Being Homeless

[sebbb]

you might want to give this a try:


http://www.couchsurfing.com/

I've never tried it, but looks like an infinite # of people's places you can stay at for free!

[TheMetetron]

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wait...it's 10 year on income with an US source. makes it less of a scam... I don't think any poker site is located in the us so poker is not an income you get from US [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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No it's worldwide income. It is a scam.

[HoldingFolding]

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One major issue is mail / bills / not having an address. American Express used to be awesome for this but I can't find any info about it anymore on their web site; anybody dealt with this?

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I travelled for about 7 years in the early eighties & always used the Poste Restaurante system, where you can just get your mail sent to the local central post office, along the lines of:
C Bloom
Post Restaurante
Lima
Peru
Never had any problems. My mum would just put any correspondence I'd got in a big envelope & mail it there.

[cbloom]

Lololo you mean "Post Restante". Though I will probably be at a restaurante so maybe they'll deliver the mail there.

But yeah, basically your method is having your mum forward it. Any homelessness tips Holding?

[HoldingFolding]

Hey, it was a long time ago [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Times have changed; I'm not sure my experiences would be particularly relevant. If only they'd had online poker [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] or even 'online'!

I guess one thing I'd mention is, if you have cash to spare, then look for potential business oportunities. A good friend of mine met a young hard-working Philippino & backed him in a series of business ventures; as a result they both became very rich. Obviously, it would be high-risk/high reward, so it needs to be money you can afford to lose.

[Maulik]

TheMeteron gave solid advice. If I were to partition the next five weeks or five months traveling, I'd do exactly what he suggested, set up base and bounce around. It's nice not having to deal with hippies, having a proper bed, kitchen, privacy. There is something to be said for living in a city for several weeks, you'll be immersed and get a feel for the culture, etc.

[Dan.]

Bump. This idea is cool as hell, imo. There's very little on the web, so if anyone could post more about it, I'd be grateful.

[Haunted Ghost]

The 4-Hour Workweek was a subject in the business forum. You guys might enjoy that book and website.