I was sitting in my work cubicle, three years into my my first post-college job, when one of my good friends sent me the email below. I can remember my blood boiling with envy and jealousy as I read it. I don't have a record of my response, however I'm sure it was something to the effect of “just you wait, I'll get my chance to travel and then I'll be the one sending you such messages!”
—– Original Message —-
From: A Friend
To: Dave
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:39:30 AM
Subject:
hey mr wannabe world traveler!
whats up?
At the moment, I'm held up in an Internet cafe in the middle ofAnyway, I have been traveling and thinking about how much you would LOVE S.E. Asia! Everything that backpacking in
Also, there is simply so much to see and do. There is a very well worn backpacker path and it is truly fantastic. You meet people all the time (though it is low season so it's a lot of older couples, at least in
After a few weeks, I will go own through
Ok, the rain just stopped do I'm off!
k
Dave is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Go Backpacking and Feastio. He's been to 66 countries and lived in Colombia and Peru. Read the full story of how he became a travel blogger.
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Mike
Tuesday 8th of May 2007
Wow! With friends like that, who needs enemies? =P
Dave
Tuesday 8th of May 2007
Yes, I told him about the post of his old email and he just laughed today. I did get the chance to send him such exciting dispatches when I was in Costa Rica, and he was working away in NYC. The end result? He flew down there the week after I left for his own tour of the country.