Quote: (08-07-2009 04:41 PM)PartyTime Wrote:
Guys,
GManifesto was recently made fun of in a recent thread for traveling richly:
"GManifesto is the worlds biggest baller and player and 3.5K is nothing"
There's a common theme on this forum that traveling poorly is a good thing. $10 a night hostels and the such. Common now, lets be honest with ourselves, traveling richly is so much nicer.
Now let me just say that I have a lot of respect for those that travel for 6 months on a $3k budget. They are living the dream. A dream that most high paid individuals only dream of, because they don't have the time.
But lets not get caught up in this "poor man's" mentality that plagues this forum, and backpackers in general. As men we should all be aspiring to live like GManifesto. Why the hell not!
It is reverse snobbery.
Happens all the time.
For the record, I have traveled, when I was younger on very limited budgets. I have lived in Central American jungles on Mangoes for months at a time before traveling there seemed "safe".
And of course, I don't pop champagne everywhere I go. (Truthfully, I rarely if ever drink champagne out at night. Although I have been known to pop a cork back at my crib or hotel with a couple girls) I was one of the first people to diss the idiocy of bottle service http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2007/07/bot...tlife.html
And I think spending $100 on a gay tshirt is retarded: http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2009/08/fuc...hill.html.
But it is true, I really haven't stayed in hostels since I was 26 or so. I eat at top tier restaurants often. I wear custom suits. I have worked hard in life and make dough.
$3500 is not a lot of money for a 3 week trip.
I guess it is all relative.
- MPM
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com