The Vagabond’s Way, Tactics for Immersive Travel, Pilgrimages, and More - Rolf Potts

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[@biglance]

14:00-Excellent point I just discovered on my own! Travelin Poland now, started going to the gym here met amazing people from the area! Going to do it for the rest of my trip! peace from Poland.

[@anthonykent00]

Rolf Potts, Bas Rutten. This is the stuff I miss. Thank you, Tim.

[@sergnio]

You and Rolf Potts are the reason I'm in Spain right now and travelling around Europe, Africa, and Asia for a year!! Thank you both for changing so many lives.

[@liveimpossibly]

Read Vagabonding years ago after discovering The 4 Hour Workweek in a bookstore. Both books really shifted my perspective and have had a lasting impact on me. Excited to dive into this interview.

[@Roam_Antics]

So to respond to the bit about staying in a hostel nowadays, I'm just a couple years younger than you Tim, and just spent a weekend in a hostel in Hue, Vietnam. Not a single traveler was interested in having convos outside of their phones or their group of friends. People have become 100% reliant on their phones not just for entertainment, but for information and ideas. The idea of the expert Hostel worker seems to have gone out the window, in favor of "just Google it" and "hey siri, where should I go to eat?" It was pretty disheartening, as my prior experiences have always been the opposite of this. Post-COVID travel in itself is a whole new experience, because the attitudes within different communities and sectors of the global population have shifted. As my guest house host in HCMC told me, many of the people in Vietnam realized they prefer having their country back to simpler times and slower pace...and minus the tourists. And many of the younger generation just got really comfortable with the idea of not working for 2 full years. Idk to what extent that is true across any group of people or not. My Vietnam experience this time around has been somewhat heartbreaking compared to when I was here in 2019 just before COVID, but it's really given me a chance to do a lot of reflection. Vietnam will always have a special place in my heart, but it seems best to leave for now and wait to revisit until I get my own head on straight, and the country has had a chance to readjust to the massive tourism that fuels the majority of the economy

[@Roam_Antics]

And yeah, Couchsurfing is not the same as it was 10, or even 5 years ago. For lack of better expression, it "sold out"

[@Re3iRtH]

Unfortunately that is the world that we live in. I would suggest smaller cities in Mexico Colombia and Brazil. You need to know the local language but the stuff that you described doesn't exist there. Much more grounded family-oriented bunch of people who smile at you when you walk down the street and they are not glued to their phones. You have to be willing to go into some not dangerous but a bit uncomfortable areas.

[@americasgreatestfan]

"If you can at cook like you walk, I'd marry you" All Time ....What a beautiful soul.....deep curiosity both of you.!! ...I'm a Dad now and this was great for me to stay up late and take an hour off of my sleep to soak up some knowledge.....and dream a lil about traveling and poetry and all the great meals i've eaten

[@kirso]

I was just thinking of Rofl and the first mention he got about vagabonding more than a decade ago on the blog and realized I haven't heard much about him lately. What a pleasant surprise to see the episode!

[@jamsaddis9313]

Been a fan for many years. Wish you continued success and good health. Greetings from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

[@DigitalNomadOnFIRE]

Technology can also HELP social interaction when travelling, from Couch Surfing hangouts, finding other meetups - or in a hostel in greece I stayed in recently they had a hostel Whats App group where people could co-ordinate hanging out. It works both ways.

[@thomasnicholson6869]

Just listened to all the Rolf Potts episodes and today and I feel inspired!

[@kayericwinkler]

Being more aware and curious can also be applied to the daily life :)

[@smdeeeeeehe]

But curiosity killed the cat. T_T

[@milesenlight]

Well done Tim and Rolf. Great conversations and insights. Congrats on the new book Rolf 🎉M

[@DigitalNomadOnFIRE]

Visiting the best cafes in town (with third wave single origin beans etc) is a great way to find cool neighbourhoods.

[@bryceallen]

I recently put this book in my Amazon cart because of your recommendation of it in Tools of Titans. Looking forward to this one!

[@wmfbmp5743]

i just recently purchased tools of titans and have started reading that 👍

[@bryceallen]

@@wmfbmp5743 It’s a phenomenal read. I read it and Tribe of Mentors every day in my office.

[@GR_BackingTracks]

Wait, Tim... you play guitar!? Come to my channel and Jam! 20 minutes in and this interview has me stoked about upcoming travel. I *am" that guy who will interrupt someone phone surfing in the hostel lobby. Couchsurfing is indeed a lost sport. One of my favorite CS stays was on a sailboat off Puget Sound. "Geo-arbitrage" - living in the American Midwest as a more cost-effective mode has definitely come into my mind as of late. "...the Algorithm is smarter than all of us " Telling a woman "If you can cook like you walk, I'll marry you right now." I gotta learn how to Piropos before I get back to España.

[@DigitalNomadOnFIRE]

Funny a vagabond would have so many book - got rid of all such items years back...

[@musebandit]

Peace is Every Step

[@Beederda]

Im about to gain my drivers license at the age of 35 and i plan on disappearing for a trip around Canada so this should be some useful information at about the right time for my upcoming adventure

[@kevind4061]

Ty

[@kenboyce9079]

Haha.. 😂 Who else is watching this on their phone while traveling? 🇹🇭🇹🇭

[@wmfbmp5743]

I feel like there is too much emphasis being placed on people being on their phones while traveling. Maybe it's just me - because I am someone who is not on their phone all the time, and I would never go to Paris like you said and sit on my phone.. or in a hostel.. there's no way. I have a hard time remembering to get my phone out for pictures when I'm somewhere really cool. (I'm only 20 minutes in so maybe this is addressed later)

[@cemmuratengin3455]

I think the trip has to be a need because it's like drinking a lot of water, it makes you sick...It can be applied to travel. 🙂

[@ozzo8573]

Thanks for this comment man, it really tied something up for me. Appreciate you

[@rualablhor]

I love that *uncertainty...but most don't. The (mobile) web helps most "travelers" do the same same things, places smh. Imo travel was much better, say, pre 2012.

[@joedavis4150]

Yeah! I was born in kansas!.. every traveler should become aware that the p l a i n of jars in the Golden Triangle is most likely an ancient work of art honoring the Opium poppy. The jars are poppy pod shaped, and are mysteriously scattered randomly, like p o p p i e s in a field... that they are for burials is almost a conspiracy of misinformation... go look at pictures of Hill tribe opium Harvest, and Hill tribe culture.

[@durianwalker]

He keeps saying pandemic, however the correct name is "Plandemic"

[@phenix3244]

You are insane

[@aneal191]

They both sound like charlatans

[@durianwalker]

wash more dishes man