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My name is Josh. I’m a freelance journalist. I recently uprooted myself from a generally awesome setup in Brooklyn, NYC to take advantage of the most exciting characteristic of my job: I can, in theory, work from anywhere.

In June 2010, my laptop and I will begin a year-long trip around the world (more likely: I’ll travel until I run out of cash). I’ll pitch story ideas to my editors from wherever I can find an internet connection, hoping that the miles, time zones and sketchy WiFi in between don’t make what’s theoretically feasible an actual impossibility.

About This Website:

In preparing for my trip, I noticed a definite lack of quality resources for long-term travelers  (though there are some great travel bloggers out there). In a long-overdue personal venture into electronic media, The Wander Project will not only document my trip via first-person narrative pieces, photos and video, but also offer solid practical advice on the planning, gear and strategy that can help you take an extended trip of your own.

That said, here are a few things you won’t find on TWP:

A detailed account of my every move from sunrise to sunset, with time stamps. Because you don’t (or shouldn’t) care.

“Five Really, Really Cool Things To Do In [insert another city here].”

Paid reviews of a product or service. That’s just sketchy.

Blog posts about blogging. I hate those. As a reader, there’s nothing worse than searching for travel info only to find yourself wading through a post on How YOU Can Become a Wildly Successful Blogger, Too. The day I mention SEO on this site, I hope one of you finds me and hits me in the face. If you’re looking for blogging info, try ProBlogger.

Bandwagon Travel Blog Posts. Which is to say: I think I’ve got a pretty good grip on the concept of Flashpacking. Really. I’ve got it. And I suspect you do, too.

More about Josh, in third person: Josh Fulmer studied journalism and outdoor education at a tiny southern liberal arts college.  An internship with the now-defunct National Geographic Adventure took him to New York, where he worked as a freelance journalist for nearly three years despite an intense cubicle phobia. He writes frequently for Men’s Journal and has upheld journalistic integrity in the research departments of Men’s Journal, Budget Travel and W (as a result of that last one, he never wants to hear the word chic again).