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18 January 2010
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), [...]
18 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, [...]
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17 January 2010
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 the [...]
15 January 2010
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 of [...]
15 January 2010
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 [...]
11 January 2010
Almost all of my American friends I made while studying abroad were majoring in international relations. At Syracuse University, like most others, it is a broad field, incorporating law, organizations, security, diplomacy, political economy, and international communication in each geographic region of the world. As a a magazine journalism and modern foreign language major, I was [...]
10 January 2010
My name is Laura Silver, but I’m presently answering to anything from “Laur” (pretty close) to “Little Song,” (or “小宋). I’m 23 and living in rural Sichuan, China to work at a microfinance bank. I decided to pack up and move to the middle of nowhere to get a good sense for [...]
10 January 2010
Nomadic Matt from Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site is currently running a contest in conjunction with Gap Adventures to win a paid vacation to Costa Rica. The winner will receive airfare and the Gap Adventures Costa Rica Explorer package. Some of the sights you will visit on your great adventure include the Arenal Volcano and the much talked about Monteverde Cloud [...]
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