Just a short post as I’m pretty drained after flying home and having a cold.
I made it back home to Brisbane today after 8 months traveling. The trip took me completely around the world and included these major cities (in the order visited)…
- Brisbane (home)
- Fiji
- Hawaii (Waikiki)
- Vancouver
- Toronto (spent summer here)
- Las Vegas
- Chicago
- New York City
- Niagara
- Montreal
- Quebec City
- Winnipeg
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- London
- Brussels
- Amsterdam
- Paris
- Rome
- Venice
- Florence
- Napoli
- Vouliagmeni (beach near Athens)
- Athens
- Dubai
- Singapore
- Brisbane
It was an amazing experience and something I’ve never done before. Obviously I have lots of photos and videos, most of which I simply haven’t had time to upload. I’ll slowly add them to my Flickr and YouTube accounts over the next few months.
During my travels I was able to run my business and of course blog too. This included completing two six figure product launches and generating six figures in affiliate sales. This is definitely a good thing because I can tell you – Europe is expensive for us Aussies!
Now that I’m back home my immediate priorities, besides getting over a cold, is to support all the new Become A Blogger Premium students and the Blog Mastermind students, clean up the email I’ve let pile up a little during the last couple of weeks and then just chill out for a bit before getting into 2009 project work.
I look forward to catching up with the Aussies and I hope everyone has a great holiday period wherever in the world you are.
Yaro
Wanted to be the first to say ‘Welcome home mate!’. You should have a welcome home BBQ – and if you wait until March, I’ll come!
I hope you enjoyed France
Your lifestyle just make me dream, I’m working hard to be capable of doing the same things…
I know, I’m working hard to try to do the same thing als I am as so jealous of this man but at least I will admit it.
Hi Yaro,
My salute to you for being able to travel, living life to the fullest and able to run your business while traveling..this is what i really want to do in the future…you are my idol for sure and you managed to launch your product – Become A Blogger Premium student too…
Wish you have a great New Year ahead and do checkout my recently launched niche blog about love and relationship tips called – Cupid Blogger Dot Com.
Cheers,
Cupid Blogger
Welcome back Yaro
Hello Yaro, welcome home then. I’m waiting when you will visit Jakarta
Mas anjar,
If Yaro is going to Indo, i think it will be Bali and not Jakarta
But there is a Wordcamp Indonesia 2009 in Jakarta next month, just wondering whether are u going or perhaps maybe Yaro may drop by?
Welcome Home Yaro -Its very unfair that you leave my country I N D I A , next time you have a tour like this please make sure you come to my land and also make sure you will give the pleasure to welcome you in my known for hospitality country India.
You missed out Liverpool?! The centre of the universe x
Wow Yaro, what a great adventure to travel to so many wonderful places! Sounds like you are living the blogging entrepreneur’s Dream, and I’ll be willing to bet you met a lot of interesting people, along with seeing all the lovely sights. It is good to let people know that if we put our minds to it and play it smart, we can have fun being successful. And blogging is fun!
Teri
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Very Lucky Yaro to enjoy a long big tour like this to all great countries. I can never dream of so long tour of 8 months and you manged your buiseness and blog too, that,s very nice and as shanker said you missed india, plan one tour for it also..
It was fun tagging along with you on Twitter, Yaro
Next time, focus on the Asian part of your tour (that you didn’t quite explore in depth) and spend time in India, too. Would be nice to meet you in person
All success
Dr.Mani
Sounds like a nice trip, next time you shoul drop by Scandinavia. Maybe it’s just because i live here, but i think it is definately worth a visit
Congrats on your big trip, Yaro. Or, as they say in Japan recognizing an effort made, “otsukaresama desu”!
Hope to visit you and Gideon in Australia when I start making my six figures and buy you guys a fancy dinner. We might even invite Darren
Cheers, D.
Six-figure traveling blogger and entrepreneur. Now that’s something to which I can aspire!
Glad you are back to your home safely. Glad that in my new blogging adventures I came across your work and, after reading a couple of your reports, I’m fortunate to have done so.
Alan
Hey Yaro,
How is Singapore? It is really great to be able to travel around the world and still earning a substantial amount of income.
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger
Yaro, I really want you to answer this question. Did you travel the world alone? Or did you have any friends meeting up at different places?
Personally, being alone is not so comfortable for me especially when visiting new places. Perhaps its just a paradigm I need to change.
What is your advice for people like me who are hesitant to travel the world for the reason that they do not have a buddy?
Deepak
Wow! That sounds like an amazing trip which I’d love to take one of these days…I’ve traveled all over the U.S., but not too much overseas.
Can’t wait to see all the pictures and videos!
so how much did you spend? lots of traveling my friend.
I envy what you did, Yaro, except for the various illnesses. If I were to do what you did, I think I would do as you said and just stay longer at a couple of cities.
