Month: July 2022

U.s. National Parks Offer A Variety Of Backpacking Adventures

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American backpacking enthusiasts, have you experienced the plethora of amazing and often exotic destinations in your own country? There”s no reason to feel obligated to jet off to Machu Picchu or hop aboard a train in Europe to have a backpacking adventure that”s sure to make all of your travel buddies jealous. United States National Parks offer a variety of destinations for backpacker travel that often go under the radar. No matter what type of experience you seek, there”s bound to be a park that will entice you to hoist your pack and set off.

If you”re looking for a tropical adventure, check out Dry Tortugas National Park. Accessible via a ferry from Key West, Florida, this remote group of small reef islands features a nineteenth century fort, fishing, snorkeling, kayaking, and seriously primitive camping that will challenge even the most experienced backpacker. Channel Islands National Park boasts mountainous hiking and Pacific tidal pools and is a great extension to …

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What To Pack For A Day At The Beach

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Summer is almost here and that means it is time to hit the beach. There are so many items you need in order to have a good time and stay safe. Sunscreen, insect repellent, a change of clothes and towels for each family member and that’s just for starters!

While going to the beach can be lots of fun, there are also lots of things you need to bring with you in order to have a good time and stay safe and comfortable on the beach. Number one on the list, of course, is sunscreen. A little bit of sun is good for you, but too much causes painful sunburns and puts your family at risk for skin cancer so you will want to make sure to include some sunscreen in your beach bag with at least an SPF 30 or higher.

Next, it is also important to stay hydrated when you are out in the sun, so you will …

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Top Three Backpacker Friendly Countries

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The world is your oyster, but where do you start? First time backpackers may be a little apprehensive about the whole experience and your gut is probably knotted with a blend of excitement and nerves. You want to get out there and explore, but dont want to stray too far from civilised toilets, the Internet and stomach-settling food. These three countries allow you to sample the freedom that backpacking can offer, without drifting too far into the unknown.

Australia: The Aussies have been welcoming backpackers for decades and now have it down to a t. Their hostels have Internet cafes, kitchens, launderettes, TV rooms, different sized dorms, single sex dorms and single and double rooms.

Public transport is easy to follow and cheap and students get discount left, right and centre. There are too many tour-ops specialising in backpacker trips to mention and the activities that you can sample are almost limitless.

The icing on the cake is the heavily …

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Accommodation Tips For Backpackers How To Choose A Hostel

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Backpacking is a form of low-cost, independent travel which provides young people to enjoy the fun of travelling without spending huge amounts of money. The factors that traditionally differentiate backpacking from other forms of tourism include use of public transport (mostly trains) as a means of travel, preference of youth hostels to luxury hotels, length of the trip,, use of a heavy loaded backpack, an interest in meeting the locals as well as seeing the sights. Europe can be considered as a backpacker heaven for both prices and ease of transportation. Railway passes like Interrail and Eurorail are widely used in Europe which allows unlimited train travels in a specific amount of days.

Accommodation Options For Budget Travelers

Since the logic of backpacking is “spend less so that you can travel more”, hostels, B&B’s and camping grounds are top 3 accommodation options. Hostels provide budget-oriented accommodation where guests can rent a bed, sometimes a bunk bed in a dormitory and …

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Best Places To Visit In Sarajevo

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Sarajevo is a cosmopolitan and thriving capital city, and most travellers will find it difficult to imagine that the war only ended here in the mid-1990s.

The capital city of Bosnia has since been re-built and backpackers will now find inexpensive Sarajevo hostels and many things to see and do. Here are a few ideas:
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Located in central Sarajevo, the National Museum of Bosnia offers a unique insight into the rich history of the city. Founded in 1880, the museum contains the oldest Sephardic Jewish document in the world and the Haggadah, a fourteenth-century religious text.

The Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art
The Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art was conceived during the siege of Sarajevo, and created to develop Bosnian art and further international art projects, with an impressive array of contemporary exhibits. Quick-witted travellers will realize that the museum name is an anagram of Sarajevo.

