Any drivers here take a "break" and do some world traveling?

I started traveling on a whim after my last divorce.
Company I worked for at the time left me run 6 months and I would take a month or 6 weeks off at one shot. Then I traveled. Plus they parked the trk. so I didn't have to clean it out.
I then bought my own and did the same thing. Untill I met my now wife. We work most of the year then take our time off
One of my buddies works for a couple years or so and then takes a leave from the company for maybe 6 months and travels all over.
He has toured Europe Spain some of the former parts of the Soviet Union and the middle east. The last two years he has been traveling Asia and working. Now he's back driving a trk. for the same company

 

Still not sure of the OP's reasoning of not flying commercial because of TSA. I fly A LOT and in fact recently had to get a new passport because my current book was out of pages. I've NEVER encountered any of the untrue and over inflated stories of the TSA but that's his choice to not fly.

Moving on though, I travel a lot, will be in Jamaica for a week in December and going to China in February for a few days just because I can and I want that stamp in my passport book. I still have my passport book with the DDR stamp from when East Berlin was still behind the iron curtain. Had a little `splainin to do with US Customs when I got back to US soil.

Yes anyone can travel on drivers wages, it's all about choices and money management. Stop eating the fast food crap in the truckstops for a few months, buy healthy food and put the remainder of the money in a savings account. In a few months you'll be booking a trip and paying cash.

 

Speaking of travel @passingthru69 , when is the next trip to Thailand so I can schedule vacation time.

 

Looking at mid December.. Will know more around November.

 

From China it's a 5 hour flight I believe. My one buddy flew from Shanghi to Bangkok.
Be warned though alot of tour groups have been flying from China to Thailand, so some flights might be packed

 

considering, that if you plan accordingly, you get can get round trip airfare to Europe for under $800 (yes it's coach), and then a Eurorail pass, you'll be set. Guy that works for one of our competitors did the ultimate, he and his wife saved for a few years, put a $10K down payment on an E-class Mercedes, took the European delivery option, and spent 21 days in Europe. MB handled many of the details of the trip, the airfare and part of the trip was built into the financing of the car. IIRC, they had to cover out of pocket their food, trinkets, and the last 7 days of the trip. On the 15th day, the dropped the car at the exporter in Paris, spent the next 7 days travelling by train and rental car, then flew home from London.

 

Crap, I'm heading to Montego Bay Jamaica on December 5th. Will you be there through January?

 

The military approach is only during phase 1. After that you're on a ship for about 3 months. One month for each dept (Steward, Deck, and Engine). Then you figure out which dept you want to stay with based upon that experience.

 

Yea, we should be there until rnd of Feb. early March