My little brother said he would travel around the world, but he really played 10 years. ...

In 2008, a little Dutch brother named Tom Grond had the idea of traveling.

So he packed his bags and spent 1 year traveling to 24 countries, from North America to South America, from New Zealand to Australia, and finally to Southeast Asia.

Although I said I would leave, the beauty of a year of pure play and no work has deeply entered my little brother's heart. From the moment he finished his journey, he set great ambitions:

I want to travel around the world! !

To tell the truth, this ambition is too popular. Nine of the interviewed 10 people may have the same idea, but Tom may be one of the few people who make his dream come true.

After a perfect first experience, Tom began to work hard from nine to five like chicken blood, and accumulated his own small vault with 12 points.

Every dollar fell into the account, and Tom felt that he was one centimeter closer to his goal, day after day, year after year.

Finally, from 20 12 to 12, he quit his job again and took the first step to travel around the world with his savings for several years.

Who knows, this move is 10 year. ...

In fact, before he started traveling, Tom set himself a budget goal of spending only $30 a day. The money saved by working for several years is almost enough for him to maintain a three-year continuous travel life.

Therefore, Tom's first trip was terrible.

Like many backpackers, he stays in a youth hostel, takes an overnight train or a bus, eats grounded roadside stalls, and rackes his brains every day to find ways to play to reduce costs.

But as social media began to flourish in the 2065438+00s, Tom suddenly realized:

I can also make money by writing my adventure stories around the world and taking beautiful photos.

Indeed, little brother's face is not delicate, but people love to laugh! More importantly, the abdominal muscles of this red fruit are enough to make up for all the hard injuries!

In sauce, in 20 14 years, my little brother opened his own Ins and gained 30 thousand fans in just a few months.

At that time, writing travel blogs was nothing new, but those travel bloggers who made a living by sharing their experiences of traveling around the world on social media and personal blogs were dominating the mountains and grabbing the market.

Soon, Tom's efforts to update paid off.

Hotels and some travel agencies often provide free accommodation and play, so that Tom can write some comments and strategies. He is also famous for punching cards frequently.

Little brother was very excited at first:

Wow, I'm so lucky that people will recognize me, which is really cool.

But gradually, he felt the shackles of short hands.

I have to brag about rainbow fart against my will, and I have to write soft-text advertisements under pressure. After a while, Tom found that this special way of life is not a long-term solution for him and must be changed!

So, in 20 16, he started to write his own blog Traveltomtom, where he shared adventure news from all over the world, and it was precisely because of the income generated by the blog that most of his travels were funded.

Even now, Tom has Ins and Tik Tok, but he still updates his blog regularly.

In this way, while playing hard, Tom wrote carefully, with more and more fans, and he finally evolved from a backpacker to what he called a "mid-range traveler":

Yes, my days in a crowded hotel are over!

In the past three or four years, I have stayed in hotels all over the world. I met many interesting people, experienced the most wonderful adventures and was inspired by travelers. This is a good way to explore a country.

I miss those days a little, but I don't want to sleep in a hostel anymore.

Besides, who doesn't want to face the sea and eat and drink?

For Tom, even though the hotel he stayed in was high-class, his way of traveling didn't really change:

I still want to explore and understand the local people and see what their lives are like. Without this enthusiasm, I would not have traveled long ago.

So, when he was in Indonesia, he rode an electric scooter in other places;

When I was in Zambia, I made up a small dirty braid;

Go to Barcelona to learn to cook paella;

As a straight man, he took off his shirt in a gay parade in Tel Aviv, Israel. ...

Of course, when he is on the road, the world is constantly changing. The stagnation caused by the epidemic and the uncertainty caused by the war have had a great impact on cross-border travel.

But in Tom's eyes, it's nothing.

Although isolation or blockade means that he is forced to stay in one place for a few more weeks, whenever he has the opportunity, he will jump on a plane and go to places with less strict epidemic restrictions such as Mexico and Turkey.

He will also go to countries that have experienced wars, such as 20 19, and he went to Syria:

This is a very expensive trip. I have to pay the security fee and various expenses, but it's all worth it. Some cities were completely destroyed, leaving nothing but some buildings. But the local people we met still have the determination and confidence to rebuild their lives and believe that everything will return to normal. That trip left me with too many feelings.

However, travel is also flawed. The maintenance of interpersonal relationship is the most difficult point:

It is impossible to maintain a relationship. Although everyone can use social software now, I have to move to a new place every few weeks, sometimes even a few days.

If you meet someone you like, it may be difficult. Because I basically always say goodbye. I say goodbye to people every few days. This is a struggle.

In the past 10 years, Tom has been to Syria, Jordan, Colombia, Burkina Faso and other about 130 different countries, among which 7 1 countries have been favored by him more than once:

I have been to Pakistan four times, Thailand 17 times and Turkey several times a year.

As long as it is a favorite destination, there are not many times to go.

In the next few months, he will also travel to West Africa and plan to stay in Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea for eight weeks.

Don't ask him when he will go home again. The prodigal son has no home and the road has no end.