The wonderful world of twitter just introduced me to @almostfearless - a woman who this July just sold all of her belongings to travel the world with her husband and her 2 dogs!!!

What's awesome is that I didn't have to find her or @guysaroundworld -- they found us!  That's the beauty of twitter, it instantly connects people with common interests 140 characters at a time and I for one LOVE it.  It's property tax time here at home and I am sitting at my computer living vicariously through people braver than I LOL -- all thanks to twitter. 

As for us our next trip is to San Diego but it will be for work so not sure how much "traveling" we'll get done. . .

Twittering travelers unite!!

Ruthe here.  I'm home sick today so I've been surfing the web, updating my facebook profile, and catching up on my twitters. 

Twitter is such a great medium to get in touch with other travelers out there.  We have "travel" in our twitter bio and we've gotten quite a few followers -- not just from companies like southwest but from actual travelers.  I periodically go and check out the profiles and websites of our followers and have found quite a few travelers who have valuable and/or fun travel type things to share.  @GoGreenTraveler maintain a website dedicated to "green" travel, @debohobo blogs all kinds of travel tidbits like a website to locate public restrooms,  @TravelOTC gives all kinds of off the cuff traveling tips, and @travelzoo well that one's self explanatory LOL. 

Our newest follower that we've reciprocated is @guysaroundworld.  Check out their website http://www.twoguysaroundtheworld.com/ - 2 guys traveling around the world (all continents except for antartica) on $10K for a whole year!  They've just started this month but I love reading all of their updates checking out their photos.  Mostly because I'm jealous and so living vicariously through them LOL.  Of course, the draw back of following all these cool travelers is that you get the itch to travel which if you are sick or broke (like me @ the moment) can be a lil' depressing.  :) 

I might be rambling now but I guess my point is, "Get on twitter!" all you other travel enthusiasts.  IMHO it's a great way to connect and learn from other travelers. . .

When I first started traveling I tried to pack for every contingence .. if it gets cold, if it rains, an out fit for lounging, one for going out on the town, one for a fancy dinner, one just in case and of course the shoes to match.  Then I would throw in some extra t-shirts, skirt, and pants.  I was still able to everything into a backpack, carry-on, and 1 suite case (very large).  And compared to my travel companions that was light... But I realized that I used ony a third of the clothes I packed, maybe 2 (at the most) of the 6 pair of shoes and it was a pain trying to maneuver airports, planes, trains, hotels, etc with so much baggage.  Antoine de St. Exupery said "He who would travel happily must travel light."  I could not agree more.

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." - Mark Twain