Just turned 19, I've been wanting to travel the world my whole life and after watching this, any other route in life at the moment seems insane. Wish me luck!
Aaron Clay same I also am considering a gap year or perhaps come back during the fall, I'm a second quarter culinary arts student in community college and cried when I heard what the word break from college / gap year was and wished I found out about it when I was a senior in high school. I've thought of not being with people I'm around with but does it matter? You'll meet different people and you're going to be on your own. I want personal growth and happiness instead of being in school my whole life and am not very dedicated in changing myself to have better grades however I'll do my best and do it.. instead of saying.
I am from India after this video I finally did it Travel solo for 6 days lied to my parents And visited 2 States with hitchhiking, hostel life, meeting new people etc Thankx bro.
@@sukuamor I told my parents that I going with for 2 days with my friend but after the 2nd day I didn't pick my parents call. Yeah I spent my own money and lived very cheaply in a hostel at 230 per day met many people from other countries. I climb, tried local alcohol, couchsurfing with locals its was a really nice experience, hope I will do it soon in 2-3 weeks
@@jxlim4613 It could be, but.. When I open my couchserfing page, I see that somebody wants to visit my city and I can help them with money, place and food. Just because they want to meet my culture and traditions. And actually you can feel some stress thinking about them. Imagining how travellers would have to speak foreigner language with somebody, how hard it could be to find place and maybe food. So you can help them. And it works in both ways if you want to go somewhere like this guy.
Hey I saw your comment in a ted video about traveling world I mean how do you do it without visa like without passport of other country how do you cross the border
I am hitchhiking around the world and I film my journey daily I have hitchhiked across 50 countries and counting if you want to see daily videos of my journey or want to help me edit my videos into a movie
hitchhike the world i just finished watching your Europe playlist and i loved every video , i felt like i was hitchhiking alongside you , love your stuff dude and goodluck for the future
I'm almost seventy years old And still have that itching in my soul to go places and meet new people,did a lot of traveling in my life (40 countries in 4 continents)my advise to young people,don't let life pass you by,you only live once and after thirty,time goes by so fast and never returns.❤
this resonates with me and as a boy who is turning 35 in a few months i cannot stress how much i've been thinking about this... and i call myself a boy because i have not lived to my full potential! call it a midlife crisis.. im calling it a midlife revelation...
After watching this video 3 years ago my best friend and I had traveled for 6 months across Europe starting with 15Euros. It was the best decision I have ever made, so many new insights, so many new people so much kindness it was awesome. It had the greatest impact in helping me find out who I am.
I'm just scared of the Scandinavia it can be pretty expensive and cold, so sleeping in tent can be hard. It's quite the challenge, but I'm willing to tackle it
@@headofthetable5572 I don't know which country you are from. I have a German passport so i have to admit it was relatively easy for me, only pakistan and iran visa were difiicult. But most of it you can do online or at an embassy, just ask and people will help you! I wish you will try it!
I am a Japanese girl and I started to travel when I was 19. I've done hitchhiking alone over thousands of kilometers. I use couchsurfing and do work exchange at times. It can be scary at first especially if you are a solo female Traveller. But once you learn how to choose a right host to stay with, right driver to ask for a ride and trust your gut feelings.. You will enjoy this way of traveling. Stay wild and Safe travels!
Indeed. I want to go and do this, and it’s easy for many of us including myself to leave comments saying we will ‘now go out and try and explore the world’. But honestly how many of us will end up just forgetting about it or letting the easy route come to us instead and not bother at all, making all of our words hollow. I’m really scared that this will be the case for me. I’m trying to say yes a lot more than I used to, but when it comes to things that require a lot of money, longer working hours or possible language barriers, it really is easy to become demoralised and just let it sink into the back of your mind and continue on as usual, only for that feeling to repeat again a few weeks, months or years later. I only hope I can do even a little bit of this while I can. What will really happy, only time will tell for all of us.
Old person here.......who can in fact confirm this. And it's really depressing when it hits you that you had one life, one shot and you wasted it. Wasted it out of fear of what other's might think of you, of failing, of being wrong, of being alone or from letting others talk you out of it and the mistake of always thinking there will be more time. And it hits really hard when you see other people living the life that you could have.
God I met him!! my friend picked up him, hitch-hik in Malaga. He stayed there for some days!! very kind, he had a note book were he was writing his experience.
@@aleksandrakowalczyk6043maybe not as safe yesterday but understand that it's the same as the guy was saying about the media it's fear mongering there's plenty of women who do and if you don't feel safe you can always find a buddy to do it with
This video is the reason why I’ve traveled so much the last 5 years. Really opened my eyes. Tom is right, your friends and family will tell you that you’re going to die if you travel alone but that’s just the media trying to scare you.
Just a small note. This is all wonderful and amazing, but as a woman most of those choices are a very real threat to safety... it's not even a matter of "you can do it if you are careful" because there is no way to calculate in advance what situation you will be in. Very happy for those who have the chance and priviledge to experience this. Be also mindful of more fragile people on your journey :)
Hmm, yeah to a certain degree. It is risky and unpredictable for everyone though, it’s just a matter of weighing the risk against the possibility of adventure. No one can tell you exactly how dangerous it will be and it’s a very personal choice you have to make before you go on an adventure like this. But I don’t agree that you “can’t do this” as a woman, yeah maybe some things are more risky as a woman, but to be honest I wouldn’t sleep in a park as a man either. You can still find a way to have an adventure, where it’s worth the risk for you. My point is, being a woman is one factor of many in a very complex equation, if you wanna go on an adventure, just find something you’re comfortable with, if it means traveling with a friend, traveling a bit more expensively to sleep in hostels instead of on the street etc. there’s lots of ways to still have an adventure.
@@Jon-Jon-Jon-Jon exactly. I wouldn't sleep in a park either. Indont hitchhike. But I have a isrelian female friend who hitchhiked in guatemala amd mexico and is not in Argentina amd hitchikes. I just bus a cheap bus/shuttle ticket. Being a female def gives another variable but it's just that, another variable. Not an end all be all its impossible to travel alone now bc I know tooooons of solo female travelers who travel like I do (shuttles and hostels or coach surfing)
Christopher Oliver the top three are the most remotest (that are possible). 1. Antarctic North Pole, 2. Antarctica & 3. Space travel or Moon or Mars (someday if I am still alive)
i watched this video when I was like 17 or something, the concept of traveling the world seemed so distant and amazing, I saw a comment that said "the idea of not traveling the world seems more crazy than traveling it" 23 yo currently watching this from brazil, next week to Chile, life is great ❤
In about 1984 when I lived in New Mexico I picked up a older couple from England who were hitchhiking around the world. They had already been across Canada and down the US West coast and throughout Mexico. He had his retirement pension sent to banks along their way. They were on their way back to Vancouver and were then flying to Fiji and Australia. I never heard from then again but they sure expanded my concepts of what is possible.
I met many hitchhikers/backpackers while my overland journey across Asia, and surprising, few of them mentioned your name and this particular video as an inspiration or a reason to start their journey. You are one of the reasons I also decided to try hitchhiking. I'm revisiting this video after 3 years now. There is something so inspiring in this video and I really needed it now. Thank you Tomislav. Stay happy wherever you are ❤️
Tomislav is absolutely right about everything! Last Summer I spent 3 months cycling across all of Europe. It was such a joy, people were so awesome, I made good friends, and I have so many amazing stories. When I got home everyone was excited and for 2-3 weeks I told friends my stories, but pretty soon they get tired of your stories. When I travel I feel alive, I feel like a rock star. When I am home I feel like a everyday schmo. Just another face in the crowd. For me there was some post travel depression. I did NOT expect that at all! It was only when I began planning for my next adventure that I began to feel alive again. I learned a lot from my trip. I learned that I can live without a TON of stuff. Everyone is obsessed in US with getting more and more stuff. Screw stuff! Give me adventure and the open road!
