I've got the travel bug. I've been day dreaming about using the primary part of my summer to do a Round-the-World travel ticket--visit 4 or 5 continents, notably cities where friends and family of mine are living. I did a google search about it, saw a figure for ~$3000 for such a ticket. Encouraged, did more legitimate research through the United Alliance website, only to find out that to go my desired cities/countries (Leeds, Berlin, Thailand, perhaps China, and Sydney at the very least), I could be looking at $5500 just for airfare. ...that would essentially be my savings account. How am I supposed to become worldly and cultured if I'm poor and on a student's budget? Really, I'm at a loss for how people my age travel. It's beginning to feel out of reach to do much significant travel before I have a real job.
Still searching and dreaming about such a summer.
