Yearly Archives: 2011

MY QUEST TO SET A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SlRUbVTriY

Travel Bucket List Item 32, ‘Set A World Record’. That said, meet my next expedition. Kayaking the entire length of the Intracoastal Waterway in the United States, in a solo kayak. The journey will begin the Florida Keys and end in Maine, for an estimated, 3,000 miles. The current record is 2010 miles, held by Helen Skelton, in the Amazon Delta.
So why in the world would I have this as a buck list? Here are my reasons;

1-Perspective- Traveling the world has always been about gaining a different perspective on life. When things get tough, easy, boring, and monotonous, a new perspective has aided to happiness. Seeing the entire east coast from a Kayak, is certainly going to be an interesting perspective.

2-Challenge- Most of my recent dissolved fears have been my greatest personal growths. The overcoming the doubt and sense of urge has been a mental tool that keeps getting stronger as I tackle each fear. I personally hate kayaking. The speed of the kayak vs the speed of a boat, is dreadful, yet important. Slowing things down to appreciate the now, will take patience and a strong thought process. Its the mental game and the idea of coming to terms with an activity I hate, to find the positive in the activity. To date, I have Kayaked a total of 4 hours in my 33 years of life.

3-Chance to Give Back- The more I see the world, the more I see how many things are for free to worry so much about how much money one makes. This will allow me to benefit a charity organization I feel strongly about, while I still continue to motivate others to overcome challenges they may have in life.

4-Happiness- With the above three, its a combination and most importantly, a great way to enjoy life. If I died tomorrow, I would like to feel like I have lived life to the fullest. Part of that, mean physically pushing my body to its fullest capabilities. With the help of Tim Ferriss, second best selling book, ‘ The 4 – Hour Body’, I am going to attempt to case study the skills taught in it. This will include, ‘ Slow-Carb Diet’ and ‘Polyphasic Sleep’. Using these techniques, I will establish a personal weight loss goal and perfect sleep by only sleeping 2-4 hours per day, allowing me to possibly set a second world record, “The longest journey in a 24 hour period”.

Thanks for supporting and following. You can follow the entire journey here,

http://adventureaaron.com/live-map/

Taking Advantage of Airport Delays

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Lisbon Airport, Portugal.
I remember it like it was yesterday. “Fletcher, (my veteran cameraman) should we roll the dice?”-I mumbled under my breath, as we stood in the 3 hour line at the airport counter. He looked at me, then glanced at the arrival board, full of delays and said, “Amsterdam?” I replied, “Exactly!” After all, I was still soaking wet from the 3 solid days of rain in our planned Portugal shoot. So who would have thought that one problem with nature would have led to an answer with the another so called problem. You see, all of the airports were delayed, due to the ‘Iceland Volcano’. All, but Amsterdam. Originally we were scheduled to connect in London in effort to get back to NYC. The volcanic irruption had delayed all flights out of Lisbon, Portugal, to London, because flights were delayed flying out of London. Amsterdam, was still allowing flights to come in and out. So instead of staying in Portugal, with nothing more than a bench to sleep on, we noticed that flights were going into Amsterdam. Therefore, we changed our route to go into Amsterdam, then NYC, simply because the flights were not delayed, going out of Amsterdam, allowing flights to connect in Amsterdam. Oh, one other thing, it was free! The icing on the cake is, we asked for the 23 hour lay over, as most airlines will allow you a 23 hour layover with no charge. It just so happened, upon our arrival into Amsterdam, 23 hours turned out to be 48 hours, as the volcanic ash moved over the Amsterdam airport. So, Fletcher and I took our free hotel voucher and meal tickets, to experience the adventures of Amsterdam. If you are confused, here is the proof. The lesson learned here was to realize the flexibility you have with the airlines and the delays. The next time you are delayed, with a bit of the above knowledge, you too, can turn a ‘Natural Catastrophe’ into an ‘Extended Vacation’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3WZttV-gWw

As I prepare to film an all new 13 episodes for , “Alive! With Adventure Aaron”, on a larger network, we will be disclosing the new channel in July. Here is, “Alive-Amsterdam”. Featuring the ‘Worlds Expert On Flying Free’ and the ‘Godfather of Bumps’, Rick Ingersoll. Obviously, there are the standard, “Adventure Aaron”, bucket list items, but more importantly, you will see how we took advantage of a Natural Catastrophe, the Iceland Volcano.

The Travel Hacking Guide

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“Dedicated to everyone that gave me directions or free advice”-Aaron

For the first time in my blog history, I am actually going to write quite a bit. I debated making this an ebook or a guide book, but after much thought, I wanted this to be a way of showing thanks. I mean, its 2011 and it was exactly one year from today, I began filming, “Alive! With Adventure Aaron”! Its a story about how someone diagnosed with Cancer, decides to live out a Travel Bucket List incorporating “Travel Hacking”. I think back and I cant help but smile. I remember the conversation like it was yesterday…

“I am going to travel the world and I am going to do it for free”. Those were the exact words I told my longtime good friend, Kris on January 03rd of 2010. He simply laughed and said, “Yep…I am sure you will”. That’s the reaction most of my friends had at the time. As my ‘About’ section states, most of my friends don’t really get or understand how I make my living. More on how that works will be coming out soon, but for now, I want to share with you some the knowledge I have gained. After 20 months of traveling, 25 countries visited, dozens of travel bucket list items achieved, one on one interviews with some of the best travel hackers in the business, and experiences worth the world I have traveled, I wanted to create a resource that you can use. It took me the past 5 weeks of reflecting and researching to put together the page, “Travel Hacking”. Every country I have ever visited since I first left the states is listed. Travel hacking has been about adding meaning to the term as it was originally described to me. It has become the term I use to describe the “Street Smarts” of travel. The following are strictly my own personal experience from trial and error. If you’re traveling soon or currently traveling, this is meant to be a quick resource for you to continuously check.

The following is dedicated to all of the people who gave me free advice when I was lost or looking for the below information. I just want you to know, I found it and more! Welcome to the underground world of travel hacking.

The Travel Hacking Guide