With common sense advice, helpful checklists and informative stories, The New Backpacker's Guidebook is a great resource for students and adults traveling internationally for the first time, whether your backpacking trip is for a few weeks, months or even longer than that...

Warning: this book could cause your feet to wander... But if that's no problem, "pass the goat dick please," and lean back for laughs and low adventures bumming around the world. This solo adventure involved mountain biking across Europe and backpacking on through Egypt, India and Southeast Asia...

Globe-trekker Karla Mae chronicles an evening spent sharing a couchette with four strangers on the European night train from Florence, Italy to Paris, France. This “slice of life” travelogue is one story from a two-month solo adventure through Europe...

Ready to head to Europe for the trip of a lifetime? Feeling unsure? Not enough money? Travelling Europe is the place to begin. Research better, travel smarter, spend less. Independent travel doesn’t necessarily mean roughing it...

A down-to-earth style aimed at the travel novice; one of many resources to read before you go. --TravelIndependent.infoThis book makes any trip more enjoyable than one that has only 'fly by the seat of your pants' planning...

Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the global spotlight. This volume explores the international backpacker phenomenon, drawing together different disciplinary perspectives on its meaning, impact and significance...

Journalist and author Mike McIntyre and his longtime girlfriend, Andrea Boyles, are in their early 40s and itching for a break. So they rent out their San Diego home--dog, cat and furniture included--and embark on a yearlong journey around the world...

Photographer, musician, frequent traveler, and world citizen Paul Otteson passes along the lessons he's learned through many years of packbacking. Otteson shows what resources to have on hand, how to budget ahead of time, what to pack and why, and more...

Laura is about to embark on a once in a life time opportunity. Granted a twelve month working holiday visa to travel Australia, Laura wants to make the most of every experience that comes her way. Based on a real life account, these stories highlight what can happen on a remarkable year away...

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