Oil and gas is a pretty good industry for this sort of thing, I was working for an international company on the rigs in Australia before resigning and riding India to the UK via Central Asia over 10 months. On the last leg of the journey i sent a few emails and had my old job back (UK based)when i reached London. Working 2 weeks on 2 off allows me to save lots and travel Europe in my time off. My company works in 60 or 70 countries worldwide so there is a possibility to continue travelling with regular income.
Of course, it helps when the price of oil is $63 a barrel, but it's traditionally a boom and bust industry. People tend to get laid off pretty quick in the downturn.
Sean
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