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Gifts for travelers going abroad for the first time.
I am planning my very first trip abroad. So. Excited. But when you’re planning on leaving school, quitting your job, whatever, to travel, you need some stuff. Travel stuff. Travel stuff that people who have never traveled before (hello ME!) probably doesn’t have. Luckily, there are always occasions to get presents, like for Christmas or…
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Post college travel? How to make it WORK.
So you just graduated college… now what? You could get a job. But who actually wants a job? And besides, the economy is tanked and you have zero skills. So good luck with that. You could get an internship to gain more skills. But then you’ll just be spending your summer getting people coffee for…
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Begpacking: How to Pay for Your Travels by Begging and Busking
Everyone wants to travel around the world. Why wouldn’t they? Traveling is the best way to spend your teens and early twenties before you get too old to enjoy yourself. The problem with traveling though is that you need money to do it, no matter how cheap you are. And most of us don’t have…
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How to Avoid Meeting Locals on Your Travels
When you’re traveling around the world, you want to meet new people, exciting people, fellow travelers. The last thing you want to do is meet locals while traveling. Locals are boring and most of them have never left their hometown before. Locals might try to tell you things to do that aren’t listed in your…
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Twenty Signs You’re Addicted to Travel
Some people love to travel. Other people just can’t get enough of it. Do you love to travel? Do you love to travel more than the next guy? Do you eat, sleep, and breathe travel? Are you a nomad who is always on the road? Are you a perpetual planner who always is always planning…
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How to Piss Off a Traveler
You’d think backpackers would be pretty laid-back people. After all, they are living life on their own terms and wasting away their lives as hippies on the beach. But you’d be wrong. It’s easy to set a backpacker off. Here are five ways to piss off a traveler… Call them a tourist Nothing pisses…
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5 Best Meals to Have in Thailand
Thailand has some of the best food in the world. My mouth waters thinking about the epic meals I had on Khao San Road, street stalls in Chiang Mai and Pai, and endless beach stalls in the south. If you’re heading to Thailand I’m sure you’re looking forward to the authentic Thai food, it’s like…
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Disgusting Things Backpackers Do
When you decide to backpack around the world you probably think about epic parties, the grandiose beaches, the iconic sunsets, the friends you’ll make, and the countries you’ll tick off your bucket list. You probably don’t think about the shit, the puke, the garbage, the bedbugs, the rats, and he stenches that come along with…
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Seven Lies Backpackers Tell
Everyone lies when backpacking. Pretty much no one tells the truth 100% of the time when on the road. Whether you’re trying to impress other backpackers, one-up a fellow traveler, score with some foreign chick, or get a deal, lies are just part of the job. And the lies backpackers tell range from innocent white…
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Ten Travel Conundrums Every Backpacker Has Faced
Two roads diverged in a wood, and Iā I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost There comes a time in every backpacker’s trip where they face a travel conundrum, where they have to make a choice. Sometimes it’s a quick decision that really doesn’t…