Wang Hongren’s travel notes

Nanjing girl Wang Hongren, whose online name is "栙hun", is a famous "budget traveler" and is called "China's best outbound travel information provider" by millions of netizens. She started traveling independently while studying at Nantong University. After graduating from college, 22-year-old Wang Hongren worked in purchasing for a Fortune 500 foreign company in Nanjing. This is a job that many people envy. However, Wang Hongren believes that life is only a few decades and must be spent doing things that are meaningful to oneself. She has a dream that has been hidden in her heart for a long time, which is to get out of the house and see the outside world. She began to think about what happened to urban white-collar workers? She fears that the longer she works, the less willing she will be to leave. She wanted to let it go while she could. In her words: "If I don't travel far, I will get old." After careful consideration and getting her father's support, Wang Hongren resigned from her job in a foreign company. On September 7, 2011, she set out on her own with 25,000 yuan in her pocket, and started her journey. journey around the world.

In the past year, Wang Hongren has traveled to more than ten countries including India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Ethiopia, and Sudan, from East Asia to South Asia, and from North Africa to the Middle East. In April 2012, Wang Hongren happened to meet a member of a photography studio in the hotel lobby. After several friendly chats, the other party invited her to stay and help. Wang Hongren happens to be very interested in images, and becoming a photographer is one of her dreams. Therefore, Wang Hongren temporarily stopped traveling to experience a different kind of life in a foreign country. The work is flexible but not easy. Often after a wedding, you have to carry a heavy camera for several hours. More than three months later, Wang Hongren received a salary that was enough to support her several months of travel, and the manuscript of "If You Don't Travel Far Away, You'll Be Old" was also completed during this period. The 150,000-word book, published by China Overseas Chinese Publishing House, records Wang Hongren's hardships while traveling at home and abroad. Not only are there fantastical and exotic locations, but there are also misadventures and tribulations such as groping on planes, crashing trains, and being robbed.

Traveling far away is not only a chore, but also a technical job. In order to save money, she mainly travels by trains and long-distance buses. The longest time she had to take a hard seat on a train was more than 40 hours. She tries to keep her daily accommodation expenses within 50 yuan, and has become accustomed to sleeping in airports and train stations. During his half-month stay in Israel, Wang Hongren stayed in local homes because the nightly room rates there were relatively high.

After traveling to more than ten countries, Wang Hongren, who is currently in East Africa, has no plans to go home yet. In an interview with reporters, Wang Hongren said: The road is getting wider and wider as we go, and our horizons are opening up step by step.