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.
Travel can improve you, but it doesn't always: David Joshua Jennings presents a field guide to the eight most annoying types of travelers you may meet on the road.
One of the greatest things about travel is usually meeting people along the way - but as Lucy Corne points out, not everyone you're likely to meet while traveling is someone who enhances the journey.
None of us ever neatly fit broad national stereotypes, but you have to admit that sometimes each of us comes close. Amy Heading takes a humorous look at how things would look if it were easy to sort us all out by country.