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Traveling with friends can be a real test of friendship To travel alone or with a friend or friends is one of the most common questions asked before embarking on a long trip. It's a very difficult question to give a definitive answer, as it is all about personal preference and what type of trip you'd like to experience. I believe traveling alone makes the trip a completely difference experience to traveling with a friend. I'm not saying that one is in any way ... Read More

Book your flights early, it gives you something to aim for It always seems like a daunting task, organising a long trip or a trip around the world. In many ways it can be but usually only in your own head. The fear of the unknown often leads people to over prepare (Which is not a bad thing) but often it can be simply a case of booking some tickets and jumping on a plane. In June 2005 I made the decision in my head ... Read More

I had put it off for so long, I had wanted to go traveling from the age of 18. Somehow other things got in the way, college, university, work, overdrafts and debts. After four years in the rat race working to exist I'd had enough. I booked a set of one way tickets and left. One thing I remember a good friend of mine saying before I left was "Mate, I'm so jealous of you going away.". At first this puzzled me because he was ... Read More

Not everyone will turn out to be a great travel buddy OK, so you meet someone whilst traveling and your both heading in the same direction so you decided that you'll go together. For a few days everything is going great, but soon you discover that your new travel partner is limiting your adventure or even worse has bad habits that begin to annoy you. There is only one thing to do, ditch them. It sounds horrible but for the sake of both of ... Read More

I recently got into a heated discussion on a travel forum. The discussion was about whether it was acceptable to sleep in the same single bed as your girlfriend/boyfriend within a shared dormitory (With no funny business involved). Most people concluded that they would be somewhat annoyed if the couple in question hadn't paid for two single beds and were trying to get by using just one. I understood where they were coming from, no one wants an extra person in an already crowded ... Read More

Make sure you make it out of the office and onto the beach. Many people dream about traveling the globe and many people do it, but there are lots of people out there who wanted to go but never quite did. The key to making it happen is to ensure you stay focused on the goal of travel rather than falling back into the comfortable pattern of everyday life. It's easy to lose focus and put off or delay travel plans, but don't lose hope... Here ... Read More

It's is well worth traveling to experience such mind blowing sights. For many people quiting a job and heading of round the globe can seem like a very scary thing. It needn't be a scary experience, but stepping out of the comfort zone and out of the familiar routine can often seem impossible to some. The cycle of paying bills and spending what you get paid keeps people trapped from ever realising their dream of traveling. It's often self inflicted. From the age of 18 I ... Read More

One of the best things to take traveling with you is an mp3 player. Some people will argue that you should be listening to the sights and sounds of the country you're in. That argument is complete nonsense when you consider you could be spending a huge amount of time traveling on a night train or a bus. Or in my case, on one occasion 3 days straight due to road blocks and protests in Peru. Listen To The World Certainly open you ears and ... Read More

It was confirmed to me just what type of traveler visits Australia last night as I walked out of the hostel lift onto the floor with the TV room. Culture Vultures It was as busy as I'd ever seen it and I wondered just what was on TV drawing the huge crowd. There were bodies scattered everywhere like a war zone. Could it have been a program about Aussie culture? Perhaps a documentary about the history of the Aboriginals? erm...no... it was in fact the ... Read More

OK, "yes" I'm male and "no" I don't use hair straighteners. I wanted to write this article because I was surprised by the large amount of travel forum chatter on the subject. If you've already read my opinions on "Should I Take My Laptop Traveling" then you can probably guess what my stance is when it comes to a pair of hair straighteners. I consciously left my electric razor at home because it's a luxury I can live without, so are hair straighteners. I can understand ... Read More