Fascinating! I read this because a colleague and her husband are both quitting their jobs and planning to travel for a minimum of 6 months. She told me she was reading this in preparation, and I found the title intriguing. What's really intriguing is the philosophy of working to make money to travel, then living simply on the road for long stretches of time-- and instead of spending lots of money to stay right where you are, spending lots of time to experience the world. Exhilerating quotes from Walt Whitman, Annie Dillard, John Muir, Joseph Campbell... I especially love John Muir's recommendations on preparing for a trip: "...throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump over the back fence." :)