Fly High

Traveling can be hard but whats it like traveling proffesionaly?

Imagine traveling almost every day, whether that be changing several thousand feet in altitude daily or traversing through dense jungle on a small boat in the amazon rainforest to get that one picture, or crossing oceans and experiencing the world.

Traveling professionally can be very interesting but at the same time very demanding even if you don’t have a job that revolves around travel. A good example would be a flight attendant. They are required to travel from one place to another, then they stay there for a period of time. They might be staying in a different country with a different time zone and different language.

by: Auden Sandvig

Being a diplomat is one of the most interesting jobs when it comes to travel and just in general is pretty interesting. Becoming a diplomat is very difficult because there are a lot of people that want to become one and there are not enough places and things to do. The application process is pretty easy. You would state what college you’re from and any experience you have with traveling and diplomacy.

The next step is telling the government what you want to do and why you should be able to do it. For example, if you want to help new restaurants get better footage in a specific country, then you would tell the government that’s what you want to do, you would also tell them what qualifications you have to be able to do this. If the government approves then you have a job, if they don’t then you don’t have a job but you can still apply as many times as you want.

Once you get the job you go to the country you want to go to and find government-provided housing. The government-provided housing is a hit or miss; it could be a cottage in the woods or it could be a government hotel with other diplomates. But the government will provide some kind of housing. you’re also given a government-provided vacation so you could rent a house in Colorado and the government will pay for it for a certain amount of time.

by: US Mission Canada The Consul General of the United States meets the Mayor of Montreal and signs the Guestbook

Before going to the country you have to research the culture and language. The language courses are government provided but you still have to research the culture which is very important as a diplomat you wouldn’t want to upset anyone without knowing because you could lose your job.

One of the hardest parts about it is traveling, you have to travel every 4 or so years which means completely remaking all your friend’s groups and it’s hard moving away because you have to break off with all your friends and once you move you don’t have anyone to support you when moving.

Having kids and traveling that much is extremely hard for obvious reasons like air pressure and jet lag. But more than that the kids also have to move every year which means switching between schools all the time which is just as hard on the kids. The government does pay for international schools so they won’t have any major gaps in their knowledge by going to local schools. Overall the job is incredibly difficult with a lot of risks. It looks good on social media because you’re traveling all over the world and go to unique places. Being a cave cartographer is one of the coolest jobs out there. You get to not only travel all around the world to remote locations but you get to do that and go into caves, sometimes underwater caves.

The first thing you do is set up a company where organizations or governments hire you to go and map a cave. Once you get hired you go to the cave and travel to the country, simple right? But it’s not.

Travel is one of the more interesting things about doing the job. The company that hires you doesn’t always provide the best transport for the cave and sometimes they are not entirely sure where it is just the general area so you end up using some unique methods of transportation. Like riding in the back of a dump truck for several days going through the jungle.

Common places to get hired to map caves are in Brazil and China because they have a lot of uncharted lands and people there care more. Once you’re in the cave with your team you begin mapping the cave.

There are 2 main reasons people will hire, either for tourism or search for resources. If they want you to search for resources you would have to bring extra tools to check that and if they hired for tourism it would mostly just be creating the map, possibly pointing out easily accessible or scenic routes and of course, pointing out anything that’s dangerous.

The places you often get to go are some of the most unique and scenic places that are untouched by humans,

especially in foreign countries with different plant life and unique landscapes that are only found in that area of the world. It can provide an interesting experience. Unfortunately it’s not all adventures there’s still a lot of desk work.

Flight attendance is the most travel-oriented job here. Becoming a flight attendant is a pretty standard job application. You know what strengths you have and what degree you have that kinda stuff but if you want to fly internationally it would definitely help to know a second language. If you do know a second language you’ll probably want to apply to a plane company that flies internationally.

Once you get in they will assign you to the country based on what language for example if you know both Portuguese and French because more people speak French you’ll probably get assigned to countries that speak Portuguese but you might get assigned to countries that speak French sometimes.

On the flight, there’s a lot of crazy stuff that can happen especially on longer flights because people are more tired and stressed. Some of the crazier events that have happened are when a man who was probably taking a drug of some sort to sleep on the plane got up and started peeing in the middle of the plane while asleep.

Another one is where a dog escaped the pet area and sat down on one of the back seats and just started out the window. This only scratches the surface of what can happen on the plane.

Once you land you’ll stay at a hotel which the company does pay for and you can stay there for up to a week which is a good way to experience a new country. On the flight, if they serve meals you’ll get the best meals for the best class which is good and you get break time and sometimes a break room where you can rest or sleep. There are a lot of different problems and inconveniences that can arise when traveling. The first one is air pressure, which happens when you have a sudden altitude increase this happens on planes. This can make your head hurt because the air wants to expand. One of the ways to solve this is to yawn. If you travel enough you’ll eventually get used to this.

he next one is jet lag. This happens when you travel between time zones, your body needs time to adjust to the time change. There’s not really any solution to this

The next is food. If you’re traveling on a long flight they serve food. The problem is if you don’t pay for a high class flight it’s going to be bad food so the best solution is to eat before you get on the plane and to bring some food on the plane.

traveling on a tanzanian safari

Preparing

The most important thing you need is a passport, it should be valid for 6 months and have 3-4 pages for visa and immigration stamps. If you need something like medication you will need to take that. Another thing to know is you should probably go after the summer when aninimals are migrating.

a step by step guide

by: Auden Sandvig

traveling

you will need to travel by plane to a tanzanian airport. If you are going near Mt. kilimanjaro you should go to the kilimanjaro international airport.

factoids nearly 30% of tanzania is national park or an official conservation area lake tanganyika which is the second largest lake in africa. Baobab trees can eas ily live to 1000 years. Tarangire is home to unique tree climbing lions

on the safari

you can see various wildlife migrating like stampiding wildebeast or a blue balled monkey. When your on the safari your the one that decides where you want to go and for how long, so you have to tell your guide. finding a safari

first you have to find the circut you like the most. there are 3 main one the northern, the southern, and the western circut. The northern one is the most popular with destination like the serengeti and ngorongoro crater. You can also go in a hot air ballon safari and see africa from the skies.

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