A Best Travel Blog

I decided to create Tourist2Townie.com to connect with like-minded dream chasers, share unique travel adventures and provide inspiration and advice for regular people who wish to do remarkable things. This site is more of a social experiment and lifestyle design than it is a travel blog. It’s about people more than it is about places. It’s about chasing dreams rather than following the norm. My goal is to explore the world by going beyond typical travel experiences. I want to see exactly what it takes to become part of a foreign community and to truly understand a place through the people and culture that define it. To help me accomplish this goal I created the list, which includes 6 life-changing missions that I’ve always dreamed of. While, I have no set plan on exactly how I will complete these tasks, I have a feeling I’ll make some good friends and great memories along the way. Come with me… The site was launched in September 2009

History of the blog
It was a late Saturday afternoon in May of 2009 and I was sitting on my porch in San Diego. With a cold beer in hand, I kicked back to watch the sun-kissed hotties jog along Mission Bay as the sun dropped down into the Pacific. From the outside looking in, this was a great life. The only problem was, my mind was too fixed on meeting deadlines and reaching numbers to enjoy it. In one of the liveliest cities in the world, I had never felt so life-less. Exams in Southern California had just finished and I had spent the last 3 months busting my ass between Buffalo, Salt Lake City and Long Beach to buy back as many textbooks as possible. I was the Director of Marketing for a successful college textbook company, and this had been my life since my sophomore year in college. Within that time, I learned a lot about business and marketing, but most importantly I learned that I was living someone else’s dream. I was pouring my soul into something I didn’t love. It wasn’t until that Saturday afternoon, when the beer lost its taste and the view lost its inspiration, that it hit me. It was at that moment that I realized if I’m not happy with myself, it doesn’t matter where I live. It was time to start writing my own story. After 6 years of constant work and chaos, it was time to start chasing my own legend. I left work the following Monday and had a one-way ticket to Buenos Aires, Argentina by Wednesday night. I had no idea what I was doing, but my passion for travel and search for substance guided me.

Future plans for the blog
Travel Deeper. Volunteer in Bolivia, become a chef in Peru and work for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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