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June 2010

The green and yellow of Bafana Bafana clearly lifted a nation.

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Video: In Patagonia

by Dave on June 26, 2010 · 3 comments

_ This movie is hopefully due out in 2010.  The footage was shot in Chile and Argentina.

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Traveling abroad can have its difficult moments, as I found out the first time I spent Christmas away from home….in Christchurch, New Zealand.  The Kiwis weren’t big on public holiday displays, and celebrating Christmas day in a Queenstown hostel when you’re feeling anti-social doesn’t help. As my second Christmas of the ’round the world trip [...]

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Medellin, Colombia is a city of 2 million that still feels like a village.

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6 months, 18 countries, 1 trip of a lifetime valued at $100,000 is at stake in “The world’s first un-popularity contest”, GET RID OF ME. Brought to you by the experts of far-flung tours at On The Go Tours. All you have to do is convince everyone to get rid of you! The grand prize winner will [...]

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When Carolyn explained her vision, I instantly identified with it based on my travels.

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This is a guest post by Marina Chernyak. If you’d like a guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. Figuring out what to pack is hard enough for a backpacker and then comes the food problem. You always want to make sure you have enough to survive but, you don’t want to pack food [...]

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