Share your long-term travel experiences
TheElder: I finished up my masters degree in computer science last December.  To celebrate I traveled to Japan, SKorea, China, Taiwan, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Comoros Islands, Seychelles Islands, Israel, Jordan, England, and Hungary.  I did this all in about two months.  An entire month in east Asia, a week in Israel.I traveled a lot before that too: Russia, Czech Republic, Central America, Vietnam (3 times), Japan twice, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Canada, England, France, Purto Rico, Dominican Republic, and a few more.  I built up a lot of airline miles over the last couple of years and used that on my last world trip.  The biggest cost was my hotels, I didn't go cheap.Traveling is the best thing I've done with my life.  I'm 30 years old and feel like I have lived several lifetimes with all of the experiences and people I met through my travels.Go for it.  And one piece of advice... live debt free as I have so you can do those things.  It's not worth going into debt over. You can always take shorter trips like I did.  My longest was two months.  I was able to keep working and finish up school while doing that.If I can recommend places, Israel, Japan, and Vietnam are my favorite.  China was the worst place I've ever been.  If you want to experience China, go to Taiwan.