What’s the Long-Term Traveler’s Day-to-Day Like?
| July 8, 2016
3. You Have Completely Unexpected Days
You might be hanging your hammock, preparing for the cold night on the slow boat over the Amazon when you strike up a conversation with a fellow traveler. It turns out you get on really well and end up traveling together for three weeks.
You become good friends, he gets to meet your buddies and family and a couple of months later you visit the boat where he’s living. Now you’re going to become flatmates! (That’s actually a true story.)
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