YESSSSSS! It's so true!! What you said about the post-travel depression is spot on. I feel like my life is on hiatus in between trips. I love traveling so much that even when things go awry I'm still happy. When you're at home and things go wrong does it get to you? I get so pissed and stressed yet if they happened on a trip it doesn't bother me. I wish I could always be the person I am on vacation. I like him a loooooot better
It is the worst , i can't even dream about what he does simply because i have a lame passport , you guys living my life dreams and feeling its not that good
Hey I saw your comment in a ted video about traveling world I mean how do you do it without visa like without passport of other country how do you cross the border
I do travel around the world for 3 years and also hitchhiked in most of south east asia and all this as a solo female traveller. Never had any problems, never felt unsafe. Just go out there and you will see our world is a better place then media or people with non travel experience will tell you. Enjoy your life 😁
And 99.9% of the time you will be just fine, and People You Meet will be good and kind to you, but it only takes one Ax Murderer to ruin your day. Although rare, they do come along once in awhile, so watch out.
22 years I was homeless. I was a busker, a fisherman, fruit picker, chicken farmer, tobacco grower etc, I traveled around and around Australia, by car, bicycle, moped, bus, train, hitchhike, walk etc. I collected cans, went metal detecting for coins....I camped on a remote block of land until Chris Hemsworth bought it for millions!
In less than a month I'll be trekking around Europe. As a 23 year old woman, I think I'll opt for hostels rather than coach surfing or hitchhiking but I look forward to all of the people I'll meet
No offense Paige but I really think its safer for you to stay in hostels than coach surfing. Hitchhiking can be dangerous for both men and women. Travel but use your common sense. Good luck Paige.
This video is so inspirational. As a high schooler there is a lot of pressure to figure my life out and get a job and career lined up. This is my dream life and I am dreaming of doing this.
+M1X3R I'll tell you one thing 'growing up' the way teachers tell you your supposed to is bullshit, have you ever seen or heard of a person who went straight from school to work and lived a happy life? No, they usually die with many regrets. There really is a line between having enough money to be able to afford things you want and having enough time to actually DO the things that you want. Its all about finding the balance thats right for you, you cant have one side without the other, it just wont work. The weird thing is i wonder why anyone ever uses the phrase 'grow up' or 'what do you want to be when you grow up' like they do anymore, its such a depressing way to look at life
I love this, in the seventies, and I am a woman, I hitchhiked across the. US. It was the most wonderful experience I have ever had. I was relying on my woman's intuition, on whom I rode with. I heard great stories and in the end I had some great stories to tell myself. Stop being afraid and take a step forward.
It's sad how most of us have already spent maximum percentage of our lives at particular places, with particular people with never changing perceptions of things around us and died. If you're alive you gotta head out. This has to be one thing you do before you die. Life would be more meaningful and hope I get to make it someday.
This video basically singlehandedly inspired me to travel, when I first saw it I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. Now, when I graduate, I am going to take my best friend and travel, first around the U.S. and then hopefully the world. I cannot thank Tomislav enough for inspiring me to do this.
@@drillbitt4426so my friend, is the plan/desire still alive? are you still coming back to? i've thought about this lately, but my thavel would be in Brazil first a little one to a near city, after that maybe another state and so on. Good lucky mate.
That's it. I decided. I don't want to live my whole life as a slave, working for the governments and corporations, feeding the machine that is the system. I don't want my life to be a constant grind for money, achieving "success" by working, working and working until my muscles give up and forgetting every single day of my life. This video and You, Tom, inspired me greatly. Just thinking about all the people I can meet, all the adventures I can experience, all the sights I can see gives me that happy feeling. But the first step to succeeding in this is... getting all the Visas :D
" Indians didn't warn me about anyone....I don't know" That statement......that statement right there made me a little bit proud of being an Indian when I heard it.....just a little bit.
I realised I come back here every few years, for no apparent reason. The first time I stumbled across this video, travel was light years distant to a kid who didn't even own a passport. The next few times, I could leap into nearby yet unknown territories, thanks to being in a gigantic country with diverse culture and experiences. Now, as I see this, I am 24, and someone who travelled 11 countries in the last 2 years, half of them completely solo, and taking away incredible memories and inspiring friends along the way. I realise that this talk by Tomislav Perko could just be one of the bigger pebbles that rolled into a profound passion for travel. Thank you very much.
I have always found Indians to be more open minded and kind than the rest of us in general. Much respect for your people. As he said so well though, we’re all the same really. Don’t let our media and corrupt governments around the world blind us.
4 years ago somewhere around this time of the year I found this video and after watching it I got inspired and did excactly what Tomislav said and I hit the road I left on February 2016 and was traveling in Asia and Australia for almost 3 years, and that was the best decision that I ever made in my life. So please don't be afraid of the unknown and just hit the road!
@@houssemhmila1740 You walk into an establishment and ask them if they need anyone for cleaning or anything else. If they do, tell them your story and hopefully they'll give you a job. Now that you have a job, use a couch-surfing website or app to find a place to sleep. The days to come after that you'll be making money so you* can pay for a room at a hostal. Then, you can find other small jobs or start selling things by the street. There are many possibilities, you just have to find what works for you. *Edit: Typo.
Watched the video and loved it. When it ended I closed youtube, and then I thought to myself that Tomislav might be checking these comments out and we should tell him how awesome he and his story is. Great stuff brother. Keep lighting up the dark.
I'm doing this right now. I'm a 32 y/o artist, I finance my trips by doing portraits on the way. 10 countries so far, started in February, been hungry, lonely, homeless but I'm still going strong!
I’ve listened to over 50 ted talks, but this is my absolute favorite of them all. Maybe it’s because I love to travel, probably. Really good you deserve a big applause👏👏👏
Just makes one realize, there is beauty, in everything, everyone, everyplace and every situation. From the back of a truck with 50 people, to and old rail car on the floor. This video is about making do with what you got, not what you hope to have, sometime in the future, that may never happen. One of the most inspiring films on the You. Thank you.
My name is Simon and I'm a 21 french guy. Two years ago I saw this video and I was hoping to travel like that, but after dreaming, I was back to my sad reality : studies that I always hated. I was always saying to me that I will be happy later, but now I have to make sacrifices. And also, I was not ready to quit everything to hit the road, I think I was not brave enough. But now my mind changed, i'm ready to stop my studies because i hate it, and I'm completely ready to quit everything to travel the world. I'm super motivated, and I'm gonna do it in 2022. Before my departure, I'm getting ready : in my mind, in my family's mind, and I want to save a bit of money for visas. And through my journey, I want to prove to the world that we actually can travel the world without ever flying.
He's from my country, yet this is the first time I've heard about him. That's kind of sad because inspirational and amazing people like him should have more spotlight here ! I would like to see him and listen to his speech, but he wasn't near my city :( Hopefully I'll meet him one day!
16:30 Really like the end of this talk when he talks about the not-so-rosy part of traveling long-term. Even if you keep on seeing all the wonders the world has to offer, it won't make you feel fulfilled all the time. You might find your happiness being mostly affected with the people around you, so it's good to invest in those relationships that matter to you:)
Thank you to Tomislav Perko in the first place. I am honored by the Creator who has taught me and taught me from time to time. I shared my feelings as I listened to him on the road. I've learned to not only keep track of life's experiences, but also to try something new all the time. It has changed my view of travel. I live in East Africa, Ethiopia, and I invite you to visit the country of creation. I'm sure you'll be a reminder of the wonderful journey of your life Thank you
I’m over 60 female. Traveling the world volunteer work at beautiful resorts, houses, Asia, Europe, teach English, pet sit, best time of my life, where ever they tell you not to go I GO. And I left the jet set world behind. This is more meaning than anything. Next place Mexico to rich beautiful safe areas, take my dollar there, and be rich. More gangs in Oakland than other world. Oh and they all have education and speak 2 languages outside the USA.
elana vlahandreas in advance, welcome to India if you will travel, must travel ..... It is said that if you ever wants to travel whole world in one country then travel India. You can find whole world in India. . . .idk famous person said this about India.
