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The Ultimate Traveler s Day Dream Come True
ore than a few times, By the end of the day, we had
I've caught myself sitting agreed on a price, signed a
at work day dreaming about contract and he was wiring the
dropping everything and just money.
jumping on a plane. In October of
2003, I did just that. First thing Monday morning, my
bank verified the wired money had
Life can grind you down when you been received and credited to my
get in a rut. In my case, I had a bank account. I picked up a
particularly bad case of the couple of American Express
blues in October 2003. My checks, packed a small backpack
girlfriend and I had apparently and headed to the airport in Los
come to an agreement that there Angles, known as "LAX".
was no need for me to exist on
the face of the earth. My The Dream Comes True
glamorous and exciting Internet
business had become a bore. All I walked into the international
and all, I was in a rut and wing of LAX and did what every
needed a change. The travel gods traveler has dreamed of doing. I
apparently agreed. stared at the flight board and
just let the various destinations
On a Wednesday, I made the final soak into my brain. After a few
decision to sell my business, get minutes, Asia percolated to the
what I could for it and hit the top of my grey matter and I
road. The next day, I received a started searching for the
call from a man in Chicago what airlines with flights there.
wanted to buy my web sites. This
was particularly interesting After a few misses, I was able to
since I hadn't actually told get a ticket on a Korean Airlines
anyone the sites were for sale. flight to Bangkok. I passed
through security, picked up a my trips. I prefer a very loose
guidebook for Asia and headed to schedule because I want time to
my gate. Three hours later, we live out unexpected events. If
lifted off the runway and I you ever get the chance to chuck
waived goodbye to rut for three everything and go travel for a
months. few months, just do it. You never
know when you'll get the chance
I've disdained heavy planning for again!
About the Author:
Rick Chapo is with http://www.nomadjournals.com - makers of travel journals. Writing journals are the perfect travel accessories. Visit http://www.nomadjournaltrips.com to read more travel articles and travelogues.
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