Everybody has a different travel style. Some like flying everywhere and reaching their destinations in a very short time. Others, including me, prefer enjoying the scenery while mingling with locals and taking their time to go to most places overland (without flying). Traveling overland is more time consuming and usually more expensive than air travel – that is if you […]
Backpacking
Traveling solo?
Is traveling solo really no fun? None of us would really like to be stranded in a foreign country and be alone. However, it is sometimes almost impossible to find a friend who would like to go to the same region at the same time as we would like to go. Should this really deter us from going there? The […]
Planning your backpacking trip
Planning is one of the most crucial phases of your trip and you need to ask yourself several questions and do your research beforehand. Where to go? What do you enjoy doing/seeing the most? What intrigues you the most? Culture, undiscovered places, history, people, landscape, beaches, or a combination of them? How adventurous are you? Each country offers something unique […]
Backpacking safety tips
Safety is important in backpacking. Many places are indeed safer than what we hear in the media and you can travel safely in many parts of the world, if you use common sense and be careful. Below are some backpacking safety tips: #1 – Use your common sense and don’t be paranoid about safety. Please don’t forget that if you […]
