{"id":120456,"date":"2023-10-26T17:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120456"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:58:59","slug":"i-gave-up-my-job-to-travel-ive-already-visited-115-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/travel\/i-gave-up-my-job-to-travel-ive-already-visited-115-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"I gave up my job to travel &#8211; I&apos;ve already visited 115 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I gave up my job as an accountant to travel the world &#8211; I&#8217;ve already visited 115 countries and have plans to see another 23<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ian Huddart, 59, of Tonbridge, Kent, has visited 115 countries in his lifetime\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former accountant gave up their job to travel the world and has already visited 115 countries across the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ian Huddart, 59, of Tonbridge, Kent, has plans to see another 23 countries in the future, having already been\u00a0heli-snowboarding in Sochi, Russia, as well as white-water rafting down the Zambezi River.<\/p>\n<p>A retired charter accountant, Mr Huddart is now frequently accompanied by members of his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He appears to have passed on the travel to his daughter, who has already travelled to nearly 60 countries despite being in her early twenties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After finishing a maths degree at Bristol University in 1986, Mr Huddard worked night shifts at a bakery in Chislehurst so he could save up enough money to purchase a round-the-world plane ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/16\/77041067-12676077-image-a-44_1698335829354.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This map shows countries across the world, with the ones filled in dark blue showing where Ian has visited on his travels<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/17\/77041065-12676077-Mr_Huddart_59_of_Tonbridge_Kent_has_visited_115_countries_across-m-58_1698336137830.jpg\" height=\"566\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Huddart, 59, of Tonbridge, Kent, has visited 115 countries across the world and plans to add 23 more to his list before the end of 2024<\/p>\n<p>Having worked at the bakery for four months, Ian swapped south-east London for south-east Asia, before moving on to experience life in Australia, New Zealand and South America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his favourite experience abroad, the veteran traveller said his fondest memory is of Tikal &#8211; the ruin an ancient city &#8211; in Guatemala.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, the area is part of Tikal National Park and is one of the largest centres of pre-Columbian Maya civilisation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a lot less known than many famous sites, and I think that&#8217;s why it felt very special to me the first time round, as I knew so little about it, Mr Huddard told The Telegraph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After returning to the site 30 years later with his family, they watched the sunset from one of the pyramids in Tikal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was absolutely stunning, and I think my wife knew then that I hadn&#8217;t overhyped it, despite me going on about it for years,&#8217; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the end of 2023, Ian plans to visit Senegal, with trips to countries including Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Myanmar (formerly Burma) on his agenda in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked what advice he would give for anyone wanting to going travelling and explore the world, Mr Huddard said: &#8216;Don&#8217;t be afraid. I&#8217;ve had very few bad experiences on the road, and you will meet some lovely people along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just book a flight to somewhere that you&#8217;ve never been, get on the plane and at the other end, simply wander around, taking it all in,&#8217; he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12676077\/I-gave-job-accountant-travel-world-Ive-visited-115-countries-plans-23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I gave up my job as an accountant to travel the world &#8211; I&#8217;ve already visited 115 countries and have plans to see another 23 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/travel\/i-gave-up-my-job-to-travel-ive-already-visited-115-countries\/\" title=\"I gave up my job to travel &#8211; I&amp;apos;ve already visited 115 countries\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I gave up my job to travel - I&amp;apos;ve already visited 115 countries - yourclomid.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/travel\/i-gave-up-my-job-to-travel-ive-already-visited-115-countries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I gave up my job to travel - I&amp;apos;ve already visited 115 countries - yourclomid.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I gave up my job as an accountant to travel the world &#8211; 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