Machu Picchu: The Face

There is no doubt Machu Picchu is a mystical place. You may have come across the Machu Picchu Face before, but I hadn’t and I found it quite interesting.
Whether the image has been altering using …

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HostelBookers Competition
HostelBookers this week launched their competition to celebrate that they are 8.7% cheaper than Hostelworld according to a recent study by Reed Business Insight.
Read the report on Eye for Travel

Winner of The Pair of Salomon Walking Boots from Fitness Footwear Winner of The Pair of Salomon Walking Boots from Fitness Footwear

Those of you who are off travelling soon this is the moment you’ve been waiting for!
Check out the prize at FitnessFootwear.com - Salomon Elios Mid GTX hiking boots
One lucky winner has been picked at random and will …

Win a Pair of Salomon Walking Boots with Fitness Footwear Win a Pair of Salomon Walking Boots with Fitness Footwear

Win a Pair of Salomon Walking Boots with Fitness Footwear
What better way to gear up for you travels by winning a pair of great hiking boots?
To promote Fitness Footwear’s huge range of walking boots, they’re …

When is a Backpackers Hostel Not A Hostel? When is a Backpackers Hostel Not A Hostel?

Recently I had a comment left on the article 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hostel by Josh from HostelManagement.com.
The article suggested:
They take up a huge portion of the current travel industry – It is …

TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Round Up 12/10/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Round Up 12/10/09

This week I caused a bit of a stir on the BootsnAll website with my article on Is Flashpacking Killing The Art Of Backpacking. My intention was to open a debate on whether or how …

£100 Blacks Voucher Competition Result £100 Blacks Voucher Competition Result

For anyone who’s entered the competition and planning to travel round the world, this is the moment they’ve been waiting for!
The competition has closed and we have picked our random winner of the  Black’s voucher …

Interview With Christoph Rehage – The Longest Way

The Longest Way – one year walk/beard grow time lapse.
Christoph Rehage travelled for a whole year by walking roughly 4500km, passed the desert of Gobi. During the year he walked from Beijing to Ürümqi soley …

TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Round Up 21/09/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Round Up 21/09/09

Fashionably late this week with our world travel round up, but here it is non the less!
Boston.com has a great visual article on the Oktoberfest in Munich. The article displays some insightful photographs from all …

TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 13/09/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 13/09/09

It’s that time of the week again where we give you the low down on our favourite world travel links and resources from around the web.

Lifehacker has a great article for those gadget travelers – …

TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 06/09/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 06/09/09

It’s the end of the week again in the travel world and we’ve been reading as well as watching some very entertaining travel articles and videos. Here’s a selection of our favourite:
Hostel Bookers blog has …

8 Things To Hate About Hostels 8 Things To Hate About Hostels

Have you ever stayed in a hostel dormitory before?
If not, you’re in for a unique experience.
At some point during your travels you’re likely to have to stay at least once in a hostel dorm, especially …

Have Hostel Booking Sites Changed The Travel Experience? Have Hostel Booking Sites Changed The Travel Experience?

After reading a comment about hostel booking websites left by Ian – a hostel owner in London (Top Hostel Reservation Sites For The Budget Traveler), I began to wonder about the impact these sites have …

UPDATE: Win £100 The Outdoor Store Black’s Voucher! UPDATE: Win £100 The Outdoor Store Black’s Voucher!

Just a reminder that you have until 23rd September 2009 at midnight GMT to enter the £100 Black’s voucher competition.

The £100 voucher could go towards that new rucksack, hiking boots, mozzie net or even a …

TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 31/08/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 31/08/09

This week I’ve been reading lots of random world travel related material. One intriguing article I stumbled across was “the worlds most extraordinary swimming pools”. Swimming pools in every conceivable form you’d think of.
Always a …

7 Travel Books Not To Read Before You Travel 7 Travel Books Not To Read Before You Travel

Travel books are often fascinating, easy to read and definitely hard to put down. This is certainly true of our list of harrowing true stories of travel, drugs and imprisonment.
I remember reading The Damage Done: …

TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 23/08/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly World Travel Roundup 23/08/09

How time flys when you’re having fun in the travel world. It’s time for our weekly round up of cool travel links from around the web this week.

Vagabondish has a great article from Paul Davis …

Why Travel, Life Is A Treadmill Why Travel, Life Is A Treadmill

I’ve just jumped on the tube. Rather hazily, I found myself occupying the “stand-up” seat at the end of the carriage on the London Underground . Two guys in their early 20′s, one dressed in …

Win £100 Black’s Voucher Win £100 Black’s Voucher

It’s time for a competition here at TravMonkey.com. What better way to prepare for your world travel than winning a £100 voucher at the outdoor store, Black’s. It’s free to enter.

The £100 voucher could go …

TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup 16/08/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup 16/08/09

It’s the end of the week or the beginning, depending on which way you look at it! It’s time to roundup those interesting travel sites and resources from around the web:

Adventure Rob has a great …

TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup 09/08/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup 09/08/09

They say time flies when you are having fun and it’s been a busy week! As usual here at TravMonkey.com we’ve been reading allsorts of interesting travel related material and resources.
Here are just a selection …

TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup 02/08/09 TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup 02/08/09

Time has flown this week and it’s at an end once again. We thought it was time to share our latest favourite travel articles and resources from around the net:

TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup TravMonkey’s Weekly Roundup

It’s the end of the week and I thought it was time to share our favourite weird and wonderful travel articles from around the net.

Cage Diving With Great White Shark – Chris at Dive Happy …

The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin Lives On The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin Lives On

Myself and Steve Irwin
A few months back I paid a visit to Australia zoo after a two week road trip down the East Coast of Australia. I’d heard good things about Australia zoo and thought …

Chilled Out Travel In The Caribbean Chilled Out Travel In The Caribbean

Take time out from a hectic life and chill out in the Caribbean.
Like most travelers, once you get the “travel bug” you want to go everywhere you can.
I’m no different, since spending a lot …