About Us
Aspiring Backpacker
This site will provide you with all you need to know now you’ve decided that traveling the world might just be the thing for you!
Whether it’s advice about packing your backpack, which route to take or just a little bit of extra inspiration - aspiringbackpacker.com will be right there with you, every step of the way.
Our team has traveled to over 100 countries around this crazy world of ours, and we’re only an email or comment away – so don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any doubts or worries. We respond to every single email we get 
The world is waiting for your arrival, so stop deliberating….
Just read up and set off!!
Founder
Johnny
Johnny has been on the road since graduating in 2006 – traveling, studying, and working around more than 50 countries across the globe…
He is a huge fan of backpacking, experiencing new cultures, partying in every dingy corner imaginable and is obsessed with the very awesome concept of lifestyle design. Johnny is also the founder of the hugely popular blog www.onestep4ward.com – where he offers insights into long-term travel, making money on the road and general ways to break the mould.
CHIEF EDITOR
Nick
Nick is fresh, young, and not quite ready to give in to the man. He is originally and currently from New York and always thinking about his next adventure. He loves to backpack through cities and over mountains, he’s a sports nut, a quasi-anthropologist (if you’ll allow it), and he’ll never turn down a party or a drink. Culture shock, new faces, and an adrenaline rush are always welcome in his book.
Phoebe
Phoebe is a technology writer in the bustling city of Manila in the Philippines, who had the leisure of working while traveling at the same time. Thus she found her other love in the form of traveling and adventures. She loves all the new things that comes with it expecting to have never-ending discoveries and learning along the way.
Courtney
Courtney was raised southern style in the United States and has a love for traveling, foreign films, dancing carelessly, and arcade games. After earning her fancy college degree, she took off for a solo round the world trip and found a new home in Bangkok, Thailand. While traveling, she loves getting purposefully lost, taking photos of deliciousness, and partying with locals.
Our team of contributors hail from a variety of different countries, and we’ll introduce them individually as we post their articles. Needless to say they are all ridiculously amazing, outstandingly good-looking and all round good eggs. Prepare to be amazed.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step – you’ve just taken that first step, where’s your second one going to land….
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Neil aka Duff is a twenty-something marketing professional with too many qualifications to count! Originally from the U.K., Duff is currently living and teaching English in Taiwan. He has been globetrotting since 2008 and with so much to explore on our wonderful planet, he hasn’t made it home yet.
Johnny has been on the road since graduating in 2006 – traveling, studying, and working around more than 50 countries across the globe…
He is a huge fan of backpacking, experiencing new cultures, partying in every dingy corner imaginable and is obsessed with the very awesome concept of lifestyle design.