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Kris Arndt has German parents but managed to be born and grow up a bit wild in rural Ireland followed by moving to the UK. After that convention wasn't too appealing and a riot of opera singing, painting, philosophizing, extreme reading, sailing, managing cocktail bars, composing and riding motorbikes crash landed into the ideas encompassed by Camus and Kerouac to produce the vagabond she is today. Singing for the president of Kazakhstan was nice, hiking through the Atlas Mountains with Berber tribes people was enlightening, hitchhiking alone across Patagonia was slightly scary, working as a cowgirl deep in the Guyanese interior was humbling, but adventure is in the soul and can't be quenched so easily. So with nothing but a computer to write on and a hole in her pocket she has convinced herself to make her way up from South America to Canada and then hop on a boat to Russia and beyond for a life of adventure, working while on the road, traveling indefinitely and uncertainty. You can find the full account of her adventures here.



Travis Bickham is a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where he lettered in water polo, winning a national championship in 2007, and wrote for The Daily Californian. He is an avid vagabonder and currently on a 3-month tour of Europe. A passion for culture and adventure drive this ex-athlete outdoorsman to both exotic capitals and remote mountaintops. The only thing that really matters is the journey itself and the people you meet. Follow Travis at travelsofastoic.com.



Peter Cresswell came about vagabonding in classic fashion: traveling through India with a copy of Rolf Potts' Vagabonding tucked firmly in his backpack. A couple of years after the initial seeds were planted, he quit his job as a manager at a medical software firm in Toronto, Canada, and together with his wife ventured forth on a year-long, round-the-world trip starting in November 2011.  An incurable technophile, Peter loves exploring the intersection of travel and technology and finding new ways of sharing his travel experiences with others.  When not traveling, you're likely to find Peter on a rink enjoying that ultimate Canuck game – hockey. You can read about Peter's latest adventures on his travel blog, Always Twirling, or on twitter @always_twirling.



Growing up relatively isolated from the rest of the world in Perth, Australia, Ash Jordan dreamed of travelling abroad. After starting veterinary school he worked three jobs in order to pay for a six week trip to Thailand and Vietnam. This fuelled a desire for more time overseas and upon graduating he moved to northern California, where he has been living and working with dogs, cats and their people for the past four years. Now, having saved up enough money, he plans to vagabond through the America's for several months. He is fond of indy rock bands, the great outdoors and adventure travel. He does not like rats. Rats are nasty. His email is ash.g.jordan [at] gmail.com



Chris Plough is an entrepreneur who rediscovered his passion for travel while he (unintentionally) destroyed an ambulance on a trek from the UK to Mongolia. Since then, he has embraced the vagabonding lifestyle and enjoys finding the balance between travel and his love for startups. He also writes on his blog, sharing his experience in achieving happiness through entrepreneurship and adventure.



Claudio Secci began vagabonding in Milan, Italy at the age of 3, when his favourite game was tying up his possession in a bundle and leave home for a new adventure. When his mom locked him out for few very long minutes, she managed to keep him at bay for some years. The travel bug grew mostly quietly, except some flashes like when at the age of 17 he traveled alone around Europe for a month. He started a real vagabond life on a December 2003, while bored working at home as a community manager for an italian sport website. Since then he didn't stop, not even after seven years his dream job was gone. In the last 10 years he has explored 63 countries and has worked as a Massage therapist and Yoga teacher. On September 3, the same day Amelie Poulain was conceived, he turned 40 and asked himself: 40andnow? It looked like a good idea to finally open a personal blog. And now he keep obsessively ask himself what he is going to do next. Apart keep travelling, of course.



Konrad Waliszewski is a vagabonding entrepreneur who is currently serving his business and clients remotely while traveling the world and working with local businesses, investors and philanthropic organizations along the way. He seeks to work in each country he visits in order to gain a better understanding of the country, people and culture and because he believes that creating sustainable economic opportunities for people is one of the best ways to fight poverty, promote peace and advance any society. As a full-time traveler, explorer and businessman, he carries a mobile office in his backpack and frequently sets up shop in a hostel, café, mountain top or ancient ruin. You can learn more about him and follow his blog at www.worldventureproject.com. He can also be reached at konrad [at] worldventureproject.com.



Victoria Watts is on a quest. She and her boyfriend Steve packed up their home in London in February 2012 and left for south America. They're not sure where they're going or how long they'll be gone for but they hope to find their way. Before this adventure, Victoria worked as a writer for the British Red Cross in London. Nowadays, she writes for a beautiful magazine called Oh Comely, and runs her own blogs If I had a Superpower and Bridges and Balloons. She's been travelling since the womb and is a massive fan of of couchsurfing, cakes and Jungle Speed.

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