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Ben Testani
Dec 08, 2020
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about travel. I first left the United States of America in 2018, when I visited Colombia. That trip only affirmed what I had known about myself since I was a little kid, playing with the LeapFrog globe my parents put in my room - my dream is to see the world. 

Like the rest of the society, I put these dreams on indefinite pause in March. No matter how cramped my apartment feels, nor how low flight costs drop, a global vacation would be wildly irresponsible right now. To cope with the wanderlust and temper my stir crazy attitude of late, I have turned to travel videos on YouTube.

Travel vlogging on YouTube is not a novel concept. Humans have documented their travels since language was invented, only today, vlogging about your trips can earn you $100,000 a year and get you banned from a hotel. Like any saturated market, quality travel vloggers are hard to find, but I have gravitated toward Indigo Traveler. His niche is solo travels to countries that are per…

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