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How to Smuggle Booze on Your Travels
There come times when traveling when you’re going to have to smuggle booze and drink it discreetly. Maybe you’re on a cruise that strictly forbids outside drinks. Maybe you’re going to a concert where they definitely will search your bag. Maybe your hostel doesn’t allow outside alcohol. Maybe you need a little somethin’ to get…
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10 Annoying Things Backpackers Do in a Dorm Room
There are plenty of things to be annoyed about when staying in a hostel: early check out times, crappy free breakfast, flooding showers, dirty sheets. The list goes on and on. But sometimes the most annoying thing about being in a hostel is the other backpackers and the annoying things backpackers do. Load, rude, obnoxious:…
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Top Backpacker Souvenirs to Collect While Traveling
While traveling the world, you’re going to come across lots of travel souvenirs that would help you commemorate your trip. Everything from tacky magnets with your destination’s name splattered across to high-end handicrafts made by indigenous tribes. You might be tempted to buy all the backpacker souvenirs you see at tiendas and markets, but a)…
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Bob Marley Songs: A Soundtrack to Travel
Reggae music (especially the music of Bob Marley) is synonymous with the backpacker lifestyle. Find a beach town, find a backpacker haven, find a popular tourist spot, and you’re sure to find a reggae bar. Find a hostel, find a popular street, find a beach, and you’re sure to hear the familiar strains of a…
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Five Phrases that Mean Nothing When Traveling the World
There are many differences between a “normal” life and a “travel” life. Some of those differences become obvious in every day speech. Sometimes I hear someone at school use a phrase and all I can think is, “that wouldn’t matter if I was on the road.” And sometimes when I’m abroad I hear someone use…
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25 Life Lessons Learned From Traveling the World After High School
I didn’t want to go straight to college after I graduated high school. I actually didn’t want to go to college at all but the only way I could get my parents to pay for my gap year was to promise I’d go back to school afterwards. Traveling the world after high school, for a…
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Five Best Excuses to Drink Around the World
After high school I didn’t want to go straight to college like everyone else I knew, so I decided to take a year off to travel around the world in the my last years of being a teenager. By the time I was 21, the legal age to drink in the US, I had already…