Adsman, you changed my life....

I spent 6 years at university studying finance and other post graduate degrees. My goal after was to make money, buy a house, find a girl, get promoted etc

Six years later I'm stuck in a small apartment in Sydney working as a business analyst for a big bank. Good job, however I was never really happy, my week consisted of working then going home to a TV screen, then grinding poker on the weekend.

My sister had always been a big traveler and I didn't quite understand it. What could be so good about making next to no money and having to speak to complete strangers all day?

Then I came across this thread and saw the movie "Into the wild"...........It kind of changed my mindset and made me realise that there is more to life than money. The original goal was to move to a quieter town where I could enjoy my old hobby of surfing. After looking for a place to rent with little success my mate and I decided to go to a local music gig and had quite a few beers. Discussions came up about driving around Australia, not sure how but when we woke up the next day we were both still keen. Three weeks later we began the trip of my life.

Didn't have the best car but it did the job, had a towbar put on for the trailer and roof racks for our surfboards. And off we went, had some really fun waves for the first 2 months, problem was though we were only staying at each each location for a couple of days before driving off for another few 100 kilometers. Hard to meet people that way
tbc

Thought you quit the job to focus on the book?

Bump after finding this for the first time - very addictive, entertaining, and fire-you-up reading.

Hope the work on the book is coming along still - however perfect/imperfect the result is, may the process live up to this thread.

Wow, awesome and inspiring thread. Just spent the last few hours reading it - great story! Glad the book is *almost* finished too!

Can't wait for the book. Is there a release date yet?

Great thread! Excellent read. You seem to like your Acids, which are your favourite ones? Thinking about venturing out into the world of infused sticks

just read this thread today; very good read, thanks!

I spent the last half hour trying to find this thread. Haven't been on 2p2 in ages (sorta quit poker) but reading a book called "Born to Run" for some reason reminded me of this and I was really hoping a book would be out by now.

Best thread and TR in my years on 2p2 for sure.

I'm getting there, bro. I'm getting there.

lies

any updates?

Just moved from America to a city in England on my own.
It really is as simple as adsman made it sound. You arrive, find a hotel, find an apartment, find a grocery store nearby and you're about done. Initiating the move is by far the hardest part. The second hardest is making friends in the new city. It's a bit harder when you're playing online full-time as opposed to working a job interacting with people.

You should not move to "a city" because they're mostly crap. London is the only city.

I now know that. But you live and learn and make the best of it.

were u living khanrava?

Leeds, not as exciting as Africa

I've started taking fitness classes at a local gym. It's probably one of the best ways to start meeting people for a lone traveller who can't play the guitar.

Haha, dont listen to this idiot. There are many cities in the UK that are far better places to live than London. Unless you mainly want to be part of an International and not UK community.

Leeds is a good place, good nightlife and a big student population. If you are not old enough to make it creepy, id defo look at getting somewhere in the student areas/near student bars as they are always lively and will be easier to meet people.

Also lots of jealous people outside London

Obviously it depends what you want. Certain things only London can offer, but those are only due to its size, so if that your criteria for a good city then youre kinda limited worldwide.

Saying most other cities in the UK are crap is lolclownshoes. However I dont think we should derail this thread with my proving youre an idiot.

Mostly crap. And full of jealous people.

And students. Everyone loves college kids!

Good advice for someone relocating, will keep that in mind the next time I move.
Any more advice for someone rebuilding their social life? It's been a while since I read this thread so it might of been discussed earlier.

Join a sports team, volunteer at a charity, join a book club, join couchsurfing, become a regular at a bar or two, pooosssibly play some live poker

Adsman:

Thoughts on the risk for Schistosomiasis rafting in Uganda?

According to this article it is around 15% (sample not that big).

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/...40_article.htm

Chisness,

Your link doesn't work, but bilharzia is caused by a parasitic word that lives in river snails. This wasn't a problem for us at the time due to the fact that we were working in running water and the parasite needs still water to leave the snail and infect humans. However, since the river was dammed a few years ago I would assume that now this would indeed be a big problem.