Hostels come in all shapes and sizes with varying amenities. After a year of round-the-world travel, Adam Seper is comfortable declaring which 8 amenities separate the great hostels from the so-so hostels.
Travel to Turkey has never been more safe and comfortable, but should that be the point? Meghan MacIver looks at what's being lost with Turkey's new tourism development.
As transient visitors, and consequently checking in and out of hostels constantly, any backpacker can tell you the chances to observe people are endless. Writer Jenna Longoria takes advantage of her surroundings while backpacking Latin America, and shares her findings with us in this article.
Carleton Cole takes us on a wild ride through Kathmandu, into the Nepali capital’s overwhelming backpacker ghetto of Thamel, which makes Asia’s other travellers’ districts look as tame as a tea party.