Man Tweets His Way Around the World

Twitter is taking off. Just ask Paul Smith.

The Brit, who apparently has a lot of free time on his hands, made his way around the world relying only on the tweets he sent to the 11,000 people who followed his journey.

His self-imposed golden rule was that he could only accept offers of travel and accommodation from people who use Twitter. Smith was also banned from making any travel plans more than three days in advance and has to leave each location within 48 hours of arriving.

Smith made it from his home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Stewart Island, New Zealand, in 30 days and visited the Netherlands, France, Germany and the U.S. And while stateside, he found time to hang with actress Liv Tyler.

It wasn't all fun and games, as you can read on the blog he kept, but it is impressively cool. Plus, the journey helped raise money for Charity: water, a non-profit that brings clean drinking water to developing nations.