What's in this issue?
RTW TRAVELER PROFILES - Jo Malcolm
Jo is taking a one-to-two year hiatus from her profession in the health industry and leaving Perth, Western Australia to head to South America, North America, the Middle East, Europe and SE Asia. She plans on working in the UK to replenish her bank account while she's on the road.
Jo says she is going now because there are no huge ties keeping her in Perth. As she put it, "No boyfriend, no debt, enough experience in a job to leave it and go while I can still get a UK work visa!" She embarks on her RTW adventure this month.
Read more about Jo's plans here.
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 »
NEW HOSTELS
We've added more than 385 new properties this month and you can find more hostels and new city and country pages in these locations:
Global hostels and online reservations »
BOOTBLOG
Things are settling back down in the office after Chris' arrival from Australia. Donovan and Sean headed to San Francisco to check out the Adventure Expo and meet some new people in the adventure travel industry.
People are getting in their last minute trips before the weather turns - Court headed out of town to catch a football game in Washington and Chris and Sean cheered on the Ducks in Eugene this weekend.
Check out the BootBlog »
BOOTSNALL IN BALI
The two-year anniversary of the Bali nightclub bombing occurred last week and Nick attended the commemorative ceremonies. A number of events took place to remember the more than 200 people killed in the blasts of October 2002. Nick also managed to tick a few people off with his perspective. Read the wordfight here.
Nick has added a number of hotel reviews to the site, including a few last week.
Check out the Bali Blog »
BOOTSNALL TRAVELBLOGS
Follow your fellow BootsnAllers as they travel. Check out our top picks from the travelblogs this month, and add your comments!
Check out some of our newest travel blogs!
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 »
LATEST BOOTSNALL ARTICLES
There are more than 15 new articles from the past 2 weeks with some great photos and new authors!
Some highlights include:
- There is no such thing as inhibition at Carnival in Bahias. In every direction, there are couples embracing, so that the smell of human and animal craving hangs in the air like a sweet gas (Read)
- It took a month to get the permit and four months to do it, but Jeff Eagar and his brothers scuttled their way into the Indian Book of Records by driving cross-country in a rickshaw (Read)
- Laurel Miller eats her way through Spain and France - literally (Read)
- Adventure travel is said to be the hottest new thing since string cheese. BootsnAll member Donovan Pacholl went to San Francisco to witness the group love (Read)
- When Elizabeth Nystrom received a scrub in a Moroccan hammam, she couldn't differentiate pain from intense relaxation - an entirely enjoyable feeling (Read)
And other articles and stories on Greece, the Burning Man Festival in Nevada and heaps more:
Go to the articles »
FEATURED MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
Advice, advice and more advice. That's the beauty of message boards. When guidebooks are published, they are already outdated. With messages boards, it's up-to-date news. Use BootsnAll messages boards to find out the latest real-time information about your destinations.
Am I too old now?
Philip Blazdell doesn't like hostels, prefers fine wines and good food to camp fire chow, has never worried about IPODS (or stuff like that) and needs a good night's sleep to function correctly the next day. Is he too old for "independent" travel?
Ruminations on why do we go back home?
Rogerio asks, if it wasn't for financial reasons, would you have gone back home from your last trip?
Sean Keener for President!!
Socalgirl thinks Sean should be the new president of the good ol' USA. What do you think? And who would be in his cabinet?
As a student, how are you funding your travel?
How can you afford school and travel?
TRIP OF THE MONTH - TANZANIA
Kilimanjaro. Serengeti. Zanzibar. These fabled, somewhat exotic, destinations sit in perhaps one of Africa's most famous, laid-back, country, Tanzania. The beauty of Tanzania, and these destinations, is their location to each other. Within a limited time, you can climb the highest mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, safari in the Serengeti (home to some of the largest concentrations of animals anywhere on the planet), and finally end your time relaxing on the beaches of the exotic spice island of Zanzibar - all within a period of two to three weeks.
BootsnAll World Adventures has new affordable trips to Tanzania. Instead of spending your New Years at home, think about spending it at the top of Africa or out with a Landrover in the middle of the bush. This December, January and February are the best months. Email Donovan at donovan@bootsnall.com for more information.
Check out our great stories on Tanzania .
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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