The world is as exciting as you make it. You can be kicking back on a beach sipping cocktails one day, and be jumping out of a plane the next. We’ve got theme parks and spas, bikes and fast cars, goldfish and sharks. Everybody enjoys the world in different way, but if dodgems and rollercoasters just aren’t enough for you, then you might want to try these knuckle-whitening suggestions from wish.co.uk: [capti ...

This is a very proud moment for Off-Track Backpacking! Our content finally moved from online to paper this month as an article we wrote on Buenos Aires got featured in Cleo Magazine in Australia. The topic? Our best party spot. It's always nice to see your own article in a magazine. Enjoy the read! ...

  Never would I have imagined to find sand dunes in Canada. To entertain my friend's best friend from Argentina, a bunch of us friends decided to take a week-end trip to Sandbanks, in Edward county (Ontario).  After 4.5 hours drive from Montreal, we decided to head directly to the beach. When we first arrived, I didn't think much of  West Lake, the west part of Sandbanks National Park. But as we kept on wal ...

Any time, any day, the Okanagan Valley offers an abundance of activities and attractions for everyone. But what is so amazing about this place is the amount of wineries you can chose from. There are over 20 different wineries to stubble upon and most of them are family owned businesses that have been around for centuries. You can easily take a mini trip and ditch everything, even your car and just bike arou ...

Edelito from Island Vacations nominated Off-Track Backpacking to take part of  “My 7 Links Project”, a project initiated by Tripbase that unites bloggers to share their lessons learned by sharing blog posts that deserve the attention they may not have gotten the first time around. Your most beautiful post I would say that my most beautiful post is This is Why I Love my City, Montreal! Why? Mainly because I ...

Many people seem to feel that poker in Europe is where poker was in the United States five years ago. That is to say, it’s booming. More European players are making the scene than ever before. There are a number of different factors that have contributed to the current boom in poker in Europe. Poker in Europe: Online Play Just as in the United States, online play introduced a whole new world of players to p ...

As it was my second time now being in Chicago, there were only a few things I wanted to do while I was there. In the summer, everything is much more vibrant so taking a stroll around the city is pretty fun. There are tones of festivals going on and people hanging out everywhere. Our plan was to do the boat tour around the Chicago River and also to see the skyline. The second stop was to explore the Millenni ...

I don't know how I should begin to describe this phenomenal concert! When I first bought my tickets for this concert almost two years ago,  I didn't have grandiose expectations. Obviously I was expecting it to be good. It's Bono for crying out loud. But never had I imagined what I saw. The first adventure of the day was getting to the stadium. It was a temporary stadium that was built especially for this co ...

Only a few weekends ago, I traveled over to a state of the U.S I never imagined myself seeing, Milwaukee and Madison. My boyfriend was working in Wisconsin, so we both decided to take a long weekend to check out the capital city of Wisconsin - Madison and the next big city - Milwaukee. Since the cities are fairly close to each other, it was an easy day trip. Our first stop was Milwaukee. Milwaukee isn’t the ...

With reality television taking over traditional shows, its becoming increasingly difficult not to get addicted. I must admit that I never really liked them but there are two new reality shows that are getting my attention. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="399" caption="Source: http://www.remotepatrolled.com"][/caption] Expedition Impossible Expedition Impossible is a new reality TV show on ABC. You ...