backpacking and communes

Hi, I am a 17 year old guy living in South East Asia, and in the last 6 months I have become increasingly unhappy with the state of my life. I am looking for advice on what I should do next: I'm looking to leave the country on some kind of back-packing trail. Or I want to join a commune of some description. Can anyone please help me out with how I would get started on any of those two things?

 

I would think the best thing to do would be to have a destination in mind. There's nothing wrong with free-range wandering, but vaguely not knowing where you're going puts a damper on gear planning. Hiking across mainland Asia without warm gear and shelter would be a bad idea. Hiking out of hot, humid Southeast Asia carrying 70+ pounds of gear doesn't sound like a good time to me either.

With respect to communal living, you can find a small group living situation almost anywhere. I have friends who share land in WV and rarely even see each other and I have friends who jointly own a co-op in Washington DC, they farm on the rooftop, cook communally at every meal and live strictly vegan. Check out www.ic.org

 

Just finding out about thw same stuff myself, so not much help. but good on you for searching for actually doing something about it if your unhappy. you would be suprised how many people dont. anyway just posting to say goodluck

 

if ur looking to take a nice backpacking trip, i suggest uget a plainticket, come to the states, and hike the Appilaician Trail. its a beautiful hike! takes about 6 monthes for the average through hiker, and goes from Georgia up to Main. its incredibly peaceful, and u meet a loads of awsome people! i've done the
Massichusits section and i plain to do the rest evedually probably insections.
but u should think about it, its a wonderful experience!

 

I know of a few communes in Spain, Andalucia, if you want any more information contact me .. my msn is orange_goblins@hotmail.com. Im living in spain at the moment but im planning on travelling asap. hitch hiking, backpacking, camping... anyone wanna come with me??