{"id":16,"count":19,"description":"Somewhere around 2009, a new thing was born. It was called the \"Best Job in the World\", and it was a job that was marketed (and competed for) around the world. The gig was for a blogger to live on a paradise island all expenses paid off the cost of Australia and do paradise-like things while also receiving a cushy salary, all in exchange for blogging about the experience.\r\n\r\nThis wasn't that.\r\n\r\nThe World Nomads Ambassador Trip came before the Best Job in the World was ever unveiled, and if I were to connect dots, I'd say it was a precursor - a test run, if you will - to the Best Job program.\r\n\r\nIt involved receiving a gaudy campervan decorated with a flurry of sponsor logos (including Traveller's Autobarn, Lonely Planet, Nokia, and others), to take wherever I wanted for 6 weeks. 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