nyron4england
Striker
what? rattling a load of 18 year olds?
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walesie
Striker
nope, he's infrastructure project management, mainly in finance companies.
he's got a couple of young kids & took them on a trip round south East Asia for a few months.
Harry Angstrom
Striker
I went for a year when I was a month off 29. Never ever regretted it.
Nice! That'd be a cracking thing to do as youngster. Ups the budget a bit, I guess as you can't stay in hostels with young kids.
niknak_123
Striker
It was great mate. Plenty of chance to woo a 20 year old lass.
Faced with an attractive young lady, you put a white sheet over your head and pretended to be a ghost?
socrates
Striker
Daughter (No) did it when she was 21 yrs old. Thailand capital for a few days then Northern Thailand, then New Zealand for 6 weeks, Then Hong Kong 1 week, Bejing next. Travelled the length of China into Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and thn back to Thailand (Koh Samui) where I met up with her for a 10 day beach holiday.
6 months she was away. It was the making of her character wise. Went on her own and made many friends of all ages.
You wont be out of place
Discopants91
Striker
Definitely want to do it some day, I'm 25 and I've been neewhere.
For those that have done it though, how easy is it slotting back into a career after buggering off for a year or two?
For those that have done it though, how easy is it slotting back into a career after buggering off for a year or two?
Can't see why that would be a problem really if you already have experience in your field. Only struggle I would imagine is going back to the daily grind after shagging your way around the world.
fecker
Central Defender
Do it while you can and have the money, if you don't you'll look back and think why didn't I do it.
Just wish I had youth on my side.
walesie
Striker
says he did! I like the idea of it, but I'm not sure I could handle the logistics.
It's easy because you are refreshed from the break and you have a different perspective. You know you can always bugger off again if you feel like it. I found that it helped having it on my CV as well, showed I was self motivated, organised etc.
cjibber
Central Defender
All too easy. After a week it is as if you have never been away particularly if returning to the same company.
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DaveAngel
Guest
Good man.
I have a good set up at work, where I can go on holiday a lot, usually go on 5 or 6 a year. Problem is the costs of flights, then losing days to travel.
Just dawned on me why don't I just caught out all that and not come back
Class mate.
I'm not sure I'd want to do just the whole South East Asia thing, done Vietnam and a few others before which was class.
No no. Just I've been the 21 year old in the Australian dorm room (not the lasses getting rattled mind) and I used to think, I hope I am not still doing this when I am 30
Little did I realise that fuck all changes
Where you go marra?
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Twisted
Striker
surely by then he'd have been dead 50 years after getting an std off a hendon hooker?
go for it. no good getting old with regrets and loads of 'wish i'd have done that' thoughts.
FReaK
Striker
I did it at 31 and it was the best decision I ever made. My life has completely changed for the better ever since.
PinzaC55
Striker
Hugh Gains
Winger
Fuck what people think and do it.
Ive got a two year contract left with work and fully expect to be away for at least a year from 2019 and ill be 26/27.
Tex
Striker
Bollocks!
If you're wise you'll keep a bit of that savings for when you are ready to settle as I understand it can be hard to get a mortgage without a down payment.
But I very much doubt you'll regret travelling, especially if you're of an age to take in the experiences and not just blast around the world in a haze of booze, weed and Coke.
I was 40 when I bought my first gaff. Marriage and child came later still. Wouldn't change a thing. Other peoples' timetables aren't necessarily yours.
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