By Dina, on June 7th, 2010  Welcome to the third post in the Top Things by Travelers Around the World series! The topic this week is Top 3 Modes of Transportation. Being travelers, we all find ourselves taking many different means of transportation depending on where we are and where we’re going. They might be fun, practical, unique, adventurous or… scary! When I posed this question two weeks ago, I never expected I’d get so many amazing answers. Feel like a local by trying their unique vehicles like the tuk tuk in South East Asia, the chicken bus in Central America, or a dog sled [read more...]
By Dina, on March 24th, 2010  Have you heard of “black water rafting”? More or less, black water rafting is a fun, exciting and adrenalin pumping sport where you use an inflated rubber inner tube (the kind you find in a vehicle tire) to float down the dark underground cave river. It’s also called the “cave tubing” for that reason. It involves floating in the underground calm water, rushing down the rapids, going over the underground water falls, crawling through narrow passages, and walking through shallow and uneven river. Sometimes this activity is combined with cave climbing as well. It’s called black water rafting [read more...]
By Ryan, on March 20th, 2010  Usually when I mention the idea of cruising to fellow backpackers or bargain travelers I get strange looks and the same question: “Aren’t cruises too expensive for a backpacker?” A lot of people have a mental picture of cruises based on what they’ve seen on the love boat, but this isn’t accurate anymore. In fact, cruising can be a very cheap and rewarding mode of travel for backpackers, bargain hunters, and slow travelers. It’s a fun and inexpensive way to cross the ocean, visit out-of-the way places, and take some time to relax. When Dina and I started [read more...]
By Dina, on March 16th, 2010  Sometimes camping in exotic places means you will get exotic local guests. It could be an elephant visiting you in your campers, like what happened to some people camping in Africa.
An elephant visiting campers in Africa. Copyright by Peter Baxter at www.africatravelguide.com
Source: http://www.africatravelguide.com/articles/hard-facts-about-african-travel.html (Check it out for more elephant vs campers pictures!)
By Dina, on March 3rd, 2010  After 3 weeks of amazing trip in the North Island, New Zealand (stories coming, I promise), we were back in Sydney last Sunday, February the 28th. Today my friend told me I just missed 2 big events in Sydney. The first one was the Mardi Gras parade and fireworks on Saturday, just right a day before we came. I thought previously it was going to be on Sunday, so I actually was excited the whole day to see how things would be going, since I’ve never been in a Mardi Gras event before. However I saw nothing and later [read more...]
By Dina, on December 9th, 2009  Hi there!
We are a married couple that decided to close down our apartment, limit our possessions into two of 60 L backpacks, and be nomad backpackers, go wherever our hearts desire.
The ape of Gibraltar
We started our journey on April 2009, with Europe as our first destination. From Ontario where we lived, we flew to Florida, and crossed the Atlantic Ocean with a repositioning transatlantic cruise ship. Yes, like the Titanic cruise. Believe me, it was not expensive as you might think. They are not in high demand, but [read more...]
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