as i was sailing across the atlantic, hitchhiking on a boat with no money left after having bummed around europe for a couple years i decided i wanted to travel to south america with a motorcycle. i didn't know people actually did it and that it was very common. i thought i was crazy, well i still am i guess... anyway, i arrived home in LA at 23 yrs old with negative 600 dollars. I lived with my mom, worked two jobs while going to school and in a year i saved 15,000$. a year after that, after having bought all the necessary gear to travel, motorcycle, riding gear, camera equipment, etc. and having gone back to europe for a two month trip and also quitting the second job for the last 6 months, i had 21,000$ and was ready to go. I just focused, ate off people's plates at the restaurant i worked at, rode my bicycle to work when i could, researched good deals for gear, picked up any extra shift.
I set off in april 2013 and spent 8 months riding around america and canada ( i also took a spontaneous trip to europe and an island in the indian ocean with a airline hostess i met, 10percent tickets). in the 8 months I spent 7,000$, 1,500$ of that toward retrieving my stolen bike and replacing parts. I also earned $3,000 under the table working on a less than legal farm. 8 months=$4,000. $500 per month average. I'm back home a couple months working and will leave on the next leg of my journey with $20,000, with the intention of only using $10,000 in a year... we'll see how it goes. point is; i have no education or skills, i was a waiter and worked in an office. yes i lived with my mom, but if i paid rent and food, it would have taken just a few months longer or i wouldn't have traveled to europe during that time. It's possible even for people without houses to sell...
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