Tag: backpacking

  • Should Backpackers Travel With Tour Groups or Organised Tours?

    Backpacking is all about independent travel, but is backpacking solo all it is cracked up to be? should backpackers take a step back from that and travel with tour groups? 

  • Dreaming Of Space Tourism In Huntsville, Alabama.

    In the very near future space tourism is going to be the ultimate in adventure and experience travel, and with a galaxy’s worth of space orientated experiences that any travellers bucket list would be proud of, Huntsville in Alabama will be at the very heart of this exciting new aspect to the travel industry.

  • How To Travel The World And Still Get A Degree At The Same Time.

    Too many people struggle with the life decision of what to do after college, whether to go to university or take a gap year. It is important to remember that there is no right or wrong decision, but if you really can’t decide then there are ways you can have the best of both worlds,…

  • What To Do After Your A Levels? There Is No Wrong Path.

    What do you do after your A Level results? Go to University? Start a career? Travel the world on a gap year? Maybe your results weren’t what you were expecting? Whatever your results and whatever you choose to do it is really important to remember that there is no right or wrong choices, there is…

  • Why You Should Travel Slowly.

    There is always the temptation on any gap year or backpacking trip to ty and fit as much in as humanely possible, but that isn’t always the best thing to do. Here’s why you should slow down, take your time and really soak in the culture, the atmosphere and the experience of the places you…

  • Top Tips For Travelling Solo.

    Solo travel is genuinely one of the best ways to see and travel the world, but many people do get nervous or apprehensive about it, often worrying how they can actually do it themselves. These expert tips will take the worry out of taking a solo gap year and give you all the tools and…

  • Am I A Bad Backpacker?

    After 15 plus years of travelling the world I have probably made every travel mistake you can think of and then some at one point or another. But does that make me a bad traveller? What do you think?

  • Indiana Mike And The Hapless Wandering For The Lost Ark.

    A decade long quest across three countries on the trail of one of archaeology’s greatest treasures finally came to a conclusion in a small town in Ethiopia, where the search for the lost Ark of the Covenant led to an adventure of self discovery far greater than anything ever found by Indiana Jones himself. 

  • Why Everyone Should Travel Solo At Least Once.

    Solo travel is one of the best ways to travel the world. I get that it can be intimidating for many first time backpackers but it really isn’t that bad, and the majority of travellers end up loving it! Watch the video to see exactly why everyone should travel solo at least once! I would…

  • Top 10 Gap Year Myths Debunked!

    Anyone who is everyone thinks they know what it is really like to take a gap year, and the stereotypes pushed by the media and the expectations that so many people put on going backpacking around the world sometimes couldn’t be further from the truth. Here are the top 10 myths of taking a gap…