Archive for 'Advice'
The Spanish Language Challenge!
Posted on 28. Aug, 2011 by Steph.
Can a total language dummy become fluent in Spanish? I’m going to find out… I’m kind of a language moron. I like to think I have a pretty good mastery of English, but my expertise basically ends there. Four years of struggling through college Spanish and I’ve got almost nothing to show for it. Two [...]
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My Packing List Constants
Posted on 23. Aug, 2011 by Steph.
One of the most stressful parts of leaving on a new big adventure (at least for me) is deciding what to pack! When you backpack you carry everything you need, essentially your home around on your back like a hermit crab. Except hermit crabs don’t have to worry about having appropriate shoes. I’m a little [...]
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Bargaining Tips for the Non-Confrontational
Posted on 21. Jul, 2011 by Steph.
I really, really, REALLY hate bargaining. I love perusing markets and picking out unique gifts for the people back home, but the thought of having to haggle over prices in broken english with a savvy street vendor is almost enough to keep me away. Mostly it’s because I just hate conflict of any kind. I [...]
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First the Perfect Diamond, Then the Perfect Honeymoon
Posted on 14. Jul, 2011 by Steph.
Honeymoons are not something we’ve covered on Twenty-Something Travel (because, eerr, I haven’t been on any), but I think it’s a subject that’s totally relevant to a lot of twenty-somethings, so I liked this article about tips for planning a good on. Feel free to chime in below with your own comments. On an otherwise [...]
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Taking an Extended Trip: What I Did Wrong
Posted on 28. Jun, 2011 by Steph.
On Sunday I posted a list of all the things I think I did right on my extended Australasia trip. This ranged from remembering to pack jeans to being flexible in my planning, but really boiled down to following my gut and not other people’s advice. So let me start off this post on what [...]
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Taking an Extended Trip: What I Did Right
Posted on 26. Jun, 2011 by Steph.
I’ve been home for a couple of weeks now and I’ve had some time to reflect on this big giant trip that just happened. I have a feeling I won’t be able to fully wrap my head around it until I get a little more distance from it. Now everywhere I go, excited old friends [...]
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Mixed Feelings on Going Home?
Posted on 09. Jun, 2011 by Steph.
I’m going home really soon. Incredibly freaking soon. Actually, as you’re reading this I am most likely suspended in mid-air somewhere over the Pacific Ocean between Beijing and Vancouver. Hooray! Right? Sort of? I don’t know. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been vacillating wildly from super excitement to abject fear. I’ll see a [...]
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How to be a BAD Tourist
Posted on 22. May, 2011 by Steph.
It’s apparently a lot easier than you’d think. Last spring when I was facing the annual DC tourist onslaught, I wrote an article about how to be a GOOD tourist, from the perspective of a local. In it I called out some of the most annoying behaviors I’ve witnessed from tourists: talking too loudly, blocking [...]
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Bedbugs, Head Lice, and Mold: 7 Reasons Travelers Skip the Hotel
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by Guest Poster.
I have a pretty high tolerance for grossness so I can’t say that staying at a hotel has ever really bothered me. Ignorance is bliss I guess. Still, I thought this was a pretty interesting article so I’m anxious to know, do you worry about these things, and does it influence where you stay? Gross. [...]
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