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Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 01:49:00 No.68260 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>68391

I have never been outside of my home state of Texas.

I want to leave Texas.

I want to experience the entire world, begining with any place hundreds of miles from home.

How do I go about doing so with only a high school degree and a near complete lack of money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 01:56:00 No.68267 Report

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Join the army.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 02:30:00 No.68279 Report

Quoted By: >>68479

Here's what I did:
Work full time for a few months
Travel somewhere cheap - I went to Southeast Asia
To save money on airfare, do a courier flight
Good luck, and don't be afraid

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 02:36:00 No.68281 Report

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you can literally make your way anywhere in the world as long as you're not a chicken shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 02:58:00 No.68290 Report

Quoted By: >>68352

Oh, and since you're from TX, I hope you're not overly patriotic. You might have to deal some jokes/insults about the US from other travelers. Don't take it personally or try to defend yourself, just laugh it off. The fact that you are an American traveling abroad already shows something about you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 09:32:00 No.68352 Report

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>>68290
Fellow Texan here, not OP. Is it alright if we make immensely insulting jokes about europe in return? Also are anti-semetic jokes still the rage? I got quite a few laughs the last time I told my volkswagon jew joke when I was in Germany.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 10:16:00 No.68355 Report

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Go here: http://www.coolworks.com/ and find a job. The pay ain't gonna be great, but these places take anyone, and you'll get the insider's experience of some of the most incredible places on earth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 13:46:00 No.68387 Report

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Work in import/export companies that have offices in other countries...

I'm an engineering student and they often offer us 6 month jobs all around the world in that kind of places. Great thing is that you have a job and you don't have to stay for too long if you don't want to.

Just remember you have to know some languages!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 14:44:00 No.68391 Report

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>>68260
as a Eurofag (german) what I did was save some money and used my car to drive to Peking, useing said money only for gas and food and seeing stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 17:36:00 No.68411 Report

Quoted By: >>68448

As a Britfag I just used the money the government gave me for doing nothing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 19:47:00 No.68448 Report

Quoted By: >>68540

>>68411
The Goverment give you money? you must be coloured.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 20:27:00 No.68461 Report

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Well you could join the military I would suggest airforce cus they have nicer bases, and their deployments are only six months and they can drink on deployments. my husband is army and wwe're in germany and it super cool cus its reall cheap to travel within europe. as Airforce you could get stationed in the UK nd travel around there. OR you could sign up for college and get grants and loans, and sell all your worldly possessions and backpack through europe like my friend is doing. you can always sell you body in amsterdam too ;P

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2008 21:48:00 No.68479 Report

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>>68279
>do a courier flight
I never knew about these before. You rule.

anon

anon Wed 08 Oct 2008 02:27:00 No.68529 Report

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Probably the cheapest way to travel is to hike the Appalachian Trail or other trails. You will need some money but after a while you can learn how to hike with very little money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Oct 2008 03:22:00 No.68540 Report

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>>68448

In southern states (like mine anyway) the government makes you jump through hoops for welfare unless you're white. More rednecks on welfare than blacks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Oct 2008 04:32:00 No.68555 Report

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Fellow Texan here. Unless you live in some po-dunk part of the state, you can get a job easily that pays $10+/hr just about anywhere in the state. Do NOT spend your money on crap. Live by bare minimums then reward yourself later on.

I work for a few, save massive amounts in 6 month period then go travel for weeks at a time. I've been to Asia, Europe and just got back from Canada in doing this and seen amazing things. I make my friends super-jealous because while they're wasting their money on 360/PS3/Cars, I'm seeing the world outside of Texas.

There's nothing wrong with the state as Austin, South Padre Island (pre-Hurricane Holly) and San Antonio are nice places but I understand the urge to go see the rest of the world.

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