TweetIn many ways backpackers pride themselves on their ability to live...
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A Backpacker in the Lap of Luxury
TweetIn many ways backpackers pride themselves on their ability to live horribly. We chose to eat food that might make us sick, we sleep on beds that might be home to bugs that bite, and we travel, well, any way possible to get to the next destination all in the name of saving money. However, [...]
Photo of the Week: Austin Texas Capitol
TweetAustin definitely lived up to its billing as one of the great cities in America. In many ways, Austin is exactly the opposite of what you think of when you think of Texas. The city is very liberal and open, it is artsy but not pretentious, it has small town charm but a big city [...]
A Las Vegas Hostel has More Characters than Family Guy
TweetIt doesn’t take a long look in Las Vegas to find the strange ones, they are everywhere. Vegas is an awkwardly brilliant mix of tourists, people trying to “make it” in show business, and beggers and hustlers. A hostel is Las Vegas, well, it’s much of the same. I’ve stayed in a countless number of [...]
Fighting North American Over-Consumerism
TweetI pride myself on being able to travel on a budget. I mean, I’m not one of those people that brags about being able to live on 3 dollars a day while eating dry noodles every day. I believe it spending money reasonably while travelling to get the most out of it. I believe that [...]
Hiking to Havasu Falls: A Journey in Photos
TweetMy eyes strain into a valley of red and yellow rock as I toss my backpack over my shoulders, nod my head at a man leading a pack of mules and then take my first steps towards the unknown. My knees buckle and feet shuffle as I try to control the speed in which I descend down [...]
Stars Falling on Havasu Falls: Photo of the Week
TweetI can’t remember who it was that told me that I needed to see Havasu Falls, but whoever it was I owe a massive thanks. My hike into the Havasu Canyon has been the highlight of the month without a doubt, and one I will surely write more about in the future. The twenty mile [...]
The Red Rocks of Sedona
TweetThrough my windshield view a scene directly from an episode of Looney Tunes evolved. I slowed the motion of my speeding vehicle to attempt to drink in the vista as long as I could. In the moment, I couldn’t help but feel as though the roadrunner was about to race in front of the car, [...]
How Hotels are Given their Stars
TweetI was passed this along the other day and thought that you guys would find it interesting. The places I generally stay at don’t even come close to a star. The funny thing to me though, if you’ve travelled the developing world to some extent is that these standards are definitely not followed. For example, [...]
Photo of the Week: Floral Close-Up
TweetThis year one of my resolutions was to do the “365 days of photos” challenge. And so far this year it has been just that, a challenge. I have yet to fail, but I haven’t had as much time to spend on it as I would have hoped. Part of the problem is that I’ve [...]
Vagabundo Magazine is LIVE!
TweetIt is with great pleasure that I announce that my magazine Vagabundo has finally been published and is live for everyone to enjoy. Here it is!!! The Winter Issue of Vagabundo Magazine! There were definitely some learning curves that needed to be bent slightly to get this done, but after some serious trial and error [...]
