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Rosetta Stone: Does it Work?

Posted on 02. Oct, 2011 by Steph.

The Spanish Language Challenge Part 2 (Part Dos?): Learning Spanish is (probably) 90% will power. Sadly, will power is not my strong suit. When it comes to Spanish it seems that I have this painful mental block that I just can’t seem to push past. I think it’s PTSD from high school Spanish and those [...]

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Getting to Know Charleston the Boozy Way

Posted on 25. Sep, 2011 by Steph.

It’s a sad misconception that the United States has terrible beer. Sure we export awful stuff: Budweiser and Coors and other junk, but domestically there is a huge diversity of microbreweries and innovative, delicious beers. For me, one of the greatest parts about traveling within the US is the chance to check out the local [...]

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Capturing The Journey: A Different Kind of Photography E-Book

Posted on 19. Sep, 2011 by Steph.

Most travelers love to take pictures. Even if you’re not a blogger, even if you never intend to publish them or share them past your circle of friends, travel photos preserve the special moments and memories of a trip and let you relive the beauty of a place long after you’ve left. That is, if [...]

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Camper Vanning Australia and Travellers Auto Barn: a Review

Posted on 02. Jan, 2011 by Steph.

So, we survived! Forty days, one and a half months in camper van cruising down the coast of Australia. It wasn’t always easy- particularly when we hit that solid month of rain in Queensland, but from the Great Barrier Reef to the Blue Mountains and down south of Sydney it was an interesting and varied [...]

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The Pre-Travel Guide Pre-Review

Posted on 09. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

There are a LOT of travel blogs out there, but I’ve always thought of Sofia and Nathan from As We Travel as two of the cool kids. While I’ve been sitting at home planning and writing about round-the-world travel, they are actually out LIVING it. Their site is one of my favorites; it offers a [...]

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The Underground Guide to International Volunteering

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Steph.

Although I think most of us backpackers work really hard to make our dreams happen, it’s no secret that we are still a privileged bunch. This is particularly true compared to the way most of the world lives day-to-day (feeling poor? Check out your position on the Global Rich List for some perspective. Nothing opens [...]

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The Lost Girls: A Review

Posted on 11. May, 2010 by Steph.

Having a blog is kind of like falling in love. You wake up one morning and suddenly you can’t remember what your life was like before you spent every waking moment thinking up travel articles. What did I used to DO with all that free time (I mean, besides laundry, which I’ve been neglecting to [...]

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Bloggers Helping Bloggers: Travel Blog Success

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Steph.

I don’t usually write about the nuts and bolts of travel blogging, mainly because I haven’t been doing this terribly long and I don’t really feel qualified to give out a lot of advice. That said, I’ve been getting a fair amount of queries lately on how I built Twenty-Something Travel into what it is [...]

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Highlight: Dream Essentials Sleep Mask

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Steph.

When I decided to visit Iceland during the summer solstice, I knew I would need a heavy duty sleep mask to counteract the relentless 24 hour sunshine. A co-worker steered me to Dream Essentials. They have a ridiculously large selection of sleep masks, making it impossible to NOT find what you’re looking for. From the [...]

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