The World Awaits is your guide for planning an extended, independent, international journey. You'll get practical information on visa requirements, web addresses, phone numbers, and more. Organized in three parts sequentially matched to the entire travel experience, The World Awaits also examines issues of goals, passports, shots, packing, budgeting, tickets, route planning, and life on the road. With The World Awaits, you'll learn just how much travel can inspire, reveal, educate, and transform. "Experienced globetrotter Paul Otteson provides all the details needed to plan a fulfilling journey, traveling only with what can fit in the pack on your back, teaching you how to do it yourself." -- Midwest Book Review From The Publisher: -- Explains the ins and outs of extended world travel for backpack travelers -- Presents the author's unique philosophy of traveling and provides encouragement and advice for travelers in search of experience -- Includes advice on planning and budgeting, packing light, staying healthy on the road, and meeting the challenges of new cultures, languages, and politics |