“I think this hostel is after a mad right” – Chaz Fitzsimmons Well after a couple of crazy days in Vientiane, touring the sights, staying in the Sabaidy Guesthouse for $3 a night, we got a truck and a mini-bus up north to the crazy town of Vang Vieng. Yes, this place is totally nuts. Read more about Backpacking in Laos: Staying at Vang Vieng Guesthouse, Vang Vieng[…]
This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on 5th November 2015. By: Hipmunk Staff Avid Hipmunk mobile users may have noticed a slight aesthetic difference in our iOS app lately. Yup, our app underwent a makeover and came out looking like an upgraded version of itself, with a sleek design and one newly added feature. Introducing, Discover. More than Read more about ‘Discover’ Hipmunk’s New App Design + Inspirational Travel Feature[…]
This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on 10th October 2015. It’s an age-old traveler’s dilemma: How do you to keep clothes clean while traveling around the world? Clean clothes may be easy to maintain if you’re visiting popular U.S. tourist destinations like Disney World or Washington, D.C., but laundry can be considerably less accessible (or Read more about How to Keep Clothes Clean While Traveling Abroad[…]
Here in this article we are going to discuss the most common places for you to meet a woman and have decent conditions to move on to the very acquaintence. Since the internet appeared, lots of online dating services started appearing and, so far, remains to be a popular way to hook up. But it is hardly Read more about Top 5 Places to Meet Women on Your Travels[…]
You might have read some of my previous articles on Bournemouth, Poole and Hampshire on here. This part of England’s South Coast has a lot to offer the everyday tourist and long term nostalgic culture struck backpacker. This short article is all about Westbourne and Alum Chine. These are two districts in the west part of Read more about Exploring Robert Louis Stevenson’s Zone: Westbourne & Alum Chine Top 10, Bournemouth, Dorset, England[…]
If you’ve followed the blog from the early days, you’ll know I covered my job history on here as I did it, especially the farming and bar work. Yet the Working Wednesdays feature still has at least 50 jobs I’ve done and not yet written about, so in an attempt to eventually get this blog Read more about Working Wednesdays: Being Part of a Focus Group in Northern Ireland[…]
The city of Gloucester sits proud and unknown to most backpackers that venture to England. A few things have put this city on the map and there is no longer a need to neglect it. I didn’t, so you shouldn’t either. Gloucester is the capital city of the county of Gloucestershire. I was actually in Read more about Backpacking in England: Top 5 Sights in Gloucester[…]
When you are backpacking in a country it is a cool idea, awesome in fact, to check out the top backpacking sights in some cities, towns or villages within that country. You will be totally inspired and you will love it. So if you are heading backpacking to country “x” (let’s called it Underbaijan, Countryonia, Read more about Backpacking in a Country: Top 5 Sights in A City, Town or Village in That Country[…]