January 14, 2007 – Three years ago, and four days, I installed WordPress on www.gobackpacking.com and began to figure out how to develop a travel blog for my trip around the world. Looking back, I didn’t have a clue as to how to attract visitors (though I knew my trip was going to be exciting), [...]
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January 2010
I can finally admit it…I got bed bugs once! One of the worst things I have ever had happen to me while traveling and I guess maybe if you travel long enough it’s bound to occur. I wasn’t sure about writing this story because frankly it’s embarrassing and I felt so skanky after it happened, [...]
Steve, over at the Asian Travel Forum, is running a contest where two winners will walk away with a cash prize of $180 (or the equivalent in your local currency), a healthy injection to anyone’s travel fund. To be in with a chance of winning the cash, all you need to do is register with [...]
We talk about his time in the islands of Thailand, scams, souvenirs, eating dog and much more.
After spending a week on Phuket that was intended to be spent on smaller, more idyllic Koh Phi Phi Don, I finally boarded a ferry toward Maya Bay, aka The Beach. The first person I spoke with, before the ferry even left, was Josie from Canada, and her friend Catherine. In addition to the company [...]
This is the second post in a 2-part series about culture and food in Sichuan, China. Manners Manners certainly differ across countries, but by American standards, some Chinese manners are, um, severely lacking. For example, everyone screams fu yuan! (“?waiter”?), to get attention in a restaurant. For any food with bones, you put the entire [...]