Hi Elana! I am 64 but bad back problem and can't stand in front of a class without soon my back hurting a lot. Can you teach sitting and standing often? Don't you have to be teaching certified before you go? I'm going to be surviving on my $683 a month social security by going to ATM machines. Can I do all you mention on that amount? As an American you went to places like Iran and all was okay? I hope to travel all over the world but wonder if customs in various countries want to know how much money you're traveling on, and if you have a means to return to your country, like a universal airline ticket of some kind. Is that true? If I like a place I might live there for a long time, or even maybe not ever return "home" again to the US. I don't own anything, just a few things to store maybe with a friend, about 3 or 4 plastic totes full plus my bike and my guitar and banjo, then leave. Thanks for your encouraging comments.
elana vlahandreas - Hi Elana, I'm the same age and would love to do what you are doing, but I feel it's too dangerous. Why don't you write a book? I'd be the first to buy it! Good luck with your travels✌
Saw this video back when it was aired and today I've traveled my great nation india and figured out that for me true freedom comes with travelling with a motorcycle and now I'm full time on the road making a motorcycle travel documentary known as moto gypsy 🙏
"Indians din't warn about anything" This is the most entertaining TEDX video seen by me...!!! You rock: Tomislav & I hope nobody tried to kill you here in India...!!! :)
+Tomislav Perko Im glad! Im an environmentalist and I think Im going to go and travel with a purpose, but i think i will be stoned and laughed at.. misunderstood... What do you think? I want to actually go and volunteer everywhere on earth...clean it up as much as I can..
I’m slowly winding down my own adventures here, maybe another 2 or 3 years and I might settle somewhere. It’s crazy how accurate so much of the stuff you said is, I’m glad I found someone who could put it into words! When you encounter other travelers, it’s sort of like an unspoken bond you share since you’re both likely in the process of learning similar things. And for finding a middle ground in settling and exploring, that’s exactly the conclusion I’ve come to after these years. Good talk!
3 point summary 1. The world is safer and more welcoming than portrayed. 2. Embracing minimalism makes travel affordable and enriching. 3. Human connections create meaningful and transformative travel experiences.
In the 60's I hitchhiked across Canada and the USA, then around Europe, then overland to India, then through East, Central, and South Africa, then motorcycle from Canada to Panama and back, then Kombi van working around Australia. Chance meetings along the way led to a career in the oil exploration business that kept me travelling from New Guinea to the North Sea and from Alaska to the Amazon, now settled in Australia. That was before the days of couch surfing or even packpacker hostels, so slept real rough most of the time. Never had any problems with safety. What a fantastic experience! Hardest part is to start out, then just keep going and it'll get easier and you'll get somewhere. I feel so sorry for females cause it's so much more difficult and constantly on guard cause so many men get stupid ideas when they find a lone female hitchhiking, so need to couple with a male partner..... It's heartening to hear that he can still do that style of travel these days. His tips and guide to hitchhiking technique are spot on. You need to open the gregarious and entertaining side of your self and it brings the same from others wherever you go. Go for it!
I could watch this video every single day even after 7 years of it's publishing. Interesting travelling stories, so pleasurable to watch and listen. This motivates me on so many ways.
This is inspirational and brave at the same time. There are very few people in this word who would honestly share their experiences with you and Mr. Tomislav Perko is one such great person who has shared his personal experiences honestly keeping the audience hooked with his humor. This is a great motivation video for anyone who love travelling and is brave enough to leave the comfort of his home. Well Done Mr. Tomislav and keep travelling. Best of luck.
Watched this video almost 4 years ago, today watching it again. The dream didn't die, I still manifest to travel the world. Maybe someday. To the man who ignited the spark in me to travel. Dear Tomislav, the day I begin my journey, I'm coming to Croatia, at Roots, to thank you. - Miran
I do just the same. I just finished my third such trip. I have a home, here in the US, but hit the road all around the world, for months at a time. I am now 55 years old and retired, preparing to do this much more frequently.
@@poonchi123 I would like that! I love visiting anywhere in the Islamic world. Turkey is a favorite, and will be seeing Morocco soon, I was delayed by covid.
@@cruz5613 food is easy. Street food is cheap almost everywhere I occasionally crash at friends houses, but usually I stay at hostels. In summer I sometimes camp. It's plane tickets that are expensive.
The last few minutes really hit me. About 5 years ago I built an e bike and went in a ~900 mile trip around the Pacific Northwest. It took about 3 weeks in total. Everywhere I went people were amazing and it really helped restore my faith in humanity as they say. But everyone also told me to be careful of others just like Tomislav said lol. Since that trip I have been yearning to go on another adventure. This year I moved across the country to a place I have never been and have no one nearby that I really know. It’s exciting but it’s not the same. Life on the road can be lonely but I’ve never felt more free. Personally I am working on option 3. Traveling with a solid base camp to return to 😁
I had a similar experience. Drove all over America. People were wonderful everywhere. Restored my faith in humanity and made me love America. Now I’m out of America and hope to stay on the road a long time. :)
I watched this video when I was 19 and nothing has been the same since then. Got to travel Asia and Europe as a busker or street performer by playing my violin 2 hours per day. With that, I got some money for food and fun activities! Downloaded Couchsurfing, didn't use it for a while because I was scared to use it as a solo woman traveler. Finally, one day, I faced my fears and used it in Russia and ended up staying with 6 lovely hosts. Now I'm 24, and I feel that without those experiences I won't ever become the confident person and musician that I'm today. That confidence, has been the key that has allowed me to live from my music and take my art to the next level! Thanks for this powerful video! Travel ON!!
A great story told in some sentences. Uaau. I am slightly afraid of alone travelling because I am a female too. Do you have any advice or should I find myself a boyfriend soon and travel with him?
Proud to be an indian..... Thanks brother....... We have versatile culture, people, society, languages than any other country in the world. And respect and accept all of them. We truly believe in "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" Which means "the world is one family". Welcome to india.....,,☺️🙏🙏🙏 ☺️
After 35 years of traveling, I can identify very well with coming home, and feeling that no one can identify with who you are or where you have been. I have never gotten used to trying to explain somewhere. I have been to, someone who has never been anywhere. The eyes glaze over and they just phase out. The only time that all changes is when I cross paths with another has traveled as I have done.
this was a wonderfully inspirational Ted Talks, the best one I have seen so far and his point is not lost on me, live your life the only one you have, whether you are on the open road or in your backyard, the world around us is a marvelous place
Hope I am not late in the club! I am from Rwanda & have traveled only to one country. I will be updating here my every other country travelled to after watching this! & When you travel, visit Rwanda too, it's safe ❤
Best humouristic Ted talk ever watch. Thanks for amazing tactics to use while traveling.....I am 19 and looking forward to travel different places to know their culture, meet new people, know their stories and so on . our culture (india 🇮🇳) believe in “whole world is a family” so we can't tell anybody dangerous.
I am a boy from india, turning 17 soon I want to be a traveller watch the world create memories, I am in 12th and my year isn't good maybe I'll get 60% , but all i want is travel to the World, wish me best of luck to find a way and come on youtube maje vlogs of other countries, wish me best of luck thank you ❤❤❤
First world privilege of holding strong passport. You can go easily to any country of course paying Visa fees. For us, having developing country's passport. We have to show bank statements, hotel bookings, round trip flight and other 10 kg of paperwork because people fear we'd become illegal immigration. The Irony: See how I become an illegal Immigrant in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Subscribe to my Channel. 🤪 (28.11.20) Edited:FYI, if we want American or EU travel visa as Myanmar traveler, we have to show business and 100k USD in the bank. You're welcome!
i watched this video 3 years ago and i havent been any where apart from India and Uk ..,i came back to watch this after 3 years today and i travelled 30 countries .. thank you sir
Just turned 19, I've been wanting to travel the world my whole life and after watching this, any other route in life at the moment seems insane. Wish me luck!
alone?
