Advice: Voices of Experience

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Advice: Voices of Experience

The thought of travelling independently, exciting though it may be, can also scare the pants off you. Even if travel itself doesn't seem daunting, there are so many things involved - visas, flights, gear and sheer bloody moxy - that it helps to remember that others have done it all before. The articles below are straight from the voice of experience. And if you feel you'd like to share what you've learned from and about travel, write it up and contact us.

Losing My Virginity
Can you remember losing your virginity? Was it on a school trip, scout camp, or that holiday in North Wales with your parents when you were eleven? Steve Holcroft's talking travel, not sex, but there are more similarities than you might think.

Should Teenagers Be Forced To Travel?
Find out why Michael Burke Dougherty thinks there ought to be mandatory travel for teenagers.

A Gift for Travel
Jim Humberd describes a good traveler, one who will be welcome in every country and who truly appreciates the good fortune of being able to travel in the first place.

First-time Travellers
Nick, BootsnAll's TravelNutter, has been travelling for 17 years, and he's learned a few things that should prove useful to you planning or thinking about taking your first trip. In five parts.

Epiphany: Morphing from Tourist to Traveller
When Richard Larssen first went to Europe as a college student in the 60s, he brought suitcases. Now he knows better. Part advice, part anecdote, Richard has some experential wisdom to pass to the beginning traveller. In a series of seven.

Travel Tips for Globetrotters
Information, tips, tricks and suggestions to make life easier when on the road less travelled.

Travel Magic
Toni Caicedo's travels have led her to believe that travel is wonder, that wonder is magic, and that magic is travel.

Myths of Travel
Exploring the myths of travel that some might use as excuses not to go travelling.

Article added on March 02, 2005

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