Bijambare Cave
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News Portals Digg.com, Shrewd.com, Drudge Report and Google News

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After wasting time reading biased, misleading, factually inaccurate articles on crowdsourcing sites, smart people leave. This is an example of the bad driving out the good. This leaves mostly true-believers promoting Ron Paul, marijuana legalization and dozens of other extremist causes on crowdsourcing sites.

In contrast to having a single human editor such as Matt Drudge or having the human crowd be the editor, Google News uses a non-human algorithm as the editor. Like its search engine, Google News strives to be unbiased by delegating the task to an algorithm.

Google does largely succeed in eliminating their own (Google employee) biases, by using external, non-Google links to rank and by using the same algorithm on all sites. But since the external links are sometimes from by biased people, Google has managed to capture the biases of the public. A Google Search on the term “Jew” leads to the racist website JewWatch; Google offers their explanation above this search result.

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Peter Steinhauer Photography In Hanoi Vietnam

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Steinhauer, who was born in 1966 in Colorado, gave an evidence of his own artistic skills early, when in 1991 he got a degree at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver and then in 1993, when he got the Associate Degree of Photography at the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver. The Institute of Art, furthermore, awarded him the Alumni of Eloquence prize in 1994, and this was only the first of many prizes. For his works Steinhauer has already received the Award of Excellence in Photography in 1996, the “Mamiya Photo Education Awards of Excellence” in 2000, the Alumni Hall of Fame Award, which was awarded to him by the Art Institute of Colorado, and the Ford Foundation Grant for Work in Vietnam, in 2004.

The strong connection between the artist and Vietnam dates back to the 1993, when he moves to Hanoi to create his black and white photographs book about Vietnam. In 1997 …

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5 Things You Must Keep in Mind Before Visiting Morocco

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Every year, an increasing number of tourists visit Morocco. The primary reason is that Morocco is on the list of most beautiful countries in the world. But if you are a woman, we suggest that you consider some essential tips before planning your trip to morocco. In this article, we have put together some tips that will help you have some realistic expectations before the big day. Read on to find out more.

1. Dress up Properly

First of all, you should dress appropriately. If you are a man, you don’t need to worry about your outfit. However, you need to dress conservatively if you are a woman. If you want to avoid unwanted attention, you may want to cover yourself up as much as you can.

Some women may get harassed even if they are going with a group of men. Apart from this, if you want to visit mosques, we suggest that you cover yourself down to your

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Scour For Backpacker’s Seal Watching Tours In Montauk And Find Out About Cherished Seafood Restauran

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Book with Montauk Hotels and Explore the Montauk Daylily Garden

If youre in Long Island, New York, you must not miss visiting the Montauk Daylily Garden on Second House Road, which keeps over 600 varieties of daylilies. For gardening buffs who are interested in hybrids or for nature lovers, the Montauk Daylily Garden will truly amaze you with its extraordinary colorful perennials as well as wonderful views of the Fort Pond freshwater lake. Visitors can book at any of the Montauk hotels in the vicinity, or at the Avalon Lakefront Resort Motel located inside the daylily garden. Apart from its flowers, the Garden also grows kiwi, pepper, tomato, rhubarb, and persimmon crops, from which jam and jelly are produced and sold. Tourists also visit the garden for its Bob Ross oil painting workshops, where one can practice applying wet paint on a wet canvas. Before leaving the Garden, dont forget to buy a designer gene seed so that you can …

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Draw Bridge Etiquette for Boaters

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You just bought that brand new 40′ boat and are ready to hit the water. You are anxious to take her out on the ICW and run her south. This has been your vision and it is finally coming true. You have already invested some time studying your new boat, her mechanical systems, her plumbing, her electronics; you feel you have it all covered. And what about cruising in the ICW? That 25 foot sport fishing boat you upgraded from to your new trawler gave you enough practice, didn’t it?

Many of you new to boating may or may not know there are certain regulations to understand when approaching a bridge. Even as many of the older draw bridges have been replaced with higher draw bridges of sixty-five feet, there are still a number of lower bridges to contend with on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Some of these draw bridges are as low as eight feet. Before you get going, …

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