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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThis post was originally published in 2010. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content.<\/em> Leanna works for the US Military. As such, she has traveled and lived all over the US, Europe, and Korea, and has been doing so for the last 16 years. Kyle left Canada 18 years ago, and has wandered the world ever since. He\u2019s lived in some places for years, some for months, and some for just weeks. He works his way around the world (mostly doing bicycle courier work), and in response to my tag name of \u201cThe Professional Hobo<\/a>\u201d, he likes to call himself \u201cThe Reluctant Nomad\u201d. Samuel grew up in New Caledonia, and after studying in France for a few years, took up a meditation practice that has led him to a variety of countries over the last three years, including India, New Zealand, and Spain. He makes ends meet along the way by volunteering in trade for accommodation or finding work as he goes. Kim and her partner John are originally from New Zealand, but have spent the greater part of the last 10 years in Australia. They travel and live in a large bus, and when they tire of living and working in one place (usually after a year or so), they move on to a new town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then there\u2019s the wider contingent of people who take vacations. Regardless of those hard-core \u201ctravelers\u201d who suggest that tourists aren\u2019t travelers, they are. A tourist is defined as \u201csomebody who travels for pleasure\u201d, so they\u2019re in the club too. Backpackers who take sabbaticals, gap years, or round-the-world trips. It\u2019s often the people who travel in these circles who consider themselves the \u201celite\u201d of the world of travelers, citing feats such as \u201cgetting off the beaten path\u201d as being travel stripe-earning accomplishments.
<\/p>\n\n\n\nTravels for Her Job<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nLives Around the World Picking up Odd Jobs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nLives in Monasteries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nLives in an RV<\/strong>, Relocates Every Year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>On Vacation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nBackpacking<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nSerial Expats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n