Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel Paperback by Rolf Potts

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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel Paperback by Rolf Potts

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books (Dec 24 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780812992182
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780812992182
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 170 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.11 x 1.27 x 20.24 cm

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss • “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And Vagabonding teaches you how to travel (and think), not just for one trip, but for the rest of your life.”—Tim Ferriss, from the foreword

There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Now completely revised and updated, Vagabonding is an accessible and inspiring guide to

• financing your travel time
• determining your destination
• adjusting to life on the road
• working and volunteering overseas
• handling travel adversity
• re-assimilating back into ordinary life


Updated for our ever-changing world, Vagabonding is an indispensable guide for the modern traveler.


About Author

Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding and The Vagabond’s Way. He has had vagabonding adventures on six continents, and has reported from more than sixty countries for National Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Slate, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, Sports Illustrated, and the Travel Channel. Rolf’s stories have appeared in numerous literary anthologies, and more than twenty of his essays have been selected as “Notable Mentions” in The Best American Essays, The Best American Non-Required Reading, and The Best American Travel Writing. He is based in north-central Kansas, where he keeps a small farmhouse on thirty acres with his wife, Kansas-born actress Kristen Bush.

Author Residence: north-central Kansas

Author Hometown: Wichita, Kansas


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