backpack around the world

i have recently decided i would like to go and, backpack for a couple of weeks, i have no idea how to do this or where to go, is it even safe to do by yourself, im a 28yr female who needs to get out of town and figure some things out. i have about 3,000$ saved up and would like to do this soon. can anyone point me in the rigght direction, where do i start how do i plan this what should i see, should i do europe or is there somewhere better, would 3000$ be enough for 2 or 3 weeks?? any help would be greatly apprecitated.

Dieing to do this just saving up the money now and hopefully in 2 years i’ll be doing this.

i wanna go travel, see places, meet people. my ex-wife wanted to do it, but i always shrugged off her dreams of seeing the world, because i was just too busy working my butt off, and paying the bills. am i doomed to be stuck here, riddled in debt, and never ever fulfilling my dreams of seeing the world? what money would i have to travel, i don’t even have a shoestring, let alone a budget. so how do i go? leave everything behind, leave my job, my parents, and live the free life?

I love to travel, I love to hang out with my friends, I love to explore, I love camping, I love adventures – and backpacking around the world is basically doing all in one at the same time ^^

In 2005 I travelled all by myself to Spain and stayed there for a week at a friend’s place. I went there by bus, without speaking a word of Spanish – and I had to change the bus in Barcelona…(no one spoke neither English nor German, however I managed to make myself clear and found my way to the right bus phew).

But I definitely want to backpack with my friends around the world, because it’s just more fun together. I’d also like to have a far better digital camera by then, because I’d like to take lots of pictures and write a travel journal where I’ll upload the pictures I made and tell the world about our journey – and believe me, it never gets boring when I’m together with my two bestes friends, something always happens!!!

We’re all in training right now and see each other not that often. After I finished my training I’ll move to London and focus on the things I wrote down in my “Have a different life by this time next year” goal. That’s why backpacking around the world is further down on my list. Plus my friends will need a bit longer than me to finish their trainings and accomplish other things they have on their mind first. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say we won’t get to make our tour before the year 2013. But that’s okay, I got a lot of other goals to achieve in the meantime :)

...although, maybe I should think about a survival training beforehand?
(you never know…)

I’m 33 years old and currently live in upstate NY USA. I have reached a crossroads in my life, and I’d love to hear from you if you feel the same , or have been in my shoes. I have a career that I hate, and I am too free spirited to be tied down for any length of time. It is my dream to just sell everything I own, keep my most precious belongings with a friend, throw a few things in my back pack, and see the world. I consider myself an eccentric individual that somehow doesn’t belong in the structured world I live in. I am not rich by any means so travel isn’t an extravegance for me. I would end up with maybe 15K to do this with. I just feel like there is so much out there that I want to do and see and there has to be away for me to accomplish it. Meet different people along the way, see the sunset from the other side of the world, experience different culture, not live on a time line. I sometimes worry that this kind of adventure is only for teenagers, some of friends tell me I am crazy for wanting this, but no matter how hard I try, I just can’t loose the desire. ANyone feel this way too? Please tell me your thoughts…

my goal is to backpack around the world.. my goal start date is October of 2010 and take as much time as need until i feel that i have accomplished this goal… I also looking from travel companions if possible. I’m still working on the planning stages of the trip.. I do know that once i start the trip there is not going to be a timetable, i’m just going to wingit…So if anybody out there can offer any helpful information, that would be greatly appreciated.

If you feel it, don’t let anyone stop you. Go NOW! It was the best thing I ever did.

Ok, so obviously this would be fun beyond belief. I mean, how cool would it be to just forget about the life society expects of you, pick up a backpack, and see what’s out there. I don’t want to be just another byproduct of my culture. I’m seventeen, and soon I will be at the height of opportunity and adventure in my life. I don’t want to waste it in a college lecture hall just to find a stable job, settle down with a family, and then go on a cruise once a year to “see the World”.
I mean, for a Man (and I mean all of humanity, I am far from sexist. I just feel that the simple word Man, brings with a more powerful aesthetic appeal than saying “people” or “humanity” does; the word is short but almost angelic, at least to me, perhaps I’m crazy though).
Ok, so where was I? Oh, right—for a Man to know how to lead his country, he must see how others lead theirs. Going backpacking around the World for me would be more of a pilgrimage than a fun vacation. I mean, sure I would have the time of my life, but an underlying intellectual reason for my travels would be ever present. At anycase, it would be incredible to take a year or so off, just out of high school and do this, although quite unrealistic. What mother, might I ask, would feel alright sending her kid, still naive and childlike, on a crazy and dangerous expedition to all seven continents? However, given the fact that I’m writing this, maybe I am mature enough. Sure the World is dangerous, but it is also beautiful, and Mankind has much to benefit from people who gain knowledge.
My chief wanting would be to finish by book, or my works in general really. I’ve been plugging away on a story that details the creation of the Universe from a scientific standpoint, however, another primary goal has been to create an ideal culture. Seeing various ones would help greatly-well, actually beyond belief, with this. I would also like to invent a language, New Latin, for my book, which I would say is the international tongue of the future in my fantasy World. Anyway, you all can read up more about that in the section on my book (which is not up yet-but it will be soon). Right now I’ll keep on dreaming, and perhaps some will come true with a little persistence.

Well, I am 22 years old, fae Scotland. I’ve had several fairly disposable jobs I don’t care to repeat. Not much education wise. Nothing to do right now but either contemplate more education, more work, or the army. :/

To be honest I’ve always felt wanderlust. I’ve always envied the great explorers of the ages of discovery, I’ve always had this desire to go somewhere new and unseen before just to see whats that. Lets just say I’ve always enjoyed a car journey to somewhere I’ve never been to before more then the others in the car. :P

Especially when it involves wilderness, I seemto have this ceaseless soft hunger to lose myself in the wild places of the world since I was a kid.

Its getting to the stage where I feel I might just have to get around to getting some backpacking gear and then heading out my door. I’de love to go back to Japan, stayed there for a few months. I wasn’t on my own, just living with an ex girlfriends family. But despite that I felt living somewhere so far from my safety nets really helped me feel alive and brought out the best in me I think. I only wonder how I would cope without any backup, girlfriends or my family.

I’de love to wander my way through Europe and Asia, and spend some time in Japan, wander about there. head south through the Ryukyu islands to Taiwan. Spend a wee bit of time there, then head south to aussie for a short stay, then to New Zealand. Float about New Zealand for a while, then perhaps float over to the America’s.

I’de love to walk across the US. This country has been in and around me since forever, in popular culture and in world politics, to actually see it right up close would really be an experience. :)

I dunno if I’de just wander until I found myself settling down somewhere or eventually find my way back home, but it would be worth while. I love Scotland, my homeland to death, but I feel I’ve explored it as much as I can in my years, I’m ready for the world!....Though I guess I could doss about Scotland a while to. :3

I want to backpack around the world…..it sounds fun…i want to experience all that i can…i want to learn….