{"id":2190,"date":"2010-09-05T17:12:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T00:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/?page_id=2190"},"modified":"2012-08-11T13:33:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T20:33:57","slug":"wanderingearl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/wanderingearl\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering Earl Travel Blog | WanderingEarl.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>The Site: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingearl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WanderingEarl.com<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Wandering Earl&#8221; has been a working traveler for over      ten years<\/li>\n<li>Tips and stories about finding employment while      traveling<\/li>\n<li>Insights into life and travel in places like Pakistan and      Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>Google map updates of Earl&#8217;s itinerary<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wanderingearl\" target=\"_blank\">@wanderingearl<\/a> on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/Wandering-Earl\/110335168981694?ref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Wandering Earl&#8221; on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Wandering Earl&#8221; is an autobiographical travel blog. Earl set out from the U.S. on Christmas day in 1999 for a &#8220;3 month&#8221; trip to Southeast Asia that is yet to end. A true believer in the expat backpacker lifestyle, he shows us in words and pictures how he has managed to survive and thrive for over ten years away from his native United States.<\/p>\n<h5>The Good<\/h5>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got to hand it to him &#8211; Earl has been around. While most backpackers understandably avoid places like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingearl.com\/hotel-zar-nagar-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a>, Earl took it upon himself to visit that country. He goes out of his way to mingle with and get to know the people in the countries he visits. A true believer in the backpacking lifestyle, Earl expounds his ideals in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingearl.com\/new-breed-of-explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\">A New Breed of Explorer<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5>The Bad<\/h5>\n<p>Intrigued by Earl&#8217;s genuine desire to spread goodwill on\u00a0his travels, we spent an inordinate amount of time exploring his site. Unfortunately, we felt that his advice about how to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingearl.com\/living-abroad-for-less-than-1000-per-month\/\" target=\"_blank\"> live for less than $1000 a month<\/a> falls a bit short. \u00a0Sure, Earl goes on to give us his insider&#8217;s tip that you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingearl.com\/how-to-fund-your-travels-with-creativity\/\" target=\"_blank\">teach English in Thailand <\/a>and make $3.00 per hour (100 Baht)\u00a0, but that&#8217;s hardly enough to support even the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajarn.com\/help-and-guides\/cost-of-living\/\" target=\"_blank\">average lifestyle in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"social-essentials\" class=\"se_left\"><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:85px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/wanderingearl\/\" data-text=\"Wandering Earl Travel Blog | WanderingEarl.com\" data-via=\"pamela_jones\" data-counturl=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/wanderingearl\/\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:72px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/wanderingearl\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"90\" show_faces=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:60px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/wanderingearl\/\" count=\"true\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Site: \u00a0WanderingEarl.com &#8220;Wandering Earl&#8221; has been a working traveler for over ten years Tips and stories about finding employment while traveling Insights into life and travel in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan Google map updates of Earl&#8217;s itinerary @wanderingearl on Twitter Like &#8220;Wandering Earl&#8221; on Facebook &#8220;Wandering Earl&#8221; is an autobiographical travel blog. 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