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Where Are You Going To Get Your Hair Cut? – The Art Of Being A Location Levite

13 February 2010

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Where Are You Going To Get Your Hair Cut? – The Art Of Being A Location Levite

Location Location Location...that is the big shiny key. The Critical three L’s. The Robin Hoods Maid Marian. A well thought out location to live is to your happiness like rich belgium influence is to “Death By Chocolate” - a necessity. Here some pointers on the importance of location, the key four things to consider and ways to find that perfect location for you.

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An Almost Comprehensive Guide To Knowing What You Want, Improving Yourself, Finding Success, Escaping The Rat Race And Becoming Rich In 2010.

1 January 2010

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An Almost Comprehensive Guide To Knowing What You Want, Improving Yourself, Finding Success, Escaping The Rat Race And Becoming Rich In 2010.

It’s January again, A New Year and another go at completely redesigning your life and reducing the amount of chocolate you consume. I am kidding of course, if anything one should be increase the amount of chocolate consumed, the redesigning life bit still stands though. So to help you out I have spent the considerable time it takes to read all the articles on this site to put together for you a reading list to help you kickstart your 2010. Happy New Year.

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Some Bad Ass Travel Tips To Let You Be A Smug Bar-stuard Even In The Company Of Seasoned Travelers

2 December 2009

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Some Bad Ass Travel Tips To Let You Be A Smug Bar-stuard Even In The Company Of Seasoned Travelers

3 Months, Thousands of Miles, Hundreds of Taxis, Tens of Buses, Five Boats, Four Planes, Three Trains, 2 Police Bribes, 1 Elephant and a pair of home made wooden crutches later and I give you- How to be a smug barstuart traveler 101 - A travelers list to help you be an incredibly smug know it all when you do your own traveling. Without further ado - Enjoy, and add your own at the bottom in the comments if you have any. I need more for my next 3 month trip round India

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A Day In The Life Of A Traveling Entrepreneur

10 October 2009

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A Day In The Life Of A Traveling Entrepreneur

It has come to my attention that many readers of this site enjoy reading about personal experience and so yesterday I took a camera with me to give you a taste of what my typical working day looks like. (I’m the guy in the red hat) Why Read: If you have ever wanted to escape the rat [...]

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Proof That Experiencing The World Doesn’t Have To Cost The Earth

8 October 2009

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Proof That Experiencing The World Doesn’t Have To Cost The Earth

In my post “ How to live a great life abroad without having a job” I advocated that one could get up to 300-400% interest on their money by moving to where currency exchange is favorable. I don’t generally make rash statements without proof to back it up unless I am trying to impress girls. Here [...]

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Surviving in Bangkok Part 2: Seven Eleven Heaven to Tuk Tuk Driver Hell

2 October 2009

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Surviving in Bangkok Part 2: Seven Eleven Heaven to Tuk Tuk Driver Hell

Read time: Approx 3-4 Minutes / 2 Mins Highlighted. . “There comes a strange time in every mans life when he finds himself stretched out in a comfy chair with a cold flannel on his face and having his feet massaged by another man.” . This is my follow up post to the popular Surviving in Bangkok: From Suicide Drivers [...]

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How To Live An Awesome Life Abroad WITHOUT Having a Job

30 September 2009

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How To Live An Awesome Life Abroad WITHOUT Having a Job

These philosophies have allowed me to retire from a hard 40-50 hour work week and move to working less than 90 minutes a day with a substantial increase in lifestyle quality. This is one of many posts to come exploring the new lifestyle I am fortunate enough to live and how it is done.

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Surviving In Bangkok: From Suicide Drivers To LadyBoys

21 September 2009

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Surviving In Bangkok: From Suicide Drivers To LadyBoys

Photo taken from the top of the Sky Restaurant in Bangkok 1KM up So I have spent almost a week in Thailand now and thus think it is about time I wrote about my “cultural” learnings to date. There is so much going on in Thailand and especially Bangkok that I have just included a few [...]

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