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February 2010
Destination Rwanda: gorillas, chimpanzees, African culture, and more!
After zipping through rural Cambodian villages outside Battambang on the back of a motorbike, I found downtown Phnom Penh to be rather unpleasant. I had to go though, if for no other reason, then to visit the former Khmer prison of S-21, which was an emotional, thought-provoking experience. Destination: Phnom Penh The Royal Palace French [...]
The following is a sponsored post. As much as I encourage spontaneity, there is one thing I refuse to do on a whim, lodging. We’ve all heard horror stories of last-minute hostels from hell, bug-ridden hotel beds, and bed and breakfasts that, despite their quaint websites, are run-down and far from anything and everything on [...]
I boarded everything from a 6-seater in Botswana to a jumbo jet to Thailand.
Learning about under-reported issues gives me a deeper understanding of the culture.
Ten of the best travel movies ever made.
This is a guest post by Stephen Barrett. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. As part of a larger backpacking trip around the world, Stephen Barrett had the good fortune to be in McLeod Ganj, seat of the Tibetan Government in Exile, for the first day of a series [...]