Whats the cheapest way to travel the world?
Travelling by land transport across much of the world is extremely cumbersome and lengthy and problematic and fraught with bureaucratic problems at most border crossings. It has also become pretty dangerous in many countries over the last few years. Hitch-hiking is pretty much out of the question nowadays. Train travel is really the only viable method, and it’s not available everywhere. You would be surprised how little a round-the-world airline ticket can cost. They make special deals usually involving two airlines, with the only constraints being that you have to go to destinations served by at least one of the airlines (obviously), you must continue travelling in the same direction you chose to begin with – east or west (i.e. you cannot backtrack), and you have to end up where you started. They sell tickets valid for 3 months, 6 months or 1 year. There is normally no limit to the number of stop-offs. If you make a careful analysis of the costs of a land journey, taking into account
