Backpacking With Point and Shoot or Digital SLR Camera?
September 26, 2009 – 1:21 pm | 11 Comments

My real interest in photography began on my first trip to travel the world. At the time I had packed a small pocket point and shoot digital camera. It was only after a couple of …

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Winner of The Pair of Salomon Walking Boots from Fitness Footwear
February 4, 2010 – 10:47 pm | No Comment
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
January 12, 2010 – 10:50 am | No Comment
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?
October 13, 2009 – 10:25 pm | 4 Comments
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
October 12, 2009 – 10:10 pm | No Comment
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
September 24, 2009 – 9:52 pm | No Comment
£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
September 22, 2009 – 11:23 pm | 3 Comments

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
September 22, 2009 – 12:12 am | No Comment
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
September 13, 2009 – 8:36 pm | No Comment
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
September 6, 2009 – 5:50 pm | No Comment
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
September 3, 2009 – 9:00 pm | 8 Comments
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 …