When it comes to food and travel you come across many firsts. In the street markets of Bangkok you could be served insects on skewers, in Japan real sashimi or in Scotland, haggis. All foods that you wouldn’t necessarily come across back home. As a backpacker you find yourself in situations that automatically expand your…
We were on a mission. A group of us from 360 Hostel Malasaña. Walking through the streets of Madrid late at night with bottles of vino being passed around. All evening we had been relaxing after our 1 Euro feast, some call dinner, prepared nightly by the hostel staff. Being a small hostel there is…
One of the most exciting mornings of my travel experience was the day I hopped into a rental car with my parents to head to Vancouver Island to kayak with orcas in Canada’s Johnstone Strait. There is never a dull moment driving through British Columbia towards Horseshoe Bay to catch the ferry across to Vancouver…
As technology changes the way we live our lives, it is also making drastic changes to the way we travel. A few years ago when I set off on my first trips as a beginner to travel without my family, the thought of taking anything other than a camera didn’t exist. To communicate with people…
I have never felt so uniformed about a city’s most popular attractions than the morning I arrived at the Dubrovnik Backpackers Club (http://www.dubackpackers.com/). Instead of pointing out the usual iconic sites and stunning vistas that most hotels, hostels and tourist information stands throughout the world send you to, such as the Louvre, the Big Ben,…
