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"How much does traveling cost?"

Cost of living(rent, utilities, data/wifi, groceries) is $500 USD per month for most countries, $1000 for most others.


"Health care and insurance?"

Health care and insurance abroad are both pennies on the US dollar for the highest quality of medical care


"What about visas?"

You usually don't need them; when necessary, visas are almost all entirely online: a fifteen minute e-form and nominal fee offset in your first day by the drastically lower cost of living abroad.


"How do you make money while abroad?"

Any job that nets you $500+ a month works. There are almost 2 billion English students globally right now, so native English speakers have lucked into a guaranteed job on or offline.


"What qualifications do I need as an English teacher?"

Some countries and schools require a TEFL certificate or prefer candidates with an associate's degree depending on the position, but if you want to teach English, all you need is to be a fluent English speaker.



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  1. Urban camping and public camping is legal and culturally accepted across Japan, just be respectful and non-obtrusive.

  2. High-quality, inexpensive food can be had at every convenience store, which are ubiquitous, and handmade sushi/ramen are only a few dollars more.

  3. Clean, relaxing public baths and laundromats are present in every town so you can stay clean.

  4. Beautiful, well-preserved and maintained forests and hiking trails.

  5. Weather, transportation, like a hundred other reasons I talk about in this episode.

I loved hammock camping across Japan and would be happy to backpack there again.

By far the most expensive part of Japan is their housing, so take that out of the equation and Japan is affordable to even shoestring-budget travelers.

I spent about $300-400 a month for 3 months backpacking in the hammock above from Tokyo to Osaka.

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