027 – Guard your enthusiasm
August 17, 2007 in Travel
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This week the Indie Travel Podcast looks at three ideas to help you keep your spirit high as you travel around the world. There really is little point going if you’re feeling blase or jaded. We suggest:
- Guard your passion: look after yourself.
- Do something spontaneous or new.
- Do the things you love.
Linda also talks about culture shock: what it is and what it isn’t and how to deal with it. To finish things off we ramble on about the things we and mention our review in the Sacremento Bee and the comments on our review of Vibram FiveFingers.
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Links:
- Download transcript (pdf, 265kb).
- Read a precise of our mention in the SacBee.
- Read the whole thing.
- Check the comments on our Vibram FiveFingers review.
This article was written by Craig and Linda
Craig and Linda Martin have been living on the road since February 2006. Both born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand they are ... somewhere in the world! Craig and Linda host the Indie Travel Podcast - you can get in touch with them here.
Since November 2006 the Indie Travel Podcast has evolved into an independent travel hub with regular audio and video podcasts along with articles by travellers from all over the world. 
Hosts Craig and Linda Martin started travelling in February 2006 and have been to over 50 countries. They were 
Philip Rawlinson said on May 7, 2011
Hello, I am thinking about long-term travel / vagabond lifestyle but haven’t yet started. I’m 18 and will start after I have finished college! Did you travel 18 months without stopping, if so how did you fund yourself while away? … Do you consider yourselves Vagabonds, or just long-term travelers?
Hope you will get back to me
Craig and Linda said on May 8, 2011
Hi Philip, yes – we’ve been travelling full-time for 5 years now, since February 2006, visiting 50 countries along the way.
The easiest way to find out about how we do it, is to sign up for our email newsletter and you’ll get a free pdf which outlines our story from students to full-time travellers.
Good luck with your study, and planning your travels — of course!