Aaron Clay same I also am considering a gap year or perhaps come back during the fall, I'm a second quarter culinary arts student in community college and cried when I heard what the word break from college / gap year was and wished I found out about it when I was a senior in high school. I've thought of not being with people I'm around with but does it matter? You'll meet different people and you're going to be on your own. I want personal growth and happiness instead of being in school my whole life and am not very dedicated in changing myself to have better grades however I'll do my best and do it.. instead of saying.
Aaron Clay Good luck boy. Follow your heart :)
good luck.. and advance welcome to Bangladesh :)
how much money did u save? im 26, feeling life running from me, n im sit watching.
I am from India after this video I finally did it
Travel solo for 6 days lied to my parents
And visited 2 States with hitchhiking, hostel life, meeting new people etc
Thankx bro.
What did you said to your parents and did u spent your own money or did some work?
Also what were your other experiences if u can share some.
@@sukuamor I told my parents that I going with for 2 days with my friend but after the 2nd day I didn't pick my parents call. Yeah I spent my own money and lived very cheaply in a hostel at 230 per day met many people from other countries. I climb, tried local alcohol, couchsurfing with locals its was a really nice experience, hope I will do it soon in 2-3 weeks
nice bro
Why no one is worrying about your safety.. Isn’t it way too dangerous and risky to go out and travel?
@@jxlim4613 It could be, but.. When I open my couchserfing page, I see that somebody wants to visit my city and I can help them with money, place and food. Just because they want to meet my culture and traditions. And actually you can feel some stress thinking about them. Imagining how travellers would have to speak foreigner language with somebody, how hard it could be to find place and maybe food. So you can help them. And it works in both ways if you want to go somewhere like this guy.
"No matter how long you wait, the right ride will come."... that is awesome
Waaaw i didn’t catch that thanks
Waiting for days. That made me discouraged. It's good to know people are good all over.
That is a great saying to remember indeed.
Hey I saw your comment in a ted video about traveling world I mean how do you do it without visa like without passport of other country how do you cross the border
@@jigarpanchal0 its been 8 years, dude working at walmart.
4.12.2024 i watched this video for the first time, im writing it down, ill travel the world, and come back here to thank this man. Wish me luck.
You got this brother, i believe in you, follow your guts and spread love around the world❤
Wanna join ?
@Worldtraveler.loadingyes!
I have done this kind of travelling for years. Any questions? Ask me and I try my best to answer
@@obiwanfisher537how do you get started like jump on a plane or hitchhike to where and then what?
this was dope and his slight humor made it even better
+Vihbee haha your white af
I am hitchhiking around the world and I film my journey daily
I have hitchhiked across 50 countries and counting
if you want to see daily videos of my journey or want to help me edit my videos into a movie
awesome, gonna check right now
yep I'm interested.
hitchhike the world i just finished watching your Europe playlist and i loved every video , i felt like i was hitchhiking alongside you , love your stuff dude and goodluck for the future
I'm almost seventy years old And still have that itching in my soul to go places and meet new people,did a lot of traveling in my life (40 countries in 4 continents)my advise to young people,don't let life pass you by,you only live once and after thirty,time goes by so fast and never returns.❤
Defensor Thank you so much it really helped me to get out of my comfort zone and explore the boundaries above the horizon.
can u give me a idea how to survive in tourism industry.Right know I am zero
this resonates with me and as a boy who is turning 35 in a few months i cannot stress how much i've been thinking about this... and i call myself a boy because i have not lived to my full potential! call it a midlife crisis.. im calling it a midlife revelation...
Hey what about the passport or visa things guys
You need money for those.
After watching this video 3 years ago my best friend and I had traveled for 6 months across Europe starting with 15Euros. It was the best decision I have ever made, so many new insights, so many new people so much kindness it was awesome. It had the greatest impact in helping me find out who I am.
With 15 Euros what did you do for accommodation, food and travel? It would be great if you provide some details about that!
Gee, you could give the same ted talk
I'm just scared of the Scandinavia it can be pretty expensive and cold, so sleeping in tent can be hard. It's quite the challenge, but I'm willing to tackle it
I can't buy some decent jeans with 15 euros and you can travel across Europe?! How?
@@leonortomaz6 Brother you are in wrong place. 19 euros are way to much for comfortable jeans
Tomorrow is the day I will reach my home town after 4 months of hitchhiking from India to Germany :) This man was my inspiration! Listen to him
How did you do it , the passport and visas
@@headofthetable5572 I don't know which country you are from. I have a German passport so i have to admit it was relatively easy for me, only pakistan and iran visa were difiicult. But most of it you can do online or at an embassy, just ask and people will help you!
I wish you will try it!
This guy has taken homelessness to a new international level
Sal Gutierrez LOL
Savage!
Lol
lol... ultimate savage comment 🤣🤣
Yes
I am a Japanese girl and I started to travel when I was 19. I've done hitchhiking alone over thousands of kilometers. I use couchsurfing and do work exchange at times.
It can be scary at first especially if you are a solo female Traveller.
But once you learn how to choose a right host to stay with, right driver to ask for a ride and trust your gut feelings.. You will enjoy this way of traveling.
Stay wild and Safe travels!
That sounds amazing! Wish i could do it too in the future! 😊
WOW! That's incredible that you've done that as a female Traveler! Please share your story and inspire other female Travelers
You start travel come India i am all Indian tourist free
How do u approach for work exchange?
That's great! You're probably right about that gut feeling. We know deep down whether to trust someone.
“No matter how long you wait; the right ride will come.” Applying that to everything
Yea its a almost like Hitch-hike simulator but IRL
"20 years from now you will be more dissapointed by the things you didn't do, rather than the things you did."
Love.
Exactly ☠️😢
Indeed. I want to go and do this, and it’s easy for many of us including myself to leave comments saying we will ‘now go out and try and explore the world’. But honestly how many of us will end up just forgetting about it or letting the easy route come to us instead and not bother at all, making all of our words hollow.
I’m really scared that this will be the case for me. I’m trying to say yes a lot more than I used to, but when it comes to things that require a lot of money, longer working hours or possible language barriers, it really is easy to become demoralised and just let it sink into the back of your mind and continue on as usual, only for that feeling to repeat again a few weeks, months or years later. I only hope I can do even a little bit of this while I can.
What will really happy, only time will tell for all of us.
@@danielwhyatt3278 same here i want to travel to california in usa next year
Old person here.......who can in fact confirm this. And it's really depressing when it hits you that you had one life, one shot and you wasted it. Wasted it out of fear of what other's might think of you, of failing, of being wrong, of being alone or from letting others talk you out of it and the mistake of always thinking there will be more time. And it hits really hard when you see other people living the life that you could have.
Not just 20years from now. Dude, I’m 25 and I’ve got several things I’m disappointed I didn’t do or at least try doing in my previous years
I love this guy because of no stress, no fear, no worry on his face :)
Effortless Happiness And no shame either😂 I would never imagine myself busking! 😁
Zack Tu Nan Zing Hang Why not? It’s the best thing ever.
@@ZackTuNan why not?! It's better than stealing
Yes, probably no family to look after, and no bridges too
I wish I was like that man
God I met him!! my friend picked up him, hitch-hik in Malaga. He stayed there for some days!! very kind, he had a note book were he was writing his experience.
