How good is your Travel Guide? Part 1
In the year of 1999 I traveled Europe on a guide book called "Lets go". Funny enough I wanted to try something different than the so called "Bible for travelers" or, ...
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Hostel Centro di Educazione Ambientale Porto Vener
Centro di Educazione Ambientale Porto Venere is based on a hill, overlooking Porto Venere´s marina and the stunning beautiful colored buildings. Like the five villages of Cinque...
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backpackernews on 2008-07-17 05:39:26 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 8 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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The Aran Islands…bikes, bunks, and beers.
There are usually a few things that happen on every trip that are unexpected, unplanned, and totally unbelievable. My trip to the Aran Islands was just such a trip. A quick ferry boat ride from the...
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wizard on 2008-07-07 17:43:44 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 9 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Beginning the Journey
I have began the journey for something I have thought about for a long time. Now is just me trying to do research. Is this just a pipedream? There is no telling. Where to...
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Kimee129 on 2008-07-06 10:42:11 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 9 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Pub Crawl in Florence
Backpacking, how have you changed
Backpacking, how have you changed.
Thinking back some years, I start to remember my first trips as a backpacker. Entering a community so unique, you actually were proud telling others that...
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backpackernews on 2008-06-29 10:14:50 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 87 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Academy Hostel Florence
Plus Florence Hostel Italy, Review
Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday June 9, 10,11
I arrived just in time for my guided hike i booked. It was a beautiful day, perfect for hiking on the glacier, not wet or hot where ice can melt and rocks or ice chunks can fall. ...
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nbehm2488 on 2008-06-13 08:03:03 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 25 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Save a lot of money traveling Europe
Traveling Europe and try to safe money on your journey?
The following tips with links to websites should help.
In times of Ryan Air, Easy Jet and other budget airlines, there is one...
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backpackernews on 2008-06-06 11:53:20 Average Rating:  | Views: 59 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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Levanto, Hostel Ospitalia del Mare
From check-in to the moment you are going to leave this hostel, you will feel welcome and find a very clean and spacious place. Wheel chair access and special rooms and bathrooms for...
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backpackernews on 2008-06-06 04:25:01 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 93 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Only Cash Payment and its Downside at Hostels
Only Cash Payment and its downside at hostels.
Going through websites of hostels all around Europe and their booking websites, you will find more and more telling you that when you check in...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-04 12:59:49 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 54 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Florence Hostel
Upon arrival at the Ostello Gallo D’Oro the traveler feels welcome. No rush at the check in and you are greeted with a small bottle of water or a cup of coffee, guess depending how tired you...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-02 12:19:08 Average Rating:  | Views: 55 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Youth Hostel
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Rude Hostel, polite Traveler, new Friend
Rude Hostel, polite Traveler, new Friend
Did it happen to you that you booked a 6 bed dorm at a hostel in a major city and payed a bit more just to avoid staying in a 10 or even 12 bed...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 07:21:22 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 40 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Pasta for 260 Euro
Pasta for 260 Euro
Just came the news.
8 Japanese tourists had each one plate of pasta and one soda, the owner of the restaurant in Pisa/Italy charged them 260 Euro (about 406$US). The...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 06:56:43 Average Rating:  | Views: 54 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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What is a hostel?
For those who like to find out what a hostel is, and for those who like to find out more about traveling and backpacking, the following links are interesting....
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 05:47:44 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 51 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Backpacking: Diversity and Change (Article found o
Backpacking: Diversity and Change
Erik Cohen
The Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem
Backpacking, a relatively little studied form of tourism, is a...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 05:39:42 Average Rating:  | Views: 46 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Hostels, why do I pay more (or less) than my room
Hostels, why do I pay more (or less) than my room mate?
I am sitting here in a hostel in Florence in Italy and after spending a few minutes close to the reception, I am asking myself, how...
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WHAT TRAVELING IS ALL ABOUT OR,
WHAT TRAVELING IS ALL ABOUT OR,
POUCHED EGGS AND LENTILS
So, what’s that traveling all about? I mean, why do we do it?
Why do we strap more that 40 pounds of luggage, squeezed...
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opbworld on 2008-04-19 06:56:57 Average Rating:  | Views: 166 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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TRAVEL TO BERLIN -CHEAP HOSTELS AND DISCOUNT HOTEL
Hostel
Hello.... well,m an engineering student in india. I would like to share my experiences stayin in hostel.For me hostel is de other name for heaven... here no one is there to ask me questions like...
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raj_basu on 2007-10-24 11:50:49 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 59 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Second stop, St. Petersburg.
September 2nd, 2007:
When
my roommates in the Helsinki hostel learned that I was going to Russia,
they all said, "Oh my God, why are you not panicking? You know any...
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otter_abby on 2007-10-13 12:03:45 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 37 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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First stop-Helsinki.
August 30th, 2007
In order to fly from Boston to Helsinki, I had to transfer in Reykjavik and Stockholm.
While
waiting in Reykjavik, I had so much time to kill that I wrote postcards...
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otter_abby on 2007-10-13 11:55:10 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 47 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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