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Making Friends with Street Vendors

You may never had any interactions with street vendors around the world other than buying something or trying to ignore them. But Dominic DeGrazier’s time with some street vendors in Montevideo, Uruguay taught him that sometimes it’s best to slow down and get to know them.

Dominic Degrazier

Salar de Uyuni Tour: Day 1, The Laguna Express

Christian Celind on the Salar de Uyuni tour, Bolivia, October 2009 – Day 1/3

Christian Celind

The Ghosts of History: Moscow, Russia

Join this Englishman in Moscow on a visit to a war museum in the city, reflect with him on the past, and think about what it might mean for the future.

English Man In Moscow

13 of the Weirdest Bars in the World

In the search for more unusual, out-of this-world travelling experiences, travellers are being lured to the ends of the earth to find the most eccentric, wacky and exciting activities, sights and venues. So if you’re fond of a tipple or two, you might want to try one of these bars.

Victoria Brewood

Travel Games to Help You Pick Your Next Trip

With over 200 countries including a million or more cities, when it comes to vacation planning the choices are endless. Jo C has come up with a few fun games that might help you plan your next trip.

Jo C

The Graceful Return: Don’t Let The End of A Trip Be the End of Your Learning

Why doesn’t anyone talk about what happens after a great trip? Cynthia Morris discusses how to integrate your travel experiences into life back home.

Cynthia Morris

The Brazilian Liquid Diet

The best of Brazil’s offerings just might be in liquid form. Travel writer Laura Keller shows you how to quench your thirst with an authentic Brazilian adventure.

Laura Keller

A Brief Guide to Indian Public Buses: Allepuzha, Kerala, India

On a particularly eventful trip on the roads of South India, Matthew Crompton discovers the secret manual that makes Indian buses — and their drivers — the greatest in the world.

Matthew Crompton

Fun (& Useful) Travel Story in BootsnAll Hostels Section about Love on the Road

Amy Heading outlines her top 10 tips for traveling women looking for love on the road – including how to avoid getting your heart broken.

BootsnAll Staff

The Tribal Bible: 10 Commandments of Etiquette With Tribes

Nick Flynn’s experiences with tribes in several different parts of the world led him to come up with this amusing (& interesting) list of etiquette suggestions he calls the “Tribal Bible.”

Nick Flynn

Eye-Opening Lessons from 9 Travel Disasters

In the middle of travel disaster panic, it’s hard to believe it could result in a personal a-ha moment, but these 9 travel disasters turned out to be just that for Madeline Jhawar.

Madeline Jhawar

Spaghettiquette: Learning to Eat Spaghetti on the Road

Suzanne Geudeke learns to eat spaghetti from a truck driver in Italy, who is very forgiving when she breaks one of the main rules of “spaghettiquette.”

Suzanne Geudeke

9 Useless Things Travelers Tend to Pack

Even the very light packers take stuff with them of which they are not sure if they will actually need it. Here’s a list of things that you should never pack

Nicolas De Corte

Brazil’s Paradise Island – Fernando de Nornha

Brazil is a country full of places to explore, have an adventure or just relax and watch the sun setting. Anthony found all this and more on one tiny group of Islands 340km off the North East coast.

Anthony Robson

The 10 Commandments for Hostels

The 10 Hostel Commandments may not be written down on stone tablets, but maybe they should be. Find out what Amy Heading thinks those commandments should be.

BootsnAll Staff

7 Steps to Planning (and Surviving) Multigenerational Travel

If there’s an art to traveling with your kids, then traveling with your kids AND your parents might just qualify as an Olympic sport. Claudia M. Laroye offers 7 steps to get you on the road to a successful multigenerational trip.

Claudia M. Laroye

The Tsunami 5 Years On: My Visit to Aceh, Indonesia

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake measuring nine on the Richter scale struck just off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia. Amanda George travelled to Aceh to look at the progress that has been made and some of the surprising consequences of the disaster.

Amanda George

Making the Most of Sunday in Madrid

Here Fiona Hilliard recommends some of the best ways to spend a sleepy Sunday in the Spanish capital.

Fiona Hilliard

If It’s Good Enough for the Prophet… Damascus to Bosra, Syria

Taxi travel always has its fair share of quirks and a simple day trip south of Damascus reminds Troy Nahumko to trust your instincts. After all, if it is good enough for a Prophet…

Troy Nahumko

5 Most Unique New Year’s Eve Drops

Don’t want to hassle the Times Square crowds this year? Check out Michelle Fabio’s 5 weird alternatives on New Year’s Eve.

Michelle Fabio

Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park, Northwestern British Columbia

Stunning scenery. Rare elusive wildlife. And killer lava. All this packaged in a self drive tour in Northwest British Columbia by Curtis Sagmeister.

Curtis Sagmeister

The World’s Messiest Festivals

If your vacation won’t be complete without getting dirty in another country, then join BootsnAll staff writer Jessica Spiegel as she visits the world’s messiest festival celebrations.

Jessica Spiegel

Eight reasons to visit South Africa during the World Cup

People from all over the world will converge on South Africa next year for the World Cup. Even if you aren’t a big soccer fan, Travis Clark thinks that it will be one of the premier travel events of 2010.

Travis Clark

8 of the Best Party Beaches in the World

Want to sit on the sand all day and work on your tan? You can go almost anywhere for that, but if you really want to party you’ll want to think about Nellie Huang’s list of far-flung beaches.

Nellie Huang