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The Perfect Day
When you travel long-term, not all days are filled with sightseeing and museums. Sometimes you find yourself in the perfect little fishing village, and your days are simple.
The Importance of Optimism
Jenn Miller points out that an optimistic attitude is not something you can order at REI along with your titanium spork and have delivered in a lightweight packing cube to fit nicely alongside your water filter and guidebook. A very few people come by it naturally but, for most of us, it’s an exercise in character development and intentionality. It’s a quality born of adversity and enough miles under our belts, literally and figuratively, to have some perspective on the journey. In short: you’ve
The Best of 30 Days of Indie Travel
#Indie30 may be over, but we wanted to reflect back one last time with our favorite post and tweet from all 30 days of our community art project.
10 Things Backpackers Do But Don’t Admit
Many backpackers love to remind you how green, tolerant, ethical, understanding, and open-minded they are, but some of that tends to go out the window in real life. Kaila Krayewski shares 10 observations of on-the-road hypocrisy here.
Travel “Rules”
Is it possible that the “rules” we follow when traveling are actually limiting the experience for some travelers?
First-Time Backpacking: What I’ve Learned
Jenn Miller discusses the difference between packing your backpack for the average RTW and packing for an unsupported backpacking trip. She touches on why, most of the time, it doesn’t really matter what you pack and why cutting the weight in your pack is less important than taking care of the most important piece of gear you possess.
A Day in the Life
Join David Joshua Jennings in a Tibetan Settlement in south India for a average day in the life of a long-term traveler.
Looking For Adventure
#Indie30 may be over, but there is still lots to learn from our month-long art project. Here are our favorite submissions from the final week, and we’ll have one more round-up that highlights our favorites from each day of the project. Stay tuned!
Travel Advice
On our final day of #Indie30, we share the best travel advice we’ve ever received and dole out some of our own.
Design Your Own Hostel
Have you ever sat around the hostel after a few drinks and said, “We should totally open our own hostel!”? Well today you get your chance!
Music and Travel
Music and travel go hand in hand for many people. Are there any songs that just make you want to get up and go? What about any songs that remind you of past travels? Share them with us!
HSP and World Travel
Do you feel overwhelmed by crowds, noise, and instability? Are you jumpy and a worrier? Kelly O’Laughlin shares tips on how you can travel the world successfully when you are highly sensitive to your surroundings.