Twenty-SomethingTravel

What is your Biggest Travel Disappointment?

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I try really hard to find the good in every place that I visit. Still, there are some place I’ve been, and experiences I’ve had which were just plain disappointing. The weekend in Prague where it never stopped raining, Saint [...]

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How to Drink the Australian Way

If there is one thing I learned from my time in London, it’s how to drink like an Australian. For the rest of you here is Chris from the Aussie Nomad to fill you in: Australia is popular for a lot of things; kangaroo’s, Steve Irwin and that infamous phrase “Throw another shrimp on the barbie”. [...]

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Natural Remedies for the Weary Traveler

Today we kick off Guest-Post-Stravaganza with a neat post from Dona Francis of Wandering Dona. Dona has spent time traveling in Africa, India and South East Asia. Her experiences in the field have taught her a lot about natural first aid, which she shares with us today. It’s inevitable that at some point during [...]

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When Getting Lost is a Good Thing

We have maps. We have GPSs. We have 5-year plans. We have everything laid out ahead of us to specifically prevent ourselves from losing our way. That’s just smart living; getting lost is scary. It’s frustrating. It’s an encounter with the unknown, the unforeseen and the unpredictable. It’s these exact same characteristics that make getting lost [...]

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Why Are People so Afraid of Hostels?

When I talk about my experiences with non-travelers, the subject of hostels comes up often. I’m always surprised by how many people have never stayed in a hostel, and how many people aren’t willing to. It seems to be one of the hardest backpacking concepts for many to grasp. A hostel is an inexpensive lodging house [...]

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