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Backpack Boomerang: The Traveler’s Lost and Found
GoBackpacking | November 20th 2009
Backpack Boomerang website We’ve all been there: Things got a little rowdy on your last night in (insert location here). What was meant as a farewell toast transformed into a memorable, though fuzzy evening, and with daylight imminent, you frenet read more
Top 5 Mediterranean Locations
Abandon the Cube Travel Journal | November 19th 2009 by Mike
Olympos – Olympos is a relatively concealed and close-knit community of hostels and beach-style tree-house cabanas. Very few tourists visit the location, which is filled with backpackers, hippies and Europeans trying to get in touch with their inne read more
New Wonders to Wander: UNESCO Adds 13 World Heritage Sites
StudentsInEurope.com | November 19th 2009 by Laura
The Stoclet House, one of the newly added UNESCO World Herigage Sites. Those who have grown tired of the near-thousand UNESCO World Heritage Sites may want to take a look at its newest members. UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, S read more
The Way of the Hermit Crab: 4 Rules for Better Backpack Living
Vagabondish | November 19th 2009 by Mike
Though we all begin life bare-ass naked and devoid of any possessions, none of us stay that way for long. The doctor swaddles us in a cozy new blanket, cooing relatives hand us stuffed animals and baby toys, while mommy and daddy shower us with gifts read more
Hack Your Pack: The 8 Things You Need On Every Backpacking Trip
Trek Life - Outdoor News, Camping, Hiking, Eco Issues and mo… | November 19th 2009 by Seth Haber
I’m thrilled to introduce another great post by a guest blogger here on Trek Life. Some know Tara Anderson as the Marketing Manager for Lijit (an awesome Boulder start-up and the brains behind... Visit Trek Life to continue reading... read more
Porceddu: A Delicious Sardinian Treat
StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | November 18th 2009
Halves of piglets roasting over a bed of coals I was staying in a small hotel in a rural village in Sardinia last summer on a backpacking trip. The hotel was painted the cheery creamy-yellow color that seems to be obligatory for Sardinian hot read more
New Year’s in Rome – One Unforgettable Party
StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | November 17th 2009
www.romaviva.com If you’re looking for a hot place to ring in 2010, you couldn’t do better than Rome. The warm weather makes thronging through the streets a pleasure, and New Year’s Eve – or Capodanno in Italian – is a b read more
Malaga Spain
Abandon the Cube Travel Journal | November 17th 2009 by Mike
We stopped in Malaga, Spain, for a day to check out the town after hearing from other travelers that it was a “not-to-be-missed” destination. While this may be true for the more wealthy of travelers, it is not a hot-spot, so to speak, for backpac read more
Backpacking on a Budget - Save Money on Food
Travel Idaho and Beyond - Western USA & Canada | November 15th 2009 by Marty Nelson
by Marty Nelson Being young and strong enough to undertake strenuous backpacking trips often correlates with possessing limited financial resources. But don't worry. My husband and I enjoyed many backpacking trips on shoe-string budgets. You ne read more
Tunisian Sun
Abandon the Cube Travel Journal | November 15th 2009 by Mike
Since I was a little girl I always dreamed of going to Africa. When we arrived I could not stop repeating in my head, “I can’t believe I’m in Africa!” I was so excited I literally ran through customs and in my rush didn’t even get my passpo read more
The Pergamon Museum: Amazing Artifacts with an Ethical Dilemma
StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | November 14th 2009
The Great Altar: an example of the Museum's amazing - but displaced - ancient art. If you’re headed to Berlin, you can’t miss the Pergamon Museum. The Pergamon Museum is located on Berlin’s Museum Island, a UNESCO World read more
The Streets of Rome – A sight in and of themselves
StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | November 13th 2009
I never did find out what this magnificent building was...but it certainly wasn't on the tourist map! Rome has so many tourist attractions it seems impossible to ever see them all. Those spending only a few days in the great city seem to read more
On the Southern Italian Coast
Abandon the Cube Travel Journal | November 13th 2009 by Mike
We arrived in Bari, on Italy’s southern coast, early in the morning and decided to just walk around the city and absorb as much as possible on foot. It was Sunday, so the town seemed deserted with the exception of the churches. We walked around the read more
Mercenary for the Man
Chasing Carrots | November 13th 2009 by Scott
About 16 years ago, I used to work for a large Electronics company in both the US and Canada, I had moved up through various positions, and into quite a decent income at the age of twenty two. For the last two years with this company, they asked me t read more
The man on the beach – Sri Lanka
Chasing Carrots | November 12th 2009 by Scott
