Tips on a successful backpacking trip from 'Planet Backpacker'
It’s not rocket science -- the world is a jigsaw puzzle and all you have to do is put it together. Traveling around the world is a matter of good planning, common sense and picking all of the glorious places you plan to visit.
Planet Backpacker offers tips on the following:
Paper Work - what you need to know about passports and visas.
Travel Medicine & Insurance - Why & how.
Ongoing Tickets: often required to get into many countries in the post-9/11 world.
Your Budget: expect to spend at least $5,000 as your bedrock travel budget.
Fly Free: via frequent flyer miles on an airline credit card.
Pack Light: with synthetic travel wear.
Virtual Security: How to create an electronic safe for your valuable documents.
Money Tips: What to expect of foreign ATMs.
Where You’ll Be Staying: Variants of the hostel, pension, guest house or ryokan on your extended trip.
How You’ll Be Traveling: Railpass and bus options. How to navigate foreign train stations.
Easing into Your Trip: with culturally-comfortable countries.
Think Small: It's the little things like bug bites, Montezuma's revenge, vomiting and a lack of toilet paper that you have to prepare for.
Book Ahead: Even while traveling, you can reserve hostels and hotels via backpacker websites.
Log Out: on email or Skype accounts to avoid identity theft.
Safety Tips: The value of common sense.
Cab ripoffs: some of the tricks they'll pull on you...
Take it Slow: to avoid confrontations and scams.
Get Lost... Not: Why a compass may be better than GPS.
Keep it Simple: Never purchase a gift you can’t place in the palm of your hand.
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