We are on vacation, and as we drove about the island today, we say a young couple hitch hiking. We stopped and offered them a ride, and they jumped in the back of our minivan. First thing out of our 4 year old's mouth is, "What smells so bad?" Yes, they stunk. They were camping, after all.
As we drove, we learned a little about them. They are from Quebec and have been traveling most of the summer. They picked cherries in the Okanagan Valley earlier in the summer, are now roughing it in the gulf islands off Vancouver Island, and are thinking about what to do next. Probable next step is to go back to the Okanagan to pick apples, then when winter rolls around, find their way to Australia for some more work-funded travel (more apples), then maybe to Thailand for a while.
Now I'm all for traveling around the world with a backpack and really loose plans. I've done it through Europe, Central America, SE Asia, and New Zealand. But like those above, I would prefer to do it on passive income, and enough of it that I can afford a regular shower!