What's up everybody, it's Alex and Marko – the Vagabrothers
and in case you haven't met us before, we're the lucky winners of MyDestination's Biggest,
Baddest, Bucket List competition
which sent us around the world for the last six months filming our adventures and having
the time of our lives.
If you haven't seen it, check it out in the playlist below.
Now we're back in California, we just got home but we've got some more adventures coming
soon – both in our backyard and beyond.
But this week we're gonna start off a brand-new series of videos to teach you how to travel
around the world.
And it's called “How to Travel the World.”
Pretty apt name, no?
Yeah, I think so.
The videos are going to be packed with practical advice to show you that you don't have to
win some crazy contest to travel the world
all you need is a little bit of inspiration and some determination to turn those dreams
into reality.
We're going to cover a wide variety of topics from the most basic
like how to pack your bag, where to go and how to get there
to more complex questions like how to study or work abroad,
and some tips on how to learn a new language.
So let's get started with the most basic question: why travel?
Some people travel because they want to see places they've always dreamed of,
like the Great Wall of China or the temples of the Maya in Mexico.
Maybe you travel to do bucket list activities,
like scuba diving in the great barrier reef or going on safari in Africa.
But a lot of people travel simply to escape on vacation
To kick up your feet on some tropical beach and drink a mai tai... that's pretty nice.
We believe that travel is potentially about a lot more than that.
Travel can open your eyes, it can expand your horizons and it can teach you so much about
the world and being a part of it.
I travel to explore this beautiful world, I travel to make friends, to meet new, interesting
people and to experience new cultures,
to taste new food, to wake up each morning and know that I can do whatever I want.
If I want to chill, I can chill, if I want to move, I can move,
I travel because travel is fun.
For me, travel is all about the freedom of being halfway around the world with your life
in a backpack
not knowing where you're going or where you're going to sleep but knowing that it's all going
to work out.
It's all about growth because it pops you out of your comfort zone and makes you deal
with new situations and new environments that you wouldn't see back home,
and it makes you learn through experience because when you've seen something with your
own eyes you'll never forget it
and you'll come home a wiser person with hopefully some more responsibility for this beautiful
world that we live in.
So tell us, why do YOU travel?
Let us know, find us on social media @vagabrothers, tweet us your answers or put them in the comment
box below
and if you have any travel related questions let us know and we'll try to answer them in
the next videos.
And stay tuned for more adventures because this week we're going to New Orleans, Louisiana
for Mardi Gras!