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Countries Visited:

86

Current Location:

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How To Piece Together The Cheapest Flight

December 15, 2015 by The Runaway Guide 7 Comments

In March I want to travel from my hideout here on Lake Atitlan, all the way back to Japan for Runaway Japan 2016. At first glance, inserting Guatemala City to Tokyo Narita on Kayak, Google Flights and Skyscanner offers dismal prospects; 18 to 40 hour flights that are all over 1000 USD. For my budget […]

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The Cost Of Traveling Japan

October 5, 2015 by The Runaway Guide Leave a Comment

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Japan is the only country in Asia that political scientists actually label as a western. In other words, it’s as expensive as they come. So when a few of my new friends on the Runaway Thailand tour asked me to lead an impromptu tour through Japan, I was pretty hesitant. Heck yea I wanted to return to the mother land and […]

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Kamakura Chaos With My New Friend D

November 12, 2014 by The Runaway Guide 4 Comments

It was overcast, I hadn’t heard back from my friend and I didn’t know where I was going to stay. I was starting to lose morale and beginning to regret coming to Kamakura when all of a sudden I bumped into a old friend for the first time. D aka De-hi was his name. He […]

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How To Teach English Abroad

July 23, 2014 by The Runaway Guide 4 Comments

You’re stuck, in need of change, and looking for any way out. You don’t want to go back to school or put in another monotonous year at work. You want to travel and experience life in a new land. But rent and living has left you so broke you can’t even splurge on a can […]

Filed Under: Possibilities, Work Abroad Tagged: japan, korea, thailand, work abroad

Ultimate Guide To Studying Abroad In Japan

March 26, 2014 by The Runaway Guide 2 Comments

The princess is ready to depart, the country peasants are buzzing with excitement, and I am all too conscious of the sweat streaming down my face. But it just can’t be helped (shikata ga nai ne!). All the responsibilities that come with my new appointment as one of the Damiyo’s trusted samurai plague my consciousness. […]

Filed Under: Possibilities Tagged: japan, runaway options, study abroad

Premier Performance of Japanese Enka in the Sudan

March 21, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 2 Comments

Every few weeks, something peculiar happens to me ><. One of the tell tale signs is when I start to use this emoticon, ><,  a lot. This is usually followed by imaginary smells of miso and soy sauce in the air. Then, small black hairs begin to grow on my forearm. What’s happening is this: The 25% of […]

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Runaway Backpacker Jobs

September 16, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 67 Comments

Most people believe that in order to work abroad, one must first obtain an expensive work visa. While this is true for most types of professional employment abroad, rarely is it necessary for backpacker jobs. Backpacker jobs are off the record cash in hand jobs, and can be found just about everywhere. While some backpacker […]

Filed Under: Budget Travel, Possibilities Tagged: guides, japan, work abroad

Never Throw The First Punch In Japan

September 10, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 8 Comments

If I had only been familiar with Japanese law and understood the risk of deportation, I would have never challenged that drunken Samurai to a fight.   Here’s how it all went down. Four Japanese friends and I had just departed from an awesome soccer match between Japan and Scotland. As we cruised the city […]

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Kinky Japan

August 31, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 24 Comments

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Though you wouldn’t think it, Japan has one of the most innovative and exceptionally kinky sex cultures. From pornographic cartoons and comics, to a variety of fantasy love motels, host clubs, bondage venues, sex doll rentals, and S&M, Japan caters to almost every sex fetish. So, whether you want to get in on the action, […]

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Escape From Japan: In A Hurry Or On A Budget

May 21, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 3 Comments

I woke up early on the morning I was to leave Tokyo. The sun was out but there was a strong wind and it appeared to be coming from the north. With radiation fears at the top of my mind, I put myself into survival mode. I swiftly packed my bag, and by 9am I was […]

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The Radiation Sensation

May 19, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 3 Comments

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“Powerfull explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor” “Bans On Japanese Imports Amidst Radiation Fears” “Radiation Could Damage Health” were just a few of myriad headlines which dominated the news in the days following the largest quake in Japans recorded history. While foreign media portrayed the crisis as comparable to Chernobyl, the Japanese media and officials […]

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An Earthquake State Of Mind

May 12, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 6 Comments

Over the course of my travels I have been witness to some pretty intense events, both natural and manmade. I have been held captive by furious forest fires in the city of Santa Barbara, California. My body and senses have been overcome by fear in the midst of a terrorist attack on the Taba Hilton […]

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When I was 16 I ran away from home and traveled the world with nothing but the clothes on my back. Over 10 years later and I'm still "on the run," surviving in style, thriving off adventure, searching for that elusive road to enlightenment, and cultivating the life of travel that I want to live. More...

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