It takes sacrifice."
Do you think it was easy to quit my job, pack my crap, sell my car, leave all my friends and girlfriend on a one-way flight to Cancun? Hell no. It was the hardest thing I have done since running a six-minute mile back in high school. I had to sacrifice a lot of what was dear to me to pull this thing off and I spent enough money to buy a nice car (all saved from the previous two years of working, NEVER ATTEMPT SUCH A TRIP WITH BORROWED MONEY.) I had to ignore the words of several nay-say
Travel Blogs tommydavis runs
- Tom's Travels - The Adventures of Ron Mexico
Trips
The Big Trip (86943 kms)
24 Jan 2007 - 03 Feb 2008
Visiting: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Japan, USA, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica and USA.
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