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Go Backpacking is your online guide to independent travel.

Here you will find:

• Practical, budget-oriented travel advice for planning your own adventures.
• Original destination and how-to instructional articles.
• Beautiful photos from around the world to keep you inspired between trips.

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Editor in Chief

David Lee started Go Backpacking in 1998. Today, he’s responsible for managing all of the editorial output. He also founded Medellin Living, the #1 blog about Medellin, Colombia, and Travel Blog Success, an online community to help travelers build better blogs.

David is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers.

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Feature Blogger

Mark Wiens graduated from University and decided to travel the world. When he’s not consuming street food, he can be found hiking or playing soccer. He started Migrationology to show the cultural side of travel from a slow paced local perspective.

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Feature Blogger

Stay tuned for an announcement in January 2012 about the newest blogger to join the Go Backpacking team!

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Please subscribe to the bi-weekly newsletter below to receive personal travel updates from Dave, as well as the most popular articles and photos we publish.

You’ll also get a free copy of Dave’s Dare Me! eBook chronicling over a dozen odd, unsavory, and embarrassing bets he won (and lost) on his trip around the world.

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Past Bloggers

Danielle Alvarez, Leslie Brand, Lindsay Clark, Matthew Falk, Hansen Hunt, Troy Floyd, Andi Perullo, Laura Silver

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Guest Posts

Interested in writing for Go Backpacking?  Read our submission guidelines.

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Advertising & PR Inquiries

Please visit the Advertising & PR page.

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Blog History

Dave’s ‘Round the World Trip

On November 29, 2007, I left the comforts of my home and a well-paying job in the United States for the wide open road with nothing but a 20-pound backpack, an ATM card, and an insatiable wanderlust for discovering new cultures and sharing those experiences in writing, photos, and videos.

I traveled around the world, visiting 22 countries over 20 months.  I was robbed.  I got sick.  I met amazing people.  I felt lonely.  I felt inspired.  I felt frustrated.  I felt free.  It was perfect.

This blog is dedicated to inspiring and motivating others to make their travel dreams come true, whether it be a one week vacation or a 5-year vagabonding odyssey.

Where is Dave Now?

I completed my trip around the world with a 6-month stay in beautiful Medellin, Colombia, where I began a blog about my experiences in the city of the eternal Spring called Medellin Living.

I returned home to Virginia in July 2009 where I continued blogging, and launched Travel Blog Success to teach other show to build a high quality travel blog.

A year later, I returned to Medellin to continue building my business, learning Spanish, and exploring Colombia.

As of December 2011, I am working my way through the rest of South America, having already visited Ecuador and Peru.