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Travel in style or give up on style?
With a limited wardrobe (read: just some clothes crammed into your luggage), you’ll probably feel a bit less stylish. Hey, don’t sweat it, just let it go! Go with the flow! There is a whole new style for you out …
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Pack your backpack, or suitcase?
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Backpack or suitcase: which one in which situation? What to bring, or not to bring because they sell it there? In lesser developed countries where the roads may have potholes and be dirt, it is easier to bring a backpack. …
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Traveling by yourself
Why wait until your friends have time to travel with you? Or wait until they have saved up enough? While you already have the time and savings right now to go and explore the globe? Of course traveling by yourself …
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Find cheap hotels, flights, etc.
FlightsLong before you are going, you should check the prices of tickets. There are several ticket-comparing website, such as cheaptickets.com, skyscanner.com, etc. The best time to get tickets for continental flights is 2 or 3 months in advance. For intercontinental …
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Travel Safe
Travel safeCheck with your foreign affairs travel advice (maybe even from other countries, some are different than your own country’s), have a travel insurance and use your common sense. Money and cardsCheck the money situation in the country where you …
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Brazil
Huge country, beaches, buildings, statues, jungle, waterfalls…. Beware of your surroundings, don’t walk into the favella’s (slums), don’t flash expensive jewelry etc, and only carry money that you need (for your dinner, drinks, souvenirs etc), in case you get held …
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Nepal
Best from October until April, summer is rain season. Winter days very mild, comfortable temperatures, sunshine, clear blue skies, nights colder.Kathmandu, interesting culture, Durbar Square, Temple up on mountain, Everest-flight from Kathmandu, if you don’t climb it, then at least …
India
New Delhi Agra, Taj Mahal Jaipur, lots of different Palaces and Goa, beach life, trance and hippie areas, pick your spot Dharamsala – MacLeod Ganj – teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (check dalailama.com for info on the teachings, …
Laos
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Vientiane, That Luang, a temple / Stupa, Patuxai, a kind of Arc de Triumph with nice views of the city, Buddha Park (about 20 km away), you can go into the ‘Globe’ statue and discover the inside, also good view …