Leaving the comfort of blue skies at 37,000 feet, above a thick cloud layer, we started our slow descent down into Greenland. It was hard to believe that we were actually stopping in Greenland, a place that I had only flown over so many times between the USA and Europe. It isn't a place I ever thought I would actually stop in. I always thought it was a place where no one ever went, somewhere inhospitable to life. It was hard to believe we … [Read more...]
About John Thompson
John has provided technical advice and support since this site was founded. He enjoys world travel, photography, sailing & piloting private planes. John is an accomplished violinist - he is a former member of Stanford University's Symphony Orchestra and the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.
In addition, he has extensive travel experience in Europe, the United States and South East Asia. John is a true RTW'er (Round The World Traveler) - he spent most of the first half of 2011 on a sailboat in the South Pacific after crossing the Pacific in 24 days and later on another RTW trip covering Europe and Asia.
He is currently living a location independent lifestyle - with a "home-base" in Verona Italy while running a full service online Hotel Reservation booking system - Reservation Key.
Exploring the World as Paying Crew
Unlike chartering which requires experience, and that you start and finish from a charter base, you usually don't need any sailing experience and you have many more choices of where in the world your trip will start. This is exactly what I did during August 2006. I had briefly tried the "paying crew" option in Thailand several years ago, and after having a great experience there, was ready to try it again. Since I would be traveling alone on … [Read more...]