Pins on a Map

I picked up a thirty-something hitchhiker last year who told me he's a seasonal worker — mostly house painting about four months a year — who's really a professional traveler. To hear him tell it, he'd been to more than 100 countries, all on a shoestring. Needless to say, he was a colorful guy who had some terrific stories to share.

My own globetrotting is paltry by comparison. Over on tripadvisor.com, I just spent half an hour placing virtual pins on a map of the world — each pin marking a place I've visited — and came away slightly appalled at the huge white areas where I've never set foot (and, realistically, never will).

• View my profile
• Create your own travel map or travel blog
• Visit TripAdvisor.com

I trust that, in an alternate universe, I'm a part-time house painter who's about to apply for his seventh passport in a dozen years because the pages keep running out.

Comments

[Gary]

I'm sort of doing that right now. I've been on the road for 14 months through the Pacific and Asia.