Angie’s a pretty typical Southern girl next door.
Where it all began
She was born on a superstitious Friday, got her names from the Allman Brothers and Mick Jagger, grew up in the backyard of a Magic Kingdom, waved lighters at countless Southern Rock shows, attended high school at a monster truck rally, cartwheeled at Versailles, laid bricks in South America, interviewed with Trump, bleeds orange and blue, worships the Savior, sings enthusiastically, avoids public speaking and falls asleep when sitting still. She likes old movies that make her think, taking naps because she can and dreamy fellas who aren’t intimidated by moxie.
High school graduation
After a short post-college stint in Atlanta, Angie left the South to become Big Apple Angie, moving to the concrete jungle where dreams are made of and landing the best job in the world in the Travel + Lifestyle practice at Weber Shandwick, the world’s largest public relations agency. Every day at the office, she combined her passion for travel with a knack for communicating.
During her 4+ year adventure at WS, she coordinated dozens of media FAM trips, video shoots and massive events, wrote a press release or two, launched a magical theme park, pitched until she was blue in the face, evolved into the travel group’s digital media go-to gal and met amazing travelers from all over the world.
Though she already had an exciting PR career, in 2009 Angie entered a contest to win Queensland’s Best Job in the World – and her video and essay made the top 50 out of more than 30,000+ entrants. The experience reminded her that a fast-paced job in NYC was great, but it didn’t leave much time to see the world. Her wanderlust was reignited. She began to tentatively think about the next chapter in her travelogue…
In 2010, after careful consideration, lots of prayers and years of saving for a rainy day, this small town girl next door decided to take her travel show on the road. This blog is her story. Enjoy!
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Angie Orth is a location independent globe trekker. Born in Jacksonville, Fla. and ultimately landing in Manhattan, she left a successful career in travel PR for adventures on the road and life as a digital nomad. She’s passionate about the Florida Gators, Shark Week, trying everything at least once and storytelling at http://www.angieaway.com. 
LOVE the new site!!! Can’t wait to hear about all the exciting travels of “Angie Away”
So impressed (yet not at all surprised) by the new site, plans, etc. Couldn’t be happier for you. PS- am so proud to have made it on your “about Angie page.” Go get it, girl!
Angie! It’s great to finally see your website. It was lovely meeting you In Ios and good luck on the rest of your travels. Your website is factual, first hand up to date information on being a solo female traveller!
P.s I miss our men chats over the bar
Enjoy!!
Hey Carla! Great to hear from you. I miss our heart-to-hearts in Ios, too!
Argh I’m really inspired by you. Are you doing it all alone? I’ve been in a similar situation – ditched an amazing media job to go travelling across the world with a friend. would like to travel alone next time but i’m too scared!
Yes, I’m on my own! BUT – you’re never alone long. I’ve made so many friends along the way that I actually have to make an effort to really really be by myself. It’s not nearly as scary as it sounds!
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Angie,
I’m so impressed that you had the courage to quit your job and just travel! I don’t know if I would have been able to quit a job like you had for the unknown! For sometime I’ve been thinking/dreaming about taking off and doing a RTW trip. However, I always thought RTW trips were for 22 year olds, and that I should be concentrating on a making/getting a career. Reading your blog makes me want to go out and travel.
Oh girl! If you have a desire to do a RTW, definitely do it! I met so many people from every age group and walk of life out there doing the travel thing… keep me posted if you decided to make your dream a reality!
I’ll definitely keep you updated. It would be next year before I could take off(gotta finish my seasonal job).
Hi.. I would love to just pick up and travel the world too. At the moment I have time bc I am not working but I don’t have the money to travel.. What do u recommend? How much do u actually need to travel?
I spent about $20,000 in a year… using a mix of hotels, hostels, guest houses and friends houses, in different countries across 5 continents.
Hi Angie,
My husband and I recently moved to Cambodia where we are writers and volunteers for NGOs.
Since moving here, we’ve discovered many people who have also “opted out” of traditional lifestyles in their home countries and taken a leap into living lives of adventure and travel and we are writing a book on the subject and the people who take these steps.
I recently came upon your blog and would love to hear your story for possible inclusion in the book. I have a questionnaire I’d like to send you if you could email me at gabirich2003@yahoo.com
(our blog is http://meanderthals.posterous.com if you wish to check us out).
Cheers!