Vagabonding Blogs
Vagabonding Blogs
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The best way to prep yourself for travel is to read about other backpackers’ adventures on their vagabonding blogs. It will help keep you sane while you are at home and also give you some human insight into your future destinations that won’t be found in the standard guidebooks.
Most of these vagabonding blogs will have RSS links where you can subscribe and see updates all in one place. I highly recommend doing that so you do not have to check so many blogs every day!
Active blogs and sites
| Vagabonding | Greg Rodgers | Follow the editor’s life of vagabonding as he avoids the cubicle and finds adventure |
| Working Nomad | Webby | Learn the secret to everyone’s dream – working at will in exotic locations |
| Everything, everywhere. | Gary Arndt | Gary’s award winning blog contains adventures in 34 countries and he’s still going! |
| The world is my office | Mike Elgan | Mike is a writer for ComputerWorld and a location independent profressional making money on the road! |
| Nomadic Matt | Matt Kepnes | More than just a blog, Matt has travel tips and lots of interesting stuff for backpackers. |
| Yellow Brick Road Trip | Kris | A blog by Kris the educated vagabond |
| Simpson’s Paradox | Meg Stivison | Gaming, China, and travel blog by a Starbackpacking.com contributor! |
| Migrationology | Mark Wiens | Why vacation when you can migration? |
| Nomadic Notes Travel Blog | James Clark | Interesting blog by a vagabonding nomad |
| Globe Stompers | James Clark | Advice and blog by Jared Byer, former office dweller turned vagabond |
| Breathe, Dream, Go | Mariellen | India Blog |
| Saben and Lin | Saben and Lin | A couple escapes the cubicle and travels the world! |
| Lonely Girl travels | Lauren Quinn | Lauren is a contributor to Startbackpacking.com – this is her journey. |
| Hittn’ the Trail! | Daigle Brothers | Two brothers travel around Asia and do volunteer work |
| Seat of Our Pants | Jaime and Martin | Great blog of a couple traveling around the world |
| Best Travel Place | Marcello Arrambide | A Day Trader’s journey around the world |
| Adventures with Dan | Dan | RTW Travel Blog |
| Budget Travel Tips and Videos | Sara and Ryan | Nice travel blog with lots of videos |
| Rocco’s Motorcycle Trip | Rocco | Follow Rocco as he travels the west (and more) by motorbike. |
| Backpacking Travel Destinations | Tom | A nicely done backpacking blog. |
| Backpacking in Southeast Asia | Jake | Good looking site about Southeast Asia. |
These blogs are inactive now but still contain good information
| Multi-Cultural Personality Disorder | Amanda Formoso | Amanda makes her way from Russia to China to study Kung Fu where it all started |
| Corporate Whore no More | Justin Gilmore | A blog after my own heart – stick it to the man! Great inspiration for cubicle dwellers as well. |
| Mr. Confused | James Esbester | You’ll either find James at Burning Man or bumming around China. |
| The Kerala Articles | Asha | For the nomadic souls out there |
| A girl, a dog, and a backpack | Cat Duval | Cat is a nomad living in BA for now…. |
| My awesome gap year | Anna M | Anna’s first gap year around the world at age 18 |
| Yoga in Mexico | Jodi C | Jodi moves to Mexico to study in a full-time Yoga school |
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