The US’s most iconic city, NYC has been attracting backpackers for decades but as the dollar got stronger and stronger the budget had to get bigger and for broke backpackers, that doesn’t…

Scuba diving has become an absolute must on backpacker’s hit list as we gallivant around the globe. My first scuba diving experience was at the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns in Australia,…

The Eiffel Tower was built to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution and a theme of the 1889 International Exhibition.  Ironically, it was inaugurated by a king and an English one…

By the end of 2012 I will have backpacked through almost 100 countries, over the course of 6 years or so. It’s been a hell of a time, and I well and…

The problem with backpacking around the world is that once you start, you never wanna stop! Unfortunately though, unless you make money online (through travel blogging for instance) then the possibility of…

Both Duff and myself have taught English across countries such as Korea, Thailand, Taiwan etc and have nothing but good things to say about it. Teaching English gave me the insight into…