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Travel Tips

European Lonely Planet Guides Through iTunes – Sale Over!

April 20, 2010

Lonely Planet is giving their European guide books away for free until this Thursday, April 22, 2010 in their “Volcano Relief Sale”, so if you’re in Europe now or planning on visiting soon, grab these while you can!

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‘Adventures in Spenchlish’ or ‘Learning a Language for Travel’

March 7, 2010
Learning foreign languages

If you’re planning on a round the world adventure or are currently out travelling, how much of a language do you feel you should know for each country? In Mexico it has been suggested to me many times to take some language classes since when I arrived I had no knowledge beyond “Hasta la vista, [...]

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How to Stay Healthy While Travelling

February 21, 2010
An apple a day... (Travel health tips)

Most of these travel health tips are fairly well known and many really are just common sense, but we all need a reminder now and then to take care of ourselves, especially with the excitement of finally hitting the road on our dream vacation / trip.

This list is partially a reminder to myself since I came down with a bad cold within the first few weeks of travelling. The weather takes a bit of blame (it’s been cold and rainy most of the time so far), but there may be are some things I could have done a bit better to help prevent it.

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Packing List for Round the World Travel

February 19, 2010
What I took on a round the world trip

I’d meant to do this list of stuff I brought with me for my round the world travel much earlier, but time ran out before I left. So better late than never.. here’s what I packed when I left for my around the world trip.

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Pre Trip Planning Tips for Backpacking Around The World

February 12, 2010
Travel Planning Tips

Planning for long term travel can be the most overwhelming part of the entire trip but here’s a few things that you may want to do before you leave so that once you arrive in your destination you can sit back and relax or go full speed into your next adventure without worries.

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