World is short 😊 for the big heart
I don't think that it would be safe for women to do this kind of thing to be honest
u're hot
you are really hot, can i hitchhike near ur house? 😂
@@aleksandrakowalczyk6043maybe not as safe yesterday but understand that it's the same as the guy was saying about the media it's fear mongering there's plenty of women who do and if you don't feel safe you can always find a buddy to do it with
This video is the reason why I’ve traveled so much the last 5 years. Really opened my eyes. Tom is right, your friends and family will tell you that you’re going to die if you travel alone but that’s just the media trying to scare you.
WOW! I really needed to see this! Many thanks! 😁🕉🌬💙
Just a small note. This is all wonderful and amazing, but as a woman most of those choices are a very real threat to safety... it's not even a matter of "you can do it if you are careful" because there is no way to calculate in advance what situation you will be in. Very happy for those who have the chance and priviledge to experience this. Be also mindful of more fragile people on your journey :)
Damn, that's sad :(
I know women who back pack alone across the world and hitch hike and coach sirf.... not saying it isn't harder and more risky but some girls do it too
Hmm, yeah to a certain degree. It is risky and unpredictable for everyone though, it’s just a matter of weighing the risk against the possibility of adventure. No one can tell you exactly how dangerous it will be and it’s a very personal choice you have to make before you go on an adventure like this. But I don’t agree that you “can’t do this” as a woman, yeah maybe some things are more risky as a woman, but to be honest I wouldn’t sleep in a park as a man either. You can still find a way to have an adventure, where it’s worth the risk for you.
My point is, being a woman is one factor of many in a very complex equation, if you wanna go on an adventure, just find something you’re comfortable with, if it means traveling with a friend, traveling a bit more expensively to sleep in hostels instead of on the street etc. there’s lots of ways to still have an adventure.
@@Jon-Jon-Jon-Jon exactly. I wouldn't sleep in a park either. Indont hitchhike. But I have a isrelian female friend who hitchhiked in guatemala amd mexico and is not in Argentina amd hitchikes. I just bus a cheap bus/shuttle ticket. Being a female def gives another variable but it's just that, another variable. Not an end all be all its impossible to travel alone now bc I know tooooons of solo female travelers who travel like I do (shuttles and hostels or coach surfing)
@@Jon-Jon-Jon-Jonwho travels to just sleep outside bro like what. If mfers can pay for those flights they can afford a hostel
This man has truly LIVED his life. Great inspiration for all!
Massive respect I have been travelling for 3 years now and will never live in my home country the world is to much fun to live in one place. :)
How do you afford it?
travel isnt expensive many people do it on a shoestring, just start researching :)
"How do you afford it?" Damn man, didn't you watch the video? lol
Just started following Scotty :-)
where r u currently ?
Story has been told in a simple, yet an amazing way. Thank you Tomislav Perko!
nema na čemu :)
I agree! What are the Top 3 places on your bucket list?
Christopher Oliver I dont really have a bucket list any more :)
Ana Medic exactly my thoughts as well
Christopher Oliver the top three are the most remotest (that are possible). 1. Antarctic North Pole, 2. Antarctica & 3. Space travel or Moon or Mars (someday if I am still alive)
i watched this video when I was like 17 or something, the concept of traveling the world seemed so distant and amazing, I saw a comment that said "the idea of not traveling the world seems more crazy than traveling it"
23 yo currently watching this from brazil, next week to Chile, life is great ❤
Happy for you man I’ll get there some day
17 as of now , waiting to be like you someday
17 this year. This is my dream.
How to make that 😢
we will buddy , some day@@bugbrain5815
I watched this when it first came out, 4 years later, one way flight to India and using this guys tips.
That's awesome!! Are you going to be recording your adventures?
@@WorkForAvocados yeah, going to try anyways.
you still alive jack?
@@LukePaciocco it doesn't seems like he is
@@LukePaciocco they done killed lil jack jack
The best part of this talk is his humor. Genuinely funny guy !!
Thats how all us former Yugoslavs act and talk. Big part of our culture.
That’s typical yugoslavian 😅
It could also be an effect from travelling and meeting so many different people. He seems so comfortable being in his own skin
That's how he is able to travel around the world and mingle with people.
In about 1984 when I lived in New Mexico I picked up a older couple from England who were hitchhiking around the world. They had already been across Canada and down the US West coast and throughout Mexico. He had his retirement pension sent to banks along their way. They were on their way back to Vancouver and were then flying to Fiji and Australia. I never heard from then again but they sure expanded my concepts of what is possible.
I met many hitchhikers/backpackers while my overland journey across Asia, and surprising, few of them mentioned your name and this particular video as an inspiration or a reason to start their journey. You are one of the reasons I also decided to try hitchhiking. I'm revisiting this video after 3 years now. There is something so inspiring in this video and I really needed it now. Thank you Tomislav. Stay happy wherever you are ❤️
മലയാളി ✌🏻
Have you continued your journey? I wish you success ❤❤❤❤
This man is inspirational...He is living his life to its fullest.
vidjet ćeš ga kad ga izbodu komarci i ostale beštije i dobije boleštine pa da vidiš brale
Tomislav is absolutely right about everything!
Last Summer I spent 3 months cycling across all of Europe. It was such a joy, people were so awesome, I made good friends, and I have so many amazing stories.
When I got home everyone was excited and for 2-3 weeks I told friends my stories, but pretty soon they get tired of your stories. When I travel I feel alive, I feel like a rock star. When I am home I feel like a everyday schmo. Just another face in the crowd.
For me there was some post travel depression. I did NOT expect that at all! It was only when I began planning for my next adventure that I began to feel alive again.
I learned a lot from my trip. I learned that I can live without a TON of stuff. Everyone is obsessed in US with getting more and more stuff. Screw stuff! Give me adventure and the open road!
chris meadows how did you do it
I plan on one day travelling aswell, just need to figure everything out first
that's a great idea to travel europe
screw stuff ...get experiences ..ur so right
YESSSSSS! It's so true!! What you said about the post-travel depression is spot on. I feel like my life is on hiatus in between trips. I love traveling so much that even when things go awry I'm still happy. When you're at home and things go wrong does it get to you? I get so pissed and stressed yet if they happened on a trip it doesn't bother me. I wish I could always be the person I am on vacation. I like him a loooooot better
This is one of the best Ted talks I've ever seen
Me too.
Coz you love travelling,don't you?
It is the worst , i can't even dream about what he does simply because i have a lame passport , you guys living my life dreams and feeling its not that good
Mumbai Dabbawalas ted talks
One of the best Ted talks .
Hey I saw your comment in a ted video about traveling world I mean how do you do it without visa like without passport of other country how do you cross the border
Last watched this video around 3,4 years back and now UA-cam algorithm again recommended me this video❤
Ya
This is a video I have to watch twice a month. To bring it back in my mind and to realize how great real life is.
I do travel around the world for 3 years and also hitchhiked in most of south east asia and all this as a solo female traveller. Never had any problems, never felt unsafe. Just go out there and you will see our world is a better place then media or people with non travel experience will tell you. Enjoy your life 😁
And 99.9% of the time you will be just fine, and People You Meet will be good and kind to you, but it only takes one Ax Murderer to ruin your day. Although rare, they do come along once in awhile, so watch out.
Wie war es so in Asien mit Anhalter unterwegs zu sein?
22 years I was homeless. I was a busker, a fisherman, fruit picker, chicken farmer, tobacco grower etc, I traveled around and around Australia, by car, bicycle, moped, bus, train, hitchhike, walk etc. I collected cans, went metal detecting for coins....I camped on a remote block of land until Chris Hemsworth bought it for millions!
