Tag: Backpackers

A Welcome Rooftop in the Heart of Pakistan

A Welcome Rooftop in the Heart of Pakistan Joshua Berman

Joshua Berman discovers a backpacker haven in Lahore where tales are spun, friends are made and plans are changed

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Sons of ‘The Beach’

What do "The Beach," "Are You Experienced?" and other travel novels say about us? Rolf Potts and Kristin Van Tassel explore backpacker fiction.

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Backpacker Novels: A Conversation

Rolf Potts and Kristin Van Tassel discuss travel fiction and their essay, Sons of "The Beach"

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Going Undercover in Athens

Going Undercover in Athens iStockPhoto

When she landed a luxury assignment while backpacking through Greece, Emily Badger assumed a dual identity. Could she pull it off?

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Video: A Rah on his Gap Yah

We’ve all met one on the road: The posh, be-scarved, bantering British student—sometimes known as a rah—who alternately chunders and philosophizes his or her way across Southeast Asia. Here, in case you haven’t been in a Laotian guesthouse lately, is a note-perfect caricature to tide you over until your next encounter:


Contiki: ‘Backpacking is so 1997’

Contiki: ‘Backpacking is so 1997’ Photo by kreativitea via Flickr (Creative Commons)
Photo by kreativitea via Flickr (Creative Commons)

So said a message that the popular bus tour company posted on Facebook awhile back, with the added boast that Contiki holidays were “hundreds of dollars” cheaper than independent travel in Europe. Nomadic Matt objected—and now he’s crunched the numbers to prove Contiki wrong, on the savings claim at least. As for backpacking being “so 1997”? I guess that’s subjective.


Morning Links: Lego Hotel, Strange Travel Jobs and More

Morning Links: Lego Hotel, Strange Travel Jobs and More Photo by Dawn Endico, via Flickr (Creative Commons)
Photo by Dawn Endico, via Flickr (Creative Commons)

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Travel Headline of the Day: ‘Australian Backpackers Biggest Sperm Donors’

Now we know how a lot of male Aussies fund their travels. They apparently donate their sperm while passing through London. A spokesperson from one clinic in the city told the Daily Telegraph, “What you get with the ‘grand tour’ is very enterprising people who look at every single way of making a buck.” (via Jaunted)


The 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidates Travel Scorecard

What travel guide best suits John McCain? Where's Hillary Clinton's dream destination? Julia Ross examines how the White House contenders stack up as global travelers.

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Welcome to Khmer Rouge Land!

John Collins explores the theme park economy centered on Cambodia's Killing Fields

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Doug Lansky: Around the World

Jim Benning asks the travel writer about his new book, his celebration of wacky signs and, in a roundabout way, a way that pertains almost directly to travel, Liz Taylor's forehead

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