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TRAVELER REPORTS
Travel News For Travel People
- Faced with the task of looking like Tour Leader, Rachel Walmsley tries to find some respite for her dreadlocked do...and instead locates a sex therapist. Read More
- Barukh Shalev discovers that Afghanistan is full of acronyms, like W.H.O., U.N., U.S.A.I.D., W.H.O. - a country that had been ripped open and stuffed full of foreign things. Read More
- Brett Stuckel asked when the next tattoo session would be. Juanito rolled up his sleeve. "Tonight." Read More
- Facing a 30 hour bus ride, Jim Hunt found himself wondering if there was anything he'd done or taken part in - not including breathing, swallowing, and other actions his brain wisely does not allow him to control manually - that equaled that length. Read More
- In a remote seaside village in Ghana, John M. Edwards battles golf-ball-sized bugs and meets gung-ho gonzo travelers seasoned in bad trips through Africa. No one said travel in nowhere was easy. Read More
And all the new articles on Slovenia, Kenya, China and more!
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WHERE NEXT?
New frontiers for modern-day explorers and independent travel
Fifteenth Stop: Ukraine
Shrugging off the remnants of communism and Soviet Union rule, Ukraine is helping forage the 'rise of Eastern Europe'. With some citizens who have claimed four different national identities without ever leaving - Austro-Hungarian, Polish, Soviet and Ukrainian - they are making strides to cater to their neighbors...and travelers.
Read Klaus Rothmaier's articles on the country
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INSIDER INFO - Working in Europe
Is BUNAC right for you?
Keep the image of the everyman in mind and then add on the stereotypical characteristics you might imagine a temp worker to have. (My stereotypical characteristics post-BUNAC involve happy, energetic, females ready to take on the office world without economics degrees or lack of interest perhaps in large hiring sectors such as sales or consulting) Now ask yourself actually how far removed are you from being an happy, energetic everyman, with a confident telephone voice and you will know how successful you will be at temping in London with a BUNAC. Don't try to temp in London on a BUNAC if you possess any of the qualities Johanna Lee lists.
For the rest of the article, read Is BUNAC right for you?
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TRAVEL TALK
A travelers community for ranting and raving about world
Do I Need To Be Fit?
DreamerHelen wonders if she needs to be fit for a RTW trip. How do you get fit to travel?
Cheap summer trip
Where in the Caribbean can Indo Hippie go for a couple of months to get a feel for the real islands, live cheaply, and out of tourist areas without getting mugged, stabbed, beaten, or otherwise?
How do you bargain?
Cherie is planning a trip where bargaining will be necessary. Who can give tips on how to bargain?
Golden Handcuffs: Do you quit a good job$$$ and pursue something you love?
Michael has a good job, but it pays him well. Should he ditch it to go travelling?
Soldier's travel view points
After a visit from her brother stationed in Iraq, Missa25 is curious to see how soldiers who have been to war view other cultures.
FEATURED TRIP - The Silk Road
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The Silk Road - 22 Days
Let your imagination run wild on the legendary Silk Road. The timeless treasures of an ancient civilization combine with captivating desert landscapes and a mix of Central Asian influences on this adventure that stretches 4000km across the breadth of China.
