I have friends who live in different physical locations than me or work different schedules than me. Should I decide the friends I just saw off to grad-school are now dead to me, able to speak to their other friends but not me, the zen master who has moved beyond the need for communication?

You can't write that kind of comment and not give examples of such places.

Africa has a wide selection of such places, but there is a fairly high chance any 'adventures' may be interrupted by child soldiers.

Funny you would say that, I am in West Africa right now.

I have explored 15 countries in about as many months, never seen a single Child soldier.

Please, please don't just parrot things out when you clearly don't know what you are talking about.

There are about (estimated) 300,000 child soldiers in the world at the moment and Africa is home to about 120,000 of them at the moment. So to imply there are a lot of child soldiers in Africa is not unreasonable.

I think "moving to a new, strange place" still includes "get rid of all of your existing friends".

So lets get some high-level steps here;

1. Cut all ties and move to either an Amish settlement or a country with no or little access to electricity.

2. Locate the local stand-up of disillusioned 10x'ers.

3. Romp and play among the trees and hills 24/7.