Are you jonny sins
@@विशालडाकू 😆😆🤣
@@विशालडाकू why would you say that lol 😂
awesome! do you have an Instagram account? :)
@bunny what?I've met more than 1 person who's lived a life like this
In less than a month I'll be trekking around Europe. As a 23 year old woman, I think I'll opt for hostels rather than coach surfing or hitchhiking but I look forward to all of the people I'll meet
Paige T, Good luck with your travelling.
How did it go?
waiting for your story :)
No offense Paige but I really think its safer for you to stay in hostels than coach surfing. Hitchhiking can be dangerous for both men and women. Travel but use your common sense. Good luck Paige.
Best of luck, I plan on doing the same.
okay, one of the best ted talks i've watched.
I am crying!!! Happy tears!!! I have been wanting to do this for a very long time and I still do, Truly appreciate the inspiration
Aphiwe Mambi are you planning to go somewhere ?
Aphiwe Mambi Happy travels 😊
You definitely can!
Being Indian made me feel proud, the moment you said "they haven't warned me and I don't know why?" ❤️
may be he didn’t tell us where he’s heading 😂😂 jokes apart / we Indians don’t do that! 🤞🏼
@@ShivamSharma97 Point and might be true. 🤣
Me too priyanka ❤️
If he is an Indian and traveling to other he should have warned
Traveling in India itself is a warning (specially for womens)
i watched this 7 years ago. Today, i am home after over 1.5 years of traveling. Best thing i've ever done.
This video is so inspirational. As a high schooler there is a lot of pressure to figure my life out and get a job and career lined up. This is my dream life and I am dreaming of doing this.
+M1X3R if you want to fulfil your dreams, first you have to wake up ;)
Very true that! :)
Sam Ault Good point
+M1X3R I'll tell you one thing 'growing up' the way teachers tell you your supposed to is bullshit, have you ever seen or heard of a person who went straight from school to work and lived a happy life? No, they usually die with many regrets.
There really is a line between having enough money to be able to afford things you want and having enough time to actually DO the things that you want. Its all about finding the balance thats right for you, you cant have one side without the other, it just wont work.
The weird thing is i wonder why anyone ever uses the phrase 'grow up' or 'what do you want to be when you grow up' like they do anymore, its such a depressing way to look at life
beautiful man, Sam here!
When you get really motivated and then realize you're watching this during a pandemic 😑
😂😭😂😭😂😭🤝🤝🤝
Seriously mannnn🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤣🤣
When you get really motivated but then you realize you're 13
Damn😂😂,that hit hard
It is not the worst case , the worst is when you realize you have a weak passport like mine that will NEVER get you out of your home country
I love this, in the seventies, and I am a woman, I hitchhiked across the. US. It was the most wonderful experience I have ever had. I was relying on my woman's intuition, on whom I rode with. I heard great stories and in the end I had some great stories to tell myself. Stop being afraid and take a step forward.
This is my favorite Tedx talk. I’m suffering from depression and anxiety. This talk made me laugh.
keep going bro, much love
Jesus loves you. More joy in your heart
It's sad how most of us have already spent maximum percentage of our lives at particular places, with particular people with never changing perceptions of things around us and died. If you're alive you gotta head out. This has to be one thing you do before you die. Life would be more meaningful and hope I get to make it someday.
Travel isnt everything tho. There's other things people care about.
Like. What else@@culdeestudios1725
This video basically singlehandedly inspired me to travel, when I first saw it I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. Now, when I graduate, I am going to take my best friend and travel, first around the U.S. and then hopefully the world. I cannot thank Tomislav enough for inspiring me to do this.
Damn, I just keep coming back to this
@@drillbitt4426so my friend, is the plan/desire still alive? are you still coming back to? i've thought about this lately, but my thavel would be in Brazil first a little one to a near city, after that maybe another state and so on. Good lucky mate.
@@drillbitt4426 I’m G
@@amaral7314 lol
Did you go?
"No matter how long you wait, the right ride will come" :')
he's right. Even when u're dead b/s wwaiting, there musst be someone to come up and pick your body
❤
Yeah , seems like he loved India
Depends on the road. If there's just one car that passes you every hour it would be a long wait.
His sense of humour was 🔥… amazing guy … very motivated.
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That's it. I decided. I don't want to live my whole life as a slave, working for the governments and corporations, feeding the machine that is the system. I don't want my life to be a constant grind for money, achieving "success" by working, working and working until my muscles give up and forgetting every single day of my life. This video and You, Tom, inspired me greatly.
Just thinking about all the people I can meet, all the adventures I can experience, all the sights I can see gives me that happy feeling. But the first step to succeeding in this is... getting all the Visas :D
+Brango Biggins glad to be a part of the inspiration! :)
+Brango Biggins Hey, Brother, how are you doing? Are you keeping up with your decisions? :)
+Benas Matulis Yeah, doing good. Life is just fine, everything is great, I don't worry about anything, I just relax, and I'm happy.
+Brango Biggins You are on the road within 2 months of deciding this?
+DaN00b1 no
" Indians didn't warn me about anyone....I don't know" That statement......that statement right there made me a little bit proud of being an Indian when I heard it.....just a little bit.
Samrat Sengupta or may be we dont care
india has a strong spirit .But up till now people are still not up to the spirit or is it?
Tabish Ahmed such is the vastness of India...😂😂😂🇮🇳🇮🇳
Tabish Ahmed hi mullah
Samrat Sengupta ranchi ranc
Ranci
This video may be the one that will have changed my life---forever.
I realised I come back here every few years, for no apparent reason.
The first time I stumbled across this video, travel was light years distant to a kid who didn't even own a passport.
The next few times, I could leap into nearby yet unknown territories, thanks to being in a gigantic country with diverse culture and experiences.
Now, as I see this, I am 24, and someone who travelled 11 countries in the last 2 years, half of them completely solo, and taking away incredible memories and inspiring friends along the way. I realise that this talk by Tomislav Perko could just be one of the bigger pebbles that rolled into a profound passion for travel. Thank you very much.
Being a Indians timeline at 15:00 made me cry. Love u #Tomislav and thank u so much.
Kulamani Sethi seriously that is a proud moment in this video. I was expecting he would say similar thing like other countries
very true. was feeling very happy to see him tell this.
Exactly I felt like same
I have always found Indians to be more open minded and kind than the rest of us in general. Much respect for your people. As he said so well though, we’re all the same really. Don’t let our media and corrupt governments around the world blind us.
+Homey Van Smack You are totally right bro
4 years ago somewhere around this time of the year I found this video and after watching it I got inspired and did excactly what Tomislav said and I hit the road I left on February 2016 and was traveling in Asia and Australia for almost 3 years, and that was the best decision that I ever made in my life.
So please don't be afraid of the unknown and just hit the road!
how do you make money
@@houssemhmila1740 You walk into an establishment and ask them if they need anyone for cleaning or anything else. If they do, tell them your story and hopefully they'll give you a job. Now that you have a job, use a couch-surfing website or app to find a place to sleep. The days to come after that you'll be making money so you* can pay for a room at a hostal. Then, you can find other small jobs or start selling things by the street. There are many possibilities, you just have to find what works for you.
*Edit: Typo.
Watched the video and loved it.
When it ended I closed youtube, and then I thought to myself that Tomislav might be checking these comments out and we should tell him how awesome he and his story is.
Great stuff brother.
Keep lighting up the dark.
I'm doing this right now. I'm a 32 y/o artist, I finance my trips by doing portraits on the way. 10 countries so far, started in February, been hungry, lonely, homeless but I'm still going strong!
You got IG? I'd like to get some insight and ofc follow your journey. Be well!
@@gandicae sure! It's @alvaro_benavides_trazo_veloz cheers friend
@@TheArtInterviewseven i needed ur ig id ...it would be so good to follow you on ur journey and get my doubts clarified
@@buongiorno9714 I've slept everywhere, but at the moment I'm at a hostel doing volunteering
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅
I’ve listened to over 50 ted talks, but this is my absolute favorite of them all. Maybe it’s because I love to travel, probably.
