Have you ever considered hitching/trainhopping? Like, just leaving your troubles behind and hitting the road, Kerouac-style, only with less drug binges (possibly)? I was always pretty reluctant to jump in the back of a strangers truck, but I saw
VBS's Thumbs Up! and suddenly it didn't seem so bad. In fact, it looks pretty fun. Shit-scary at first no doubt about it, but then as far as travelling goes i'd feel a lot better about that than fucking off to a developing country for my own spiritual betterment. Has anyone done it? Is it like the show, cause I can imagine them cutting out a lot of the boring waiting-around and just leaving the awesome bits in.