One day about fifteen years ago I was siting on an inter island flight in the Philippines next to a cool looking Rhasta guy from Sri Lanka. He had dreadlocks and all the baggy clothing etc. He was busy backpacking around with his American girlfriend read more
Hanoi, Halong Bay and Tet New Year – Part Two
OUTSIDE CONTEXT | November 12th 2009 by Basho Matsuo
Note: This is the second part of a complete three part article that completes our time in Vietnam. We continue with our trip into Halong Bay The trip cost us $85, and we were lucky, others on our boat later told us what they had paid anything from read more
Skiing in Hanazono Niseko Powder
Hanazono TV Niseko | November 11th 2009 by chris
The Niseko area is known for some of the best off-piste powder skiing in the world. No other destination receives such consistently perfect powder. Niseko is a geographical magnet for weather systems delivering snow storms from the Siberian Peninsu read more
Soaking in Venice
Abandon the Cube Travel Journal | November 11th 2009 by Mike
Not at all impressed with Euro-rail as it was the most expensive train, without private cabins, and the lights remained on all night, the fog slowly lifted in the early morning to reveal our slow roll towards the Venetian Islands. As we stepped off read more
Why Chasing Carrots ?
Chasing Carrots | November 11th 2009 by Scott
The phrase Chasing Carrots was running around in my head for more than a decade, I had spoken it on several occasions to people around me. I went to register the .com for it sometime last year, it was available, two weeks later I finally decided to b read more
Video didn’t killed the Backpacker star
Compass Points | November 10th 2009
Anyone else notice the improved quality of video at Backpacker’s Web site this year? I have to say – and not because much of my journalistic work involves the magazine – that Backpacker has stepped it up in terms of quality and cont read more
Sardinia: Italy’s Forgotten Gem
StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | November 10th 2009
I felt like an explorer flying into Alghero. The tiny airport has only two gates; you have to walk across the tarmac to enter the airport. All around me were palm trees and fields. No one spoke English. I looked around until I figured out how read more
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mattanddebz.com | November 9th 2009
Our travel plans to Chiang Mai did not go quite to plan. After forgetting to get money from an ATM we arrived at the border with no money to buy our overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. We foolishly thought we could buy a ticket that evening b read more
Slovenia and the Creepiest Castle
Abandon the Cube Travel Journal | November 9th 2009 by Mike
We arrived in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, three hours after departing Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The train was a lovely design with six seats to a cabin with a sliding glass door. We had an extremely friendly Croatian lady in our cabin who read more
Free Basic Mountaineering Seminar at ROX
Eat.Drink.Dance.(Repeat!) | November 9th 2009 by Dani Salasalan
To promote the Philippines as an ideal ecotourism destination, Recreational Outdoor eXchange (ROX) will host a FREE Basic Mountaineering course on December 14, 2009 (Monday). The 3-hour seminar will start at 7pm and will be held at ROX CORE, Bldg 1 B read more
Our favorite videos all week
Compass Points | November 9th 2009
Hey Pointers! Thanks for coming back for another week at Compass Points. I’m busying myself in the makeshift home studio preparing the second season of Compass Points TV, which will debut in 2010. I’m stoked about the productions so far, read more
simple tips to camping with our family
travel blog | November 9th 2009 by disromantique
camping is a great activity to spent quality time with all your family, camping resort or camping ground or green hill can be great destination for and affordable vacation with your family. but, before you decide take a camping vacation with your fa read more
Thoughts on Cambodia
Mattanddebz.com | November 8th 2009
Cambodia was a real surprise to us. Through all it’s historical turmoil it’s a very misunderstood country. It’s capital is a thriving centre for business and tourism. It’s rural surroundings are almost medieval if it wasn̵ read more
The Best Greek Temples… Are in Italy!
StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | November 8th 2009
My first impression of Paestum was hardly one of archaeological grandeur. The train stopped at a tiny station in the middle of nowhere. There were fields on either side of me and the road began at the station door and led in one direction. I read more
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Mattanddebz.com | November 7th 2009
The temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia is widely considered one of the wonders of the world. Few realise just how many temples and palaces were build in this region. The iconic towers of Angkor Wat adorn most postcards and historical books but there read more
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