Still, my hat is off to you for doing what many of us hope/plan on doing in the future.
Wesley
The Geek Entrepreneur
I really love your posts Yaro, welcome back
Wow! That sounds like a nice trip. Its also a good timing to come back to australia now that it gets cold everywhere else
Great job on achieving the perfect balance of work and play!
It’s times like these when I regret having a girlfriend who won’t be too enthusiastic about traveling the world for 6 months or so…..
Congrate, how nice if i could enjoy the same work like you , travelling while working without to worry about dateline …, welcome back
Nice trip, Yaro, and welcome back.
Who knows, maybe someday I can visit as much places as you have visited. Hope so!.
Everybody is inspired because of your long lovely trip
Nice round trip! Made me want to go to Rome and Venice again… it’s been over a year.
Your comment about Euro vs. the dollar makes me think it’s time to visit Australia!
It is one of my dream to travel the world, taking pictures and all the great stuffs. Hopefully the New Year will be very much better for all of us. Merry Christmas Yaro and God bless.
Happy days. Now is the time to do it before kids!
Hi Yaro, congrats and welcome back home. I hope when next you go round the world you will step on the African continent. We sure have some goodies to offer. Tust me
My gosh! Traveling to that many places sure must have been tiring! I wonder how ya gonna go on to reply to the comments here even after resting.
Hey Yaro….
Welcome back…. what a nice trip you have there. I’m waiting your trip to Indonesia. ^_^ .
regards,
Moses
Looks like you had a great time. Sorry we didn’t get a chance to meet up.
I might be heading back to australia for a few months next year so I’ll buzz you closer to the time and see if you fancy meeting up
Kevin
I just read about your world trip and it sounded like a dream holiday. i wonder which city was the best for you. i hope one day i can travel to as many cities as you.
looks like u had a really good time. hope you did =-) i hope to do the same soon!
Yaro
Impressive, how does it feel to travel and not miss a beat as far as your income stream is concerned? What did you find was your greatest challenge during these eight months? If you had to do it all over again, what would you do differently? What kind of research was done before hand? Thanks in advance.
-Mig
The trip sounds amazing!! Hope you get over your cold quickly
That is outstanding! You just lived the dream I am working so hard to achieve. Congrats on your success and enjoy your well deserved time off over the holidays.
That is some trip! Must be great to get back to home base! Feel like Phileas Fogg?
You are so rich!! Are you a millionaire? Billionaire or something?
LOL – Yaro is rich, indeed
His lifestyle is the envy of most bloggers
Yaro,
Welcome back! That’s quite a list of places to visit
Your journey is a sample of what blogging can offer to the right person with the right mindset
Look so amazing to be success Entrepreneur by Blog. hope I can be like you, one day.
Welcome back, Yaro.
Looks like Africa was not in your tour path. How come you can claim to have toured the whole world yet exclude Africa? I am mad! What happened?!
Hey, hey, hey hold it. Guys I am just kidding!! JUST KIDDING.
Hopefully, next time around Africa will arouse your interest. The people are very nice and appreciative of tourists. South Africa, Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria and Kenya are few of the many places you will find interesting.
Welcome, back!
You’re right Ebuka. I told Yaro so. That he need to include African countries in his next trip. There are lovely sites he can visit. I will love to see him blogging from Obudu Ranch or Olumo Rock.
:O You dropped by at Winnipeg?! I’m surprised anybody out of Manitoba would even think of visiting Winnipeg… or have even heard of it.
You missed my hometown Seattle!
Envy envy! How did you do that?!! Smart and full of drive! If ever I am any closer to these traits I will achieve more!
Hey Yaro
I have no idea who you are but I linked here from Problogger and it seems I’ve stumbled upon a Movie Star among bloggers. Cool. Well, I am a blogger wannabe. I now write about nine different blogs and I probably have all of 2 visitors per month between them all. LOL. But I love it. Wish I could live like you, traveling the world, writing, earning six figure incomes. How did you do that and now long did it take you?!
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8 Months!?!? WOOOOOW, that’s a long vacation!
I actually plan to travel all year next year to soon as everything settles!
I missed it if you said it already, but was it a cool hot-air balloon ride, or did you travel the old-fashioned way … by plane?
Wow, that is one hell of a trip. I’d like to do that someday.
Excellent blogging lifestyle! Being able to take your office (your laptop) with you and work where ever you are.Fantastic, that is my goal as well.
Welcome back my friend Yaro. Lolz, I have been away from Brisbane for 14 months now. Would love to meet you someday if we happen to be staying close to each other. I’m in Singapore now.
OMG!You went to singapore!How i wish i could have saw you somewhere or bump into you and give you a handshake!
Anyway love your blog Yaro!