Do you have a favorite backpacking trick? What have you used creatively along your travels? Using your frisbee as your dinner plate? How to best shave outdoors? Using a compression sack to pack more? Over the past few months we have had several people ask about travel advice. The tricks of the trade that you can only learn on the road [...] [...more]
When it comes to packing for any trip or adventure, the best secret is finding the 2 in 1 items. Whether going away for a week or traveling the world for a few years, it saves precious packing space. The Tech 2 in 1’s The Amazon Kindle is by far both Justin and my favorite 2 in 1 item. [...] [...more]
Whether traveling for an extended time period, or living abroad as an ex patriot, it is not uncommon to experience culture shock when returning to one’s home culture. Many travelers often discuss the strange experience of feeling like a foreigner when they return home. The causes of this feeling of dislocation are simple to understand [...] [...more]
A few months ago, we published a checklist for finding a good, or at least acceptable, hostels. Although helpful, this list fails to differentiate between a good hostel and a great hostel. To be fair, all that can be expected of a typical hostel is cleanliness, specifically in regards to the beds, kitchen(s) and bathrooms. [...] [...more]
