What's in this issue?
RTW TRAVELER PROFILE - freakwentflyer101
freakwentflyer101 took off in November for 6 months around South America, Australia & New Zealand, SE ASia and India. His reasons for going are fairly straight forward - girlfriend dumped him, job is going nowhere fast and living in Birmingham is like being on a slippery slope to Crap-s-ville. He was thinking his most indispensible item would be his crotch-less gimp suit, but he reckons he'll just take his sense of humour instead.
More about freakwentflyer101's RTW plans »
If you're planning your own RTW trip, you'll find plenty of answers to your travel questions, and can read tips and profiles from other round the world travelers.
The Round the World Travel Guide »
HOSTELS - New search city boxes
With so many hostels being added every month it can tough to make a choice. We've tried to make it a little easier by adding search boxes on a ton of our city pages so you can search all the hostels in that city at once. There's over 100 of these search boxes now and we'll be adding more over the coming months.
Search Hostel Availability »
THE AUSTRALIABLOG
It's been a busy couple of weeks in Australia. Sean and Chris are pounding away at the BootsnAll 2004 goals while they're in the same place at the same time, as well as finding some time off for a road trip to Sydney, watching history being made, and meeting a BootsnAll author. Tonight we'll be celebrating Sean's birthday so keep an eye out for some photos of that event.
Check out the Australia Blog »
BOOTSNALL IN BALI
Nick's very happy to back in Bali after a brief visit to Australia. It's his first anniversary there, but he's still as excited about it as he was this time last year. He's on the hunt for a new place to live as well as meeting up with some familiar faces around Bali. We also spent some time re-designing the Bali Blog, so if it's been awhile since you've visited, check it out and let us know what you think. Hopefully it's easier to find all of the great information Nick's been gathering over the past year in paradise.
Check out the Bali Blog »
BOOTSNALL TRAVELBLOGS
Don't forget, if you're about to head off on an extended trip and you've just got to have one of your own, talk to us about getting your own Travel Blog. All you need to do is make sure you're a BootsnAll member and we'll take care of the rest. Sign up for BootsnAll membership here »
Check out the BootsnAll TravelBlogs »
TRAVELLER'S TOOLKIT - Myths of Travel
As usual, the headlines are screaming paranoia when it comes to traveling and especially travel to foreign countries. There are a lot of things people worry about, but how based in reality are those concerns? Let's have a look at some of the
Myths of Travel »
For more travel resources and advice, check out the Traveler's Toolkit.
LATEST BOOTSNALL ARTICLES
There are over 20 new articles from the past 2 weeks with some great photos and new authors!
Some highlights include:
- Claudia has her travelblog all to herself again, her Precious (Read)
- Colleen Dilts had just over four hours to enjoy Sarajevo (Read)
- Jesse Grant has just one chance a year to be a climbing bum (Read)
- George Dunn huffs and puffs his way through the Tongariro Crossing (Read)
- Chris Vezey takes some time off in Taganga, Colombia (Read)
And other articles and stories on Mexico, Nicaragua, Antarctica, China and heaps more:
Go to the articles »
FEATURED MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
Normally we would offer just one message board thread, but there are just too many good ones to highlight only one. Instead, here is a selection. Check them out and feel free to chime in!
Erin can't decide where to go in Europe. BootsnAll members to the rescue. (Good thread for travel ideas)
Stories and experiences of giving notice to leave work for 1 year. Ugh!
An old thread, "Movies that Inspire you to Travel" pops up again. Great thread for finding a movie you never heard of before and might be good.
Most Overrated and Most Underrated Cities in Europe.
Congratulations to BootsnAll Member "Bear" who just passed 500 posts and achieved "Travel Deity" status as he leaves for his around the world trip.
TRAVELERS TALK ABOUT...
When you're deciding things about your trip, be it where you stay or whether or not to buy insurance, it can be hard to make a decision. One of the best sources to turn to for help is other travelers. We've been asking travelers a lot of questions lately, and you can check out what they have to say about their own experiences with...
Would you like to put in your 2 cents on any of the above? Email Chris (chris at BootsnAll dot com), and he'll set you up.
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