In a few days time my wife Lois, daughter Sasha (who is 9) & I will begin our laptop nomad travels across the globe.
We are heading off from Perth on a 7 month trip covering many countries including and not necessarily in this order-
United Arab Emirates (UAE), England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, USA, Canada, Japan & Malaysia.
It will be a working holiday (much less work and more holiday is the plan) as we will all have our laptops with us so we can do some work, school work and business while we are away.
The fact that this is possible still amazes me! The new Nokia N95 8GB phone that I am getting is a mini computer in itself with full email and web browsing, GPS Navigation, WIFI, 5 Mega pixel camera with video etc etc WOW all in one little package!
To think about doing this 10 years even 5 years ago was just not as easy as it is today. It is the true advantage of having an internet based business rather than a physical based business.
We will be recording and documenting our trip along the way on our websites www.laptopnomads.com and www.travelbytrain.tv
We will be doing most of our land travel by train as we just love the relaxed pace and flexibility that train travel offers (which is why I have a few train travel domains such as www.itraintravel.com, www.travelbytrain.net & www.travelbytrain.tv) I have chosen to build the travelbytrain.tv site first as it will be mainly video footage on the site so it lends itself more to the .tv than the net IMHO.
None of these sites are live at this time but will be within the next 2 -3 weeks. Any feedback or ideas for the sites are welcome.
It should be a blast and I am looking forward to spending this time with my family and creating some fantastic memories for my daughter as she gets older.
The podcasts will continue as normal which should be a hoot using skype all over the world to interview other people who are in different parts of the globe. I just finished an interview yesterday with Brian Johnson from www.domainparkingmoney.net that I will edit and upload next week.
Cheers
Ed
April 30th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
A seven month journey across the globe sounds like an experience of a lifetime, and one your family will remember forever. Congrats.
We looked into doing this as well, but trimmed it back to just a summer trip due to school schedules. How are you able to take your daughter out of school for such a period of time?
Safe travels.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Have a great trip. Look me up if you make it to Nelson, BC, Canada. I have a daughter the same age as yours. If you’re at dnforum my handle is hugegrowth there. Cheers.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Sounds great, I did a round the world trip many years ago, it was a fantastic experience not to be missed.
Please be VERY VERY careful when you go to or through the UAE - even Possession of painkillers like codeine and some cold and flu medication could result in a mandatory four-year prison sentence.
They even gave a Swiss national a four-year jail term after three poppy seeds from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow airport were found on his clothes.
Sounds scary but unfortunately its VERY TRUE, alot of people have be caught out by not knowing enough. Know before you go !
http://www.fairtrials.net/index.php/news/article/list_of_controlled_pharmaceutical_substances_in_uae/
Apart from that LOL, I hope you have a fantastic time and a safe trip
ps - I loved that interview you did recently with the Castello Brothers, so much I listened to it twice ! Great Job.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Have a great trip and be safe!
I’m looking forward to your travel reviews.
God’s Speed!
Regards,
Sean Stafford
May 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am
We did a similar trip across North America last year for 6 months and we had a blast!! I worked on my MacBook Pro (Verizon Wireless) and my wife and 4 children ‘tagged’ along and we have made lifetime memories for sure and plan on doing something similar in Europe next year.
You will have a blast mate…be safe and enjoy yourselves. We still talk/share about the experiences still today.
Regards,
David Harry