Ah, the question we face every time we bump into people on a totally different path to ours. The head-cock, the appraisal and dismissal of our life as sustainable.

"Wow, your job as a (insert alternative emloyment) is really cool, but you're not gonna do that forev...

We all love travelling. And when we travel, we lust after those that seem to endlessly explore; those for whom travel is a way of life, not merely a trip. How do they do it?

You lie in your hammock tentatively daydreaming about a life lived in flipflops, the stresses of...