Author Archives: Earl

About Earl

The goal of this website is to inspire you to achieve your travel goals while promoting the benefits of first-hand travel experiences as a way to enrich our lives and make positive change. If you enjoy what you've read, please consider following along via email or RSS or Twitter as I continue wandering around our planet!

As I sit here right now on my flight from Florida to New York City, and my quick two-week visit to the US approaches its end, I can’t help but notice that I’m feeling more inspired than I have felt … Read more

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In previous posts, I’ve already written about the hippopotamuses and about the crocodiles that I ‘ran into‘ during my visit to South Africa back in December, and I’ve already posted photos of the zebras and the penguins of Boulder’s Beach … Read more

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For the past six weeks, I’ve been in Bucharest, Romania, trying my very best to survive what, even for Eastern European standards, has turned out to be a cruel winter. Snow and ice have been piled high, covering every inch … Read more

Posted in Everything Else, Romania, Videos | 66 Comments

The quick answer to this question is of course a big fat ‘no’. It’s not as if you’ll be asked for your university diploma when entering a new country and you certainly won’t need to show proof of extended study … Read more

Posted in Travel Tips & Advice, Work & Travel | 60 Comments

As most of you have probably noticed, I’ve never put up a guest post on this site. I’m quite picky about the content of the blog which is why I have always preferred to write it all myself. However, the … Read more

Posted in Everything Else, Travel Tips & Advice | 14 Comments

For the past week I’ve been battling the flu as well as the idea that I’m currently in the midst of experiencing my first real winter in over ten years. Even as I type this post there is an actual … Read more

Posted in Romania, Travel Tips & Advice | 57 Comments

Forget about the wildlife. Forget about the wines and the mesmerizing coastline. You might as well forget about the diverse cuisine and the adventure activities for a moment as well. This post is going to highlight another aspect of South … Read more

Posted in South Africa | 32 Comments

You want to travel. You make a vague plan. Maybe you’ll fly to Thailand or maybe to Mexico, but either way, you’re leaving in six months time. You start saving money, you start doing research every single night and your … Read more

Posted in Travel Tips & Advice | 117 Comments

Have you ever had an experience that you were so excited about before it began, but then, once you found yourself in the middle of that experience, you started to wonder if it was such a good idea after all? … Read more

Posted in South Africa | 45 Comments

Now that the below live travel chat has finished, you can still check out the entire conversation over at FoxNomad.com. It was an excellent chat session, with many interesting travel-related questions and answers submitted by many readers and visitors. If … Read more

Posted in Everything Else, Romania | 12 Comments