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Meeting Fellow Backpackers & Questions

After a period of time of backpacking and meeting new people, there is a time where you will realize what are the first top 10 questions you might say or someone else might ask you. It’s funny, to even think there are 10 of the same questions every time you meet someone new. Although it’s completely true! It’s a little like going on a date with someone you don't know and starting a conversation, usually it’ ...

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Joining a Not for Profit Organization

[caption id="attachment_3149" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Girl in Mexico"][/caption] Poverty is evident while traveling. Whether you're meeting beggars in the streets or observing the lifestyles of tribes, you can't be blind to the kids who suffer in all of this. Most of those kids will never be exposed to education, let alone traveling. After returning from two semesters abroad and some backpa ...

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What Parents Think Of Their Children Traveling

When I first started traveling at the age of 18, many people where really scared for me. They always mentioned to me, “ Aren’t you a little young to travel alone, and how are your parents letting you do this. “ This one statement was thrown at me so many times. It was always, wow your parent are letting you travel. It’s hard to even imagine how many parents these days won’t let their children see the world. ...

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OneTravel Blog. Check it out!

Remember our This is Why I Love My City, Montreal post? It was one of our most popular posts on the blog! You can now read it on One Travel Blog. Onetravel is a company that offers cheap tickets to travelers. The Onetravel blog is a collection of stories, tips, secrets, and experiences gathered from people living all around the world. We want to show everyone that travel brings the world closer together cre ...

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Raising Miro Travel Blog & Podcast

The beauty of blogging is  that you get to know about new blogs every so often. Every blog has a story and every story is unique. It's beauty of it all. We came accross Raising Miro, a single mom's travel blog & podcast, chronicling the nomadic adventures of Lainie and Miro as they travel around the world together; Raising Miro on the Road of Life. Read about their adventure @ http://www.raisingmiro.com ...

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Language Barrier while Backpacking

Throughout my travel experiences I have encountered many situations that put me into difficult positions due to the language barrier. Even though I speak English and it is the most common language in the world, there were numerous circumstances where I have felt frustrated and sometimes stupid. This feeling can at times change an individual’s reason to avoid traveling. Since a language is the only way to co ...

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The New Backpacker’s Guidebook

After receiving an email from this random person asking us to read his recent book called The New Backpacker's Guidebook, we decided to write a post on it to show our support! This random person turns out to be Craig McMahon, an author from Upstate New York who spent over a year working in Dublin last year. He has an extensive list of countries he traveled to including Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Denmar ...

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5 Ways to Work-Out on Your Way to Work

So do you feel like you're lifestyle has drastically slowed down since you work full-time? I hear lots people complaining about it but not many actually do something about it! So here are a few tips: Bike to Work: More and more cities are investing on bike paths so take the opportunity to bike to work.  Not only will you save money on gas or subway/train passes but you'll get a daily garanteed workout. Even ...

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Win A trip to Galapagos Islands- Register NOW!

Hey all! If you are interested in doing some snorkling but have no $$$, enter this contest for a chance to win a free trip at Galapagos Islands! Here are the details: Prize:  A 10-day, $12,000 trip for two including airfare to the Galapagos Islands, courtesy of iExplore and Peregrine. Starts: Now until April 23rd 2010 How to enter:  Go to http://www.geckogo.com/contest/   The contest is open to residents of ...

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Twitter While Backpacking- A Perfect Combination

In the last few years, microblogging has become very popular. One of the most popular ones out there is TWITTER. You may not be very familiar with using twitter but I bet you've at least heard about it. So how does it work? You start by creating a twitter account and voila, you are now a twitter user! The whole purpose of using it is to let people know (in 140 characters or less) what you're up to. You can ...

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