GoBackpacking.com is a blog aimed at encouraging people to travel abroad, independently.
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Here you will find:
- Tips for planning budget trips, with a special focus on “around the world” travel.
- Fresh content added regularly, including interviews with a variety of travelers, guest posts, book reviews, how-to instructional articles and content reflecting hot topics like travel media and building a successful travel blog, as well as news and information from the online travel world.
- The complete archive of the editor’s posts from a 20-month, 22-country trip around the world.
Our team is:
David Lee
As Editor-in-Chief & Founder of Go Backpacking, David’s responsible for managing all of the editorial output that goes into making the website the very best in delivering experience-based, independent travel tips.
He also manages Medellin Living, a blog about expat life in Colombia.
GoBackpacking articles by David
Danielle Alvarez
Danielle is a globetrotter with a healthy appetite. In addition to writing about her travel and foodie experiences, she enjoys reading, indulging in the arts, and channeling her inner-yogi.
Read more from Danielle at her blog, Around the World in 340 Days.
GoBackpacking articles by Danielle
Leslie Brand
Leslie currently lives in New York, where she freelances in publishing and writes a food and health blog, The Whole Plate. Aside from travel, she is (almost) equally addicted to theater, thrift shopping, yoga, and cooking with natural foods.
GoBackpacking articles by Leslie Brand
Lindsay Clark
Lindsay has spent the last three years traveling around the world three times, hoping to learn constantly by throwing herself into difficult and thrilling situations. She likes to dance, gives herself high fives, and thinks education is pretty darn important. Follow her blog at Nomadderwhere.
GoBackpacking articles by Lindsay Clark
Matthew Falk
Matthew is a backpacker with a sense of adventure who will always be looking for the next story to share with his fellow travelers.
When he isn’t on the road or scheming to get away from it all he enjoys a odd mix of the outdoors, and technology.
GoBackpacking articles by Matthew
Andy Green & Shelly
Shelly is a costumer on movies and Andy dwells in cubes. Traveling is a way for us to be by ourselves and a way to escape work. The best thing about travel is the excitement it creates and the joy of not knowing what will be around the next corner. We like trying new things all the time and do not want to have a “normal” life.
GoBackpacking articles by Andy Green & Shelly
Andi Perullo
I am a Chinese Medicine Doctor by day, travel addict by night. When I am not treating patients, I am traveling or dreaming of the next place to visit. My adventure filled life is satiated only by more experience and more knowledge. To me, my country is the world and I want to explore all of it! My undying love affair with travel is due to the sheer intrigue of untrodden roads, different cultures, and life-changing encounters. To learn more about my travels visit My Beautiful Adventures.
GoBackpacking articles by Andi Perullo
Laura Silver
Laura is currently working at a microfinance bank in rural Sichuan, China. She’ll be traveling around China Spring 2010 and then sailing on Semester at Sea around the Mediterranean over the Summer. Not surprisingly, she studied international relations in college, graduating from Wesleyan University in 2008. As a self-proclaimed “Cheapion,” or champion of cheap, all of these travels will be done on a tight budget.
GoBackpacking articles by Laura Silver
T-roy
T-roy is taking an extended holiday from responsibilities. Quitting his 6-figure salary that was killing him with 12hr work days he decided that this wasn’t the life. He moved to Thailand and spent 3 months living a humble backpackers life and now resides in Ecuador doing photography and running his own travel blog: www.foggodyssey.com
GoBackpacking articles by T-roy
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Blog History
David’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 David 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 northern Virginia in July 2009, and am currently seeking freelance writing and employment opportunities within the travel community.
