Would you leave for a world tour ?
Written by Romain on Thursday, 14 of August 2008 at 0:41
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Alex and Julie’s world tour
Written by Romain on Tuesday, 12 of August 2008 at 20:01
Today I would like to talk about a world tour project led by Alex et Julie, two french globetrotters who are leaving very soon (exactly 4 days !) for a one year trip around the world. This project is very close to mine since they argue that it is all about a “personal quest to discover the world, people, colours, traditions and landscapes”.This trip will take them in 14 countries in 365 days and you’ll be able to follow their adventure in few days leur blog live from Lima in Peru, where they decided to start their uncredible year. I wish them a very good trip and here is a video interview (in French) from them led by Web TV Nice.
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How to finance your world tour ?
Written by Romain on Saturday, 9 of August 2008 at 16:18
Here is a very important question. Indeed, it’s always “easy” to imagine yourself traveling the world, but reality is often different. One year trip around the world is firstly a huge investment. I already explained it in my sponsorship report, I estimated equipment and everyday’s life costs (including food and accomodation) at approximately 12 500 euros. This estimate is not including the total cost of flight tickets already bought (3400 euros) as well as intra-country trips. It is then more likely that the overall cost of my one year trip around the world becomes closer from 18 000/19 000 euros.
Since the final countdown started, I’m actually facing more and more questions about the way I’m planning to finance this huge trip… (Read more…)
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One year around the world
Written by Romain on Wednesday, 6 of August 2008 at 16:10
I recently told you about the amazing experience lived by 2 french guys in 2003. t’s now time for me to present you the whole movie (1 hour long) of their project. Everything is in French, but you’ll enjoy all the beautiful landscapes for sure. I also recently contacted Raphael, and will hopefully be able to interview these two real globetrotters soon !
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The critical choice of a laptop
Written by Romain on Saturday, 2 of August 2008 at 2:33
Through the preparation of my one year trip around the world, I already spoke about the electronic stuff. Few weeks ago, I was still ready to buy an EeePC. With an unbeatable price, this small laptop really offers a very huge advantage for the traveler in terms of space taken in the backpack.
But I changed my mind !In order to maximize the qualitative aspect of the website during the trip, I finally chose to bring with me my Macbook. That will means for you (partly) more edited videos thanks to the Final Cut software, and for me a chance to use the 250 Go hard disk as a back-up solution. What about the disadvantages ? Definitely its weight ! Regarding its size, it’s not that far from the original EeePC 900. Of course, I do agree that I will have to be very paranoid during the whole trip in order to avoid thieveries. As a consequence, it is obvious that I will take care of not showing off, epecially in some risky area (mostly Central America and South America).
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