Comments on: Getting Stuck on the Road: How to Avoid It (or Embrace It)

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:21:20 +0000

Good post! I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who tends to want to shop and accumulate ‘things’ when stopped in one place.

We’ve been in Sydney for six months working to fund further travels, it’s a great place but there’s always that lingering “antsy” feeling. Like you too Nora, we’re considering extending our stay in Australia further, we plan to tour the country for 6 months, trying to do seasonal work to extend for a 2nd year visa and see what happens next.

Yes it’s lovely to get to know a place better by living and working alongside locals, but sometimes it becomes necessity in order to fund further movement. Anyways, thanks for giving me fuel to get up and go!!

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:34:34 +0000

@Kristina – You go girl! Happy trails…

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:36:14 +0000

It doesn’t have to be a mind-blowing trauma, but we are certainly at least searching for something we don’t currently have in our lives. Otherwise – why leave home at all? —– SO TRUE.

and am raring to go to the land of oz midyear 2011! rawr!

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By: Brooke vs. the World

Brooke vs. the World — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:01:24 +0000

Stuck is when you decide to take a job in UKRAINE and then regret said decision, but still feel obligated to continue on bc you said you would…. but, I’m not really stuck and I realized that not long ago. I definitely have a tendency to spend more time in places than I thought I would. I was only planning on going to Central Asia for 3 months and ended up staying 5. I spent 5 weeks in the Baltics when I had only planned for half that time. But, I like this route. Fastpacking all the time is just NOT for me

By: Marco Bressan

Marco Bressan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:38:56 +0000

In my opinion being stuck in a place happens after 2 months you’re in that place, and at the moment I’m stuck in Sydney, AU. The world is too big and there are too many things to see to stop in one place for more than a couple months, especially if you’re in a big city, which is the same everyday. The thing is, traveling is expensive, no matter how slow you do it, and sometime it’s ok to get stuck somewhere to cash up and take your time.

By: brian from nodebtworldtravel.com

brian from nodebtworldtravel.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:39:06 +0000

You’re never ‘STUCK’ if you want to be there. Stuck is being in Thailand during the protests or grounded for days because of snow. You’ve made a carefully considered decision to slow down and enjoy something longer than for a few days. Nothing wrong with that.

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:34:15 +0000

Thank you for the comments, everybody!
I am pleased that fellow travelers concur that slow travel can be beneficial.
Here’s to “getting stuck” once in a while!

By: Ciel

Ciel — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:40:49 +0000

Great one Nora!! This is what you do so well. We were “stuck” in Scotland for a year once and seem to continue to be there in our minds, constantly fighting the urge to return before we have checked at least a few more places off our ever growing list. We are, joyfully, somewhat stuck in Mexico at the moment although recently made a commitment to ourselves to move on in September. Now the question is will we next be tempted to get stuck somewhere in Central or South America, Italy, Greece, or New Zealand? Only time and the value of the dollar will tell.

By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:58:32 +0000

I enjoyed this post as only a long term traveler can. We are a family on an open ended tour and love slow travel.

I think we have found the best of both worlds by traveling slowish for 7 months out of the year via land, mostly using an RV combined with lots of mass transit & ferries or freight ships across seas.

Then we return to a tiny 15th century village to immerse deeply which works fantastic as a family.

We have done 4 continents & 29 countries so far on our 3rd year of these travels, but have been focused on Europe primarily, the icons and the hidden places not often traveled.

We plan to do similar style as we hit other continents for long stays.

It is interesting that the more one travels the more one sees how large the world is and how small!

Sadly, in one life time, one can not REALLY see it all, but we are giving it our best shot…slowly but surely.