Legendary Vagabonder Rolf Potts with priceless advice on travel

Written by Tyler Cole | 20 May 2010

From the Do Lecture website on this legendary travel author promoting independent travel: "His zeitgeist defining book is not just how to travel the world on a shoestring, but, more importantly, the mindset you need to take with you. It is now in its 10th reprint." If you need some travel inspiration, take a peek at the video. His points are applicable to not just travel, but also life: Time = Wealth, Be Where You Are, Slow Down, Keep It Simple, Don't Set Limits. As far as his travel resume: Rolf Potts has reported from more than fifty countries for the likes of National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times Magazine, Slate.com, Conde Nast Traveler, Outside, The Believer, The Guardian (U.K.), National Public Radio, and the Travel Channel. A veteran travel columnist for the likes of Salon.com and World Hum, his adventures have taken him across six continents, and include piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking across Eastern Europe, traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma, and driving a Land Rover from Sunnyvale, California to Ushuaia, Argentina.