Travel Blogs We’ve Been Reading: This Week’s Top Picks (23.03.08)
You travel, you blog, we read. If we like, we’ll be writing about it here, every week, from now until we stop reading (which, failing our eyes falling out, global armageddon, or a complete lack of internet, is never).
So, without further ado, here are our top picks of backpacker-style travel blogs for the week that was.
Less Than A Shoestring – Budget Travel Tips For People With No Budget
This is a brilliant blog, especially if you’re looking for ways to extend that budget even further than you thought possible – you need only see how RyanAir ends up paying him to fly.
The author is currently on a 6-year residence in ‘various corners of Europe’, with the emphasis on travelling on less than a shoestring:
“I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of budget travel advice from newspaper writers with $100/day accommodation budgets. My idea of budget travel is around $10/day before admissions fees. Yes, even in Europe. Travelers like us don’t eat in restaurants everyday. We like meeting locals and other travelers, strolling through parks and people watching, taking public transportation and exploiting free festivals, events and opening days. We don’t need elaborate plans or accommodations to enjoy ourselves on vacation. By keeping costs down, we extend the length of our travels; yet we also know a worthy splurge when we see one. We’ve learned to appreciate the journey.”
Right on!.
Rio and Beyond-an STA free Latin Adventure – A gapper’s solo trip to South America.
In January this year backpacker Tom Barker left grey grey England and hightailed it to South America’s warmer climes (and lower prices). In Rio de Janeiro Tom sipped on caipirinhas and fell in love with the city’s warmth and friendliness. From there a 6-hour bus ride to Sao Paolo and its ‘Football, Mountains, Beaches and Gay Bars’, an encounter with unfriendly organised tourists at Iguacu Falls then on to Buenos Aires, Uruguay and beyond (he’s in Bolivia now). Sounds like quite a trip!
Posted in Cool Travel Blogs, Destinations
March 28, 2008 at 7:35 am
I love both Less than a Shoestring and STA free! Thanks for the great travel blog reviews as always!
-Suz
June 27, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Budget travel is certainly great and all, as long as you get to see the really cool places. Off the wall, bizarre, and always random. http://www.coolthingsinrandomplaces.com