Really good you deserve a big applause👏👏👏
One of the best stories I found on TEDx. Tomo, legenda si!
+Studio Brokoola fala! :)
Throwing Stuff hvala Bosni! :)
tomislave, svaka cast, bas si inspiracija
Just makes one realize, there is beauty, in everything, everyone, everyplace and every situation. From the back of a truck with 50 people, to and old rail car on the floor. This video is about making do with what you got, not what you hope to have, sometime in the future, that may never happen. One of the most inspiring films on the You. Thank you.
“The World Should Be Free For Human Exploration”
I have also created a video about Turban Traveller - The Man who traveled the world on his car in HINDI language.. Do watch if you speak hindi
Yep
@@thehappylife111
Amen. Jesus coming real soon!!
It should be but unfortunately won't happen.
WolfAnarchyVonCreepy It won’t happen as long as there is animal exploitation.
Nice, I’m watching this and still laying in my bed!
My name is Simon and I'm a 21 french guy. Two years ago I saw this video and I was hoping to travel like that, but after dreaming, I was back to my sad reality : studies that I always hated. I was always saying to me that I will be happy later, but now I have to make sacrifices. And also, I was not ready to quit everything to hit the road, I think I was not brave enough. But now my mind changed, i'm ready to stop my studies because i hate it, and I'm completely ready to quit everything to travel the world. I'm super motivated, and I'm gonna do it in 2022. Before my departure, I'm getting ready : in my mind, in my family's mind, and I want to save a bit of money for visas. And through my journey, I want to prove to the world that we actually can travel the world without ever flying.
I'm in the same boat my guy. Studying jsut to get a job you don't like. We gotta live now so we don't regret the past later in life.
You don’t have to go all or nothing. Just start out going for a month or two between school breaks. See how it goes.
@@MrBertoharris great advice, thank you very much!
Hey bro , where are you ? Had you started traveling?
How it's going?
"Be patient.The right ride will come." Yes!Thanks man.
14:57 God bless all...
god bless you too
@@walterwojcik5090 God bless you too
@@youngest29 God bless you too
@@abhishekraj7280 good bless you too......
@@youngest29 thank you!
He's from my country, yet this is the first time I've heard about him. That's kind of sad because inspirational and amazing people like him should have more spotlight here !
I would like to see him and listen to his speech, but he wasn't near my city :(
Hopefully I'll meet him one day!
xx mozes ga naci na youtube ili google i stupiti u kontakt. be careful once you enter serbia, someone might kill you...
hvala, pratim ga na facebooku
i've been to serbia twice and survived lol
I've been to Đakovo couple of times and Imotski... and I had a great time people, racing pigeons... food... Slavonska šljivovica
ja sam iz srbije!!!!
trazila sam nekoga iz balkana u komentarima!
@@jovanaspasojevic5049 ♥♥
I travelled the world in the 90ies and do confirm all he says is 100% accurate. I enjoyed the way he speaks about it, very good sense of humor.
Love to hear
This guy has done excellent job when it comes to humanity.
16:30 Really like the end of this talk when he talks about the not-so-rosy part of traveling long-term. Even if you keep on seeing all the wonders the world has to offer, it won't make you feel fulfilled all the time. You might find your happiness being mostly affected with the people around you, so it's good to invest in those relationships that matter to you:)
Thank you to Tomislav Perko in the first place. I am honored by the Creator who has taught me and taught me from time to time. I shared my feelings as I listened to him on the road.
I've learned to not only keep track of life's experiences, but also to try something new all the time. It has changed my view of travel.
I live in East Africa, Ethiopia, and I invite you to visit the country of creation. I'm sure you'll be a reminder of the wonderful journey of your life
Thank you
I replayed this video twice because he showed me how to live a full life. I'm thinking of what story and how I can give a talk at the TEDx conference.
I’m over 60 female. Traveling the world volunteer work at beautiful resorts, houses, Asia, Europe, teach English, pet sit, best time of my life, where ever they tell you not to go I GO. And I left the jet set world behind. This is more meaning than anything. Next place Mexico to rich beautiful safe areas, take my dollar there, and be rich. More gangs in Oakland than other world. Oh and they all have education and speak 2 languages outside the USA.
elana vlahandreas in advance, welcome to India if you will travel, must travel ..... It is said that if you ever wants to travel whole world in one country then travel India. You can find whole world in India. . . .idk famous person said this about India.
Hi Elana! I am 64 but bad back problem and can't stand in front of a class without soon my back hurting a lot. Can you teach sitting and standing often? Don't you have to be teaching certified before you go? I'm going to be surviving on my $683 a month social security by going to ATM machines. Can I do all you mention on that amount? As an American you went to places like Iran and all was okay? I hope to travel all over the world but wonder if customs in various countries want to know how much money you're traveling on, and if you have a means to return to your country, like a universal airline ticket of some kind. Is that true? If I like a place I might live there for a long time, or even maybe not ever return "home" again to the US. I don't own anything, just a few things to store maybe with a friend, about 3 or 4 plastic totes full plus my bike and my guitar and banjo, then leave. Thanks for your encouraging comments.
elana vlahandreas - Hi Elana, I'm the same age and would love to do what you are doing, but I feel it's too dangerous. Why don't you write a book? I'd be the first to buy it! Good luck with your travels✌
elana vlahandreas ROCK ON MAMA! You’re an inspiration to ALL generations! ,)
Well said. It is determined thoughts which make everything possible.
Saw this video back when it was aired and today I've traveled my great nation india and figured out that for me true freedom comes with travelling with a motorcycle and now I'm full time on the road making a motorcycle travel documentary known as moto gypsy 🙏
"Indians din't warn about anything"
This is the most entertaining TEDX video seen by me...!!!
You rock: Tomislav
& I hope nobody tried to kill you here in India...!!! :)
+Xitiz Pugalia thanks, and no - nobody tried to kill me in India :)
+Tomislav Perko We are friendly people :) Glad you liked it here :)
+Tomislav Perko Im glad! Im an environmentalist and I think Im going to go and travel with a purpose, but i think i will be stoned and laughed at.. misunderstood... What do you think? I want to actually go and volunteer everywhere on earth...clean it up as much as I can..
Parikshit Chitnis I was stoned most of the time too :p
I meant it literally stonned. Like people throwing stones at me. But yeah...your comment also makes sense.. Might as well be "stoned".. Haha
I’m slowly winding down my own adventures here, maybe another 2 or 3 years and I might settle somewhere. It’s crazy how accurate so much of the stuff you said is, I’m glad I found someone who could put it into words! When you encounter other travelers, it’s sort of like an unspoken bond you share since you’re both likely in the process of learning similar things. And for finding a middle ground in settling and exploring, that’s exactly the conclusion I’ve come to after these years. Good talk!
Bravo Tomislave! Pozdrav iz Srbije! 💝
Pozdrav ot Bulgaria too ;) (a fellow hitchiker)
3 point summary
1. The world is safer and more welcoming than portrayed.
2. Embracing minimalism makes travel affordable and enriching.
3. Human connections create meaningful and transformative travel experiences.
In the 60's I hitchhiked across Canada and the USA, then around Europe, then overland to India, then through East, Central, and South Africa, then motorcycle from Canada to Panama and back, then Kombi van working around Australia. Chance meetings along the way led to a career in the oil exploration business that kept me travelling from New Guinea to the North Sea and from Alaska to the Amazon, now settled in Australia. That was before the days of couch surfing or even packpacker hostels, so slept real rough most of the time. Never had any problems with safety. What a fantastic experience! Hardest part is to start out, then just keep going and it'll get easier and you'll get somewhere. I feel so sorry for females cause it's so much more difficult and constantly on guard cause so many men get stupid ideas when they find a lone female hitchhiking, so need to couple with a male partner..... It's heartening to hear that he can still do that style of travel these days. His tips and guide to hitchhiking technique are spot on. You need to open the gregarious and entertaining side of your self and it brings the same from others wherever you go. Go for it!
