Guestbook - Contact Me - Walking Land's End to John o'Groats with Mark Moxon

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William Jewsbury	Subject: I agree completely Posted: 26 Jan 2005 1:18 am Mark, for almost a year now i have been reading your work. Ever since the conclusion of my A-levels ive felt a loss of direction that seemed to suggest that social order required a person with my results should attend university. The peach bathroom of my life is the monotony of regularity and routine i see around. I dont want to sound a depressive, but i cannot bear to be strangled by an existance of following typical social patterns. In essence, i wish to explore life and not be the man who sits in the pub wishing id made different choices. With this realisation of time running out, I have made a drastic move. I quit university even thought i aced the first year. I dont feel that i can be judged in Geography (which i studied) from my reading of books. I will work my way around, a free spirit traveling and meeting new cultures, people, places. The only problem for my long term travel planning is money, i will work, but i wondered, more specifically, how you finaced yourself? Thank you for you work and time. Post a Reply
Mark Moxon	Subject: Funding my trip Posted: 26 Jan 2005 6:23 pm Hi William. Well, what can I say? I hope you find the happiness I found when travelling - whatever happens, making the decision to try it is a good one. Best of luck! 😀 Financing a big trip is always a tricky one. I was lucky enough to have saved up £6000 before I hit the road, but the main reason I kept going so long was because I found some very well paid work in Australia and New Zealand (writing work), and this stocked up my bank account, ready for the cheaper travel in Asia. I was lucky; I returned with £2000 plus £1000-worth of scuba gear, which wasn't bad at all. This isn't necessary a typical story; I met plenty of travellers who worked in fruit farms to pay their way, or got bar work. Whatever happens, you'll find work in places like Australia, especially if you're not fussy, and you can then spend it in the cheaper parts of the world. But half the fun is working out how you're going to survive, so I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. I would recommend you go for it, though; you don't know until you try it. Good luck, and happy travels! (And feel free to ask me for advice here; I'm happy to help.) Best wishes, Mark Post a Reply

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William Jewsbury

Subject: I agree completely
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 1:18 am

Mark, for almost a year now i have been reading your work. Ever since the conclusion of my A-levels ive felt a loss of direction that seemed to suggest that social order required a person with my results should attend university.

The peach bathroom of my life is the monotony of regularity and routine i see around. I dont want to sound a depressive, but i cannot bear to be strangled by an existance of following typical social patterns.

In essence, i wish to explore life and not be the man who sits in the pub wishing id made different choices.

With this realisation of time running out, I have made a drastic move. I quit university even thought i aced the first year. I dont feel that i can be judged in Geography (which i studied) from my reading of books.

I will work my way around, a free spirit traveling and meeting new cultures, people, places.

The only problem for my long term travel planning is money, i will work, but i wondered, more specifically, how you finaced yourself?

Thank you for you work and time.

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Mark Moxon

Subject: Funding my trip
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 6:23 pm

Hi William.

Well, what can I say? I hope you find the happiness I found when travelling - whatever happens, making the decision to try it is a good one. Best of luck! 😀

Financing a big trip is always a tricky one. I was lucky enough to have saved up £6000 before I hit the road, but the main reason I kept going so long was because I found some very well paid work in Australia and New Zealand (writing work), and this stocked up my bank account, ready for the cheaper travel in Asia. I was lucky; I returned with £2000 plus £1000-worth of scuba gear, which wasn't bad at all.

This isn't necessary a typical story; I met plenty of travellers who worked in fruit farms to pay their way, or got bar work. Whatever happens, you'll find work in places like Australia, especially if you're not fussy, and you can then spend it in the cheaper parts of the world.

But half the fun is working out how you're going to survive, so I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. I would recommend you go for it, though; you don't know until you try it.

Good luck, and happy travels! (And feel free to ask me for advice here; I'm happy to help.)

Best wishes,

Mark

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