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I’m David, an American world traveler from a small town in Missouri.

I first fell in love with travel during a 2015 hiking trip to the rocky mountains in Colorado. The next year, I did my first major international trip — a solo road trip across Iceland. My budget was small, so I slept in a rental car for 1 month while I drove 7,000 kilometers around the entire country, filming all of the scenic places in Iceland. The same year, I came back to the States and slept in a tent for 2 months in Colorado, driving almost 10,000 miles to capture a full length drone video there. That video was later featured on international TV by BBC Travel.

Since then I’ve solo traveled to many developing countries, including almost every country in Asia and the Middle East. I experienced a 7.0 earthquake in SE Asia in 2018 (yikes). Over the years I have slept in jungle treehouses in Bali, joined Komodo dragon safaris in Indonesia, dined on tarantulas and scorpions in Cambodia, rode a camel to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, went skydiving in Hawaii, played with baby tigers in Thailand, toured medieval Samurai castles in Japan, and visited some timeless world monuments like the Taj Mahal, Hagia Sophia, and Angkor Wat.

I’ve done this on a pretty modest budget and rarely spend more than $30/day on my travels, including accommodation and food. I live my life out of a backpack. If my budget doesn’t work, I make it work! On my latest road trip in the United States, I slept in a tent for 6 months and drove 20,000 miles in 8 states, hiking and filming scenic places all over the country.

I’m currently based in Bali, Indonesia, but I still travel all over the world and I currently have a lot of big trips planned for 2019, including a trek to Mount Everest base camp in the Himalayas. I hope this blog can both help and inspire you in your travels as well!

Please stay tuned!

David