I could watch this video every single day even after 7 years of it's publishing. Interesting travelling stories, so pleasurable to watch and listen. This motivates me on so many ways.
Only ted talk I didn't get bored for a single second..
Then you haven't watched much Ted talks.
@@shabaanahmed9103 exactly
I'm gonna download this video and pack it when I decide to travel.
+Giorgi Gudiashvili its pretty light so its okay :D
+Tomislav Perko Yep
This is inspirational and brave at the same time. There are very few people in this word who would honestly share their experiences with you and Mr. Tomislav Perko is one such great person who has shared his personal experiences honestly keeping the audience hooked with his humor. This is a great motivation video for anyone who love travelling and is brave enough to leave the comfort of his home. Well Done Mr. Tomislav and keep travelling. Best of luck.
Watched this video almost 4 years ago, today watching it again. The dream didn't die, I still manifest to travel the world. Maybe someday.
To the man who ignited the spark in me to travel. Dear Tomislav, the day I begin my journey, I'm coming to Croatia, at Roots, to thank you. - Miran
I do just the same. I just finished my third such trip. I have a home, here in the US, but hit the road all around the world, for months at a time. I am now 55 years old and retired, preparing to do this much more frequently.
And then came Covid. But soon.
Well come to our country Saudi Arabia
@@poonchi123 I would like that! I love visiting anywhere in the Islamic world. Turkey is a favorite, and will be seeing Morocco soon, I was delayed by covid.
I want to do this, but I don’t know how to find anyone willing to let me couch surf, feed me, etc. how do you do it so easily?
@@cruz5613 food is easy. Street food is cheap almost everywhere
I occasionally crash at friends houses, but usually I stay at hostels. In summer I sometimes camp.
It's plane tickets that are expensive.
The last few minutes really hit me. About 5 years ago I built an e bike and went in a ~900 mile trip around the Pacific Northwest. It took about 3 weeks in total. Everywhere I went people were amazing and it really helped restore my faith in humanity as they say. But everyone also told me to be careful of others just like Tomislav said lol. Since that trip I have been yearning to go on another adventure. This year I moved across the country to a place I have never been and have no one nearby that I really know. It’s exciting but it’s not the same. Life on the road can be lonely but I’ve never felt more free. Personally I am working on option 3. Traveling with a solid base camp to return to 😁
I had a similar experience. Drove all over America. People were wonderful everywhere. Restored my faith in humanity and made me love America. Now I’m out of America and hope to stay on the road a long time. :)
Now who wants to be this guy?
I watched this video when I was 19 and nothing has been the same since then. Got to travel Asia and Europe as a busker or street performer by playing my violin 2 hours per day. With that, I got some
money for food and fun activities!
Downloaded Couchsurfing, didn't use it for a while because I was scared to use it as a solo woman traveler. Finally, one day, I faced my fears and used it in Russia and ended up staying with 6 lovely hosts.
Now I'm 24, and I feel that without those experiences I won't ever become the confident person and musician that I'm today.
That confidence, has been the key that has allowed me to live from my music and take my art to the next level!
Thanks for this powerful video!
Travel ON!!
A great story told in some sentences. Uaau. I am slightly afraid of alone travelling because I am a female too. Do you have any advice or should I find myself a boyfriend soon and travel with him?
That's it. I'm leaving. Hitting the road!
Lets go!
Hit the road jack
A Savage Sage I'll go with you guys !
How is the name of the website?
Eriselda Mino couchsurfing
His has a good sense of humor and his english accent is so cute
edward hangmay that is not an English accent 🤣
Allison Last he clearly meant accent full stop. Btw what’s an English accent ? 🤷♂️
Davide Facchinetti an English accent is British 🥳
Allison Last that Ain’t the same is it? Btw In practice, if you come to the UK, you’ll release that there is no such thing as a British accent lol
Joe Me bugger off mate
Proud to be an indian..... Thanks brother....... We have versatile culture, people, society, languages than any other country in the world. And respect and accept all of them. We truly believe in "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam"
Which means "the world is one family". Welcome to india.....,,☺️🙏🙏🙏 ☺️
Very True...........
I love India greetings from Germany 💕
When he was travelling from one country to the another.. From where did he get his visa then?😅 i am lil confused?
but you india you loose
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lol
@@sk8ordie548 oh god stop.
After 35 years of traveling, I can identify very well with coming home, and feeling that no one can identify with who you are or where you have been. I have never gotten used to trying to explain somewhere. I have been to, someone who has never been anywhere. The eyes glaze over and they just phase out. The only time that all changes is when I cross paths with another has traveled as I have done.
Can we all form a group from around the world and start traveling once this pandemic is over????
Divya S Kumar Great idea!
@@bramheshpatil7382 yeah 👍
Atleast we can start it in India..
@@divyaskumar634 Yup.
@@yashmalib-2191 Definitely, but we can't plan it on UA-cam. We've to be serious about this.
this was a wonderfully inspirational Ted Talks, the best one I have seen so far and his point is not lost on me, live your life the only one you have, whether you are on the open road or in your backyard, the world around us is a marvelous place
Deciding to travel full time is one of the best things we've ever done! Feel the fear and do it anyway!
i really wanna do that. im sooo scared though!
@@ybell10 you can always ease into it with short trips. The more of the world you see, the more you'll want to see!
Hope I am not late in the club! I am from Rwanda & have traveled only to one country. I will be updating here my every other country travelled to after watching this!
& When you travel, visit Rwanda too, it's safe ❤
This video has changed many people's life . A lot of people started their journey because of watching this video .
You are amazing sir 😍
Best humouristic Ted talk ever watch. Thanks for amazing tactics to use while traveling.....I am 19 and looking forward to travel different places to know their culture, meet new people, know their stories and so on .
our culture (india 🇮🇳) believe in “whole world is a family” so we can't tell anybody dangerous.
Absolutely bro! Well said
Jai Hind Jai Bharat 🇮🇳
ha chal jaada mat fekk
These 18 minutes felt like 18 seconds.
thanks to his humour
Same😂
Hi Louise would you like to travel with me free of cost. I am 22 and single
Same
I am a boy from india, turning 17 soon I want to be a traveller watch the world create memories, I am in 12th and my year isn't good maybe I'll get 60% , but all i want is travel to the World, wish me best of luck to find a way and come on youtube maje vlogs of other countries, wish me best of luck thank you ❤❤❤
1. have a European passport
2. have an american passport
@@A___-naut you dont need tickets
See also: Have a Canadian Passport
Ans don’t forget Australian passport
First world privilege of holding strong passport. You can go easily to any country of course paying Visa fees.
For us, having developing country's passport. We have to show bank statements, hotel bookings, round trip flight and other 10 kg of paperwork because people fear we'd become illegal immigration.
The Irony: See how I become an illegal Immigrant in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Subscribe to my Channel. 🤪 (28.11.20)
Edited:FYI, if we want American or EU travel visa as Myanmar traveler, we have to show business and 100k USD in the bank. You're welcome!
Zack Tu Nan Zing Hang yeah that’s totally correct
I’m going to travel the world someday like him
Highly inspired ❤️
Count me..!!😊😊😁
@@Roshan_bhagat_vlogs yes i also want to be like that
Your speech is so inspiring mate
+giovanni sarti thanks! :)
+Tomislav Perko OMG ITS YOU! THATS AWESOME
i watched this video 3 years ago and i havent been any where apart from India and Uk ..,i came back to watch this after 3 years today and i travelled 30 countries .. thank you sir
good job :D
I've seen this video 10 times. Not kidding. It's amazing!
really,i guess you are joking