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People who have been traveling, where does the money come from?

Let me talk about the travel life of a person who travels all the year round.

While traveling in Iran, I met a Japanese who has been on the road for 13 years. He looks about 35 years old, with dark brown skin and gray-green charging suit. From the neckline, the fleece coat inside is very smooth. Two 80-liter mountain bags, full and extremely dense, one in front and one in the back. I can only see his head when I hold them. Because his itinerary is similar to mine, and we are both poor tourists, we meet him at every stop, often book the same hotel and talk a lot.

How far can you go? Give a few concrete examples.

How cheap is Iran? 12 stayed in the standard room of a four-star hotel, which only cost about 300 yuan, while the standard room of youth travel, a classical old house, cost 18 USD. This Japanese gentleman always takes the night bus. He got on the bus around 12 in the evening and arrived at his destination at 4 am. If he can stay less, he will stay less. I once saw him sleeping on a park bench. It seems to take five or six hours to get to Kazan in Iran by bus from Tehran, but it is actually 70 yuan for two people, including a meal.

If he really wants to stay in a hotel, he always books the largest mixed room, which seems to be only a dozen dollars a night. Sometimes he simply sleeps in the youth travel hall and makes a floor for free. I met a Japanese gentleman at Shiraz Station, found the same youth tour as I booked, and took a taxi to the hotel, totaling 12 yuan RMB. After he arrived at the hotel, he never mentioned giving me the fare.

Tickets for Iranian scenic spots are often our own talents 2 yuan and foreign guests 30 yuan. Mr. Japan always bargains and buys tickets at Iranian prices. Iranians follow suit and often pass, or even let people in without charging tickets. Honestly, I've done it before. If you have two people, you can only accept tickets for one person. Even if the ticket is only 2 yuan, the Japanese gentleman has a set of strategies to evade the ticket. He once taught us enthusiastically. There is a side door in the prayer room of the mosque. Try not to bring a camera or something. It looks like a tourist's costume. Take off your shoes and bring them in. Nobody's watching. After entering the hall door from the inside, you can put it on and play at will.

There are also many wild tour guides in Iran to attract customers in traditional handicraft shops. After going, you can see hand-made carpets, printed fabrics and so on. , and can be purchased at will. He always looks at them and doesn't buy them. This place is expensive, but even if he is not poor, he won't buy them. He has no place to put souvenirs.

Because he has been away for many years, he cuts his own hair and moves hair clipper with his hands, so although his costume looks old, it is decent. There are sleeping bags and tents in the big mountain bag. If he is in a tourist destination with mild climate, he will camp directly for the night.

As far as I know, he has been traveling for 12 years, and his major is finance. He said he would go back to China every year 1 to 2 months, but he didn't know exactly how to work. The money earned in these two months is enough for him to travel for at least 10 months. He said that there are many travelers like him in Japan, who travel all the year round, have no families and no specific jobs.

Many people misunderstood his image as a tramp and added a photo specially. It can be seen that although it is very old and simple, it is still very decent, an ordinary mountaineering suit. He is also very cheerful and is greeting fellow villagers from Japan.

Later, I met many people who traveled abroad all the year round in South America. Most of them strike me as hippies with dirty pigtails. In the evening, they entertain in various squares, play the piano, perform acrobatics, sell souvenirs, sell their own handicrafts, braid people's braids in the street and collect fees. A boy who surprised me actually took a chicken, probably laying eggs, and the chicken stood on his shoulder.

I have to mention a man I met in a super cheap hotel. The standard room in that hostel only costs 30 nights. Can you imagine? The wall of the standard room has fallen off seriously, and the bed seems to have not been washed for about half a month. I don't want to book it after reading it. I found a pile of luggage tied to a wheelchair before I left. I couldn't help looking back for a short man with only one leg in the hotel. You know, South America is dominated by mountain cities, and every city is constantly going uphill and downhill. How difficult it is for him to travel like this. I have always regretted not having a good talk with him and getting to know him better.

Pure poverty travel is the norm. After all, not everyone can be a travel experiencer, write articles for magazines and provide pictures, right? Even a one-legged boy can do it. In fact, traveling is also something that can be achieved as long as it is hard. But if I want to travel all year round and live in luxury and comfort, then ... I can't do it anyway.

Finally, I would like to add that many friends in the comments think this is vagrancy, hard work and meaningless. But these poor tourists I have contacted, ascetic travelers, are actually very happy. They only feel comfortable and happy when they talk.

Maybe they don't want to make progress in their careers or start a family. They travel hard, but this wandering life makes them feel comfortable.

Relatively speaking, however, I am glad that there are no hippies wandering all the year round in our country, and individuals still have a certain impact on the city appearance and working atmosphere.