Archive for July, 2009
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Uluwatu, Bali
Uluwatu beach, Bali ...
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10 Tips on Starting a Travel Blog
Make an effort with appearance- You wouldn't have a photo taken having rolled out of bed with your hair all over the place wearing your pyjamas with lipstick smeared over your face (or maybe you would?). So why put your travel blog on display looking like that? When people are surfing the web the...
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Tips for Going Fruit Picking
So you’ve been backpacking for some time and suddenly you realise you’ve spent all your cash on booze and well…more booze. You’re living off dried noodles, sleeping on the nearest beach (if you haven’t managed to hook up with someone already) and showering in the sea. You’ve spent your t...
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No Good For Apple Pickin’
When we pulled up at the house that evening the taxi driver wasn't quite sure we were at the right one. We were on a street of bungalows and each one looked the same. He got out and knocked on the door. No reply. I started to think I'd got the address wrong. But 603 was next door, so this one mu...
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10 Best Party Hostels In The World
1. Far Out, Ios Greece- When backpackers arrive off the ferries in Greece, there's only one place they're going and that's to Far Out. With hundreds of beach cabins and tents to stay in this hostel gets fully booked in the summer months. Situated directly on the beach, it also has its own swimming p...
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How To Get Seriously Cheap Flights
Get an International Youth Traveller Card- If you're under the age of 26, you qualify for an International Youth Traveller Card (IYTC) or an International Student Identity Card (ISIC)- these get you discounts on flights. I bought one for £9 with STA because I'm only 22, emailed them a scan o...
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The story of my backpack
Most people seem to write gear reviews of their all-singing-all-dancing backpacks with multiple compartments, lockable zips and super duper fabrics. Well this is my backpack, a faded Quicksilver backpack in some weird green and grey retro 80s pattern thats developing a few holes here and there bec...
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How To Save Money To Go Travelling
You know you want to see the world. But travelling unfortunately costs money. These are some of the ways I have saved money to go to the places I want to go. Work- I’m afraid I don’t have any magic get rich quick schemes- in order to go travelling sometimes we all have to suffer a little ...
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Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay is a great place to party...if you're an old age pensioner and want to dance in your zimmerframe. Hervey is retirement central, it's where old people prepare to essentially grow old and die. It's probably the most bland and non-descript town I've ever been to, a bit like something out...
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Brisbane
Brisbane is..well...Brisbane. It's no Sydney or Melbourne, but a city that creates its own fake beach because it doesn't have one and that has a hostel with fireplaces in the rooms and a rickety wooden elevator, has got to be endearing. What I liked about Brisbane was its outdoor eating, cafe cu...
