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So in all my extensive free time, I’ve self-nominated to re-write Wikipedia’s entry on Backpacking. Tweet . . . → Keep Going: Wikipedia/Backpacking I *know* I’ve added “backpacking” as a category more than once now, yet it never shows in my category list. It’s under “Travel and Tourism” but for some reason, sub headers don’t show here. Weird. Anyway… The other day, GoBudgetTravel asked “Is the Backpack Even Necessary“, which followed a post from this summer ” What Backpacking Is and Is Not“. Both of these were interesting reads. As far as what backpacking is, his #1 point is the one with which I agree the most: A budget travel strategy that stresses blending in, and living like the people to develop a better understanding of . . . → Keep Going: Backpacking and Backpacks… Once again, Peter Moore’s blog is the source of the Ozbus update. The main Guardian article has disappeared for some reason, but the message and response from Moore in the blog remain. While I agree with Moore in that the unexpected is very much a major part of independent travel – and related very much to the difference between travel and tourism – I’d expect the bus to last the journey if I paid ₤4,000. According to The Telegraph: “It was billed as an epic trip across the continents which would make an unforgettable alternative to jetting to the other side of the . . . → Keep Going: Ozbus: Redux No, not flying. I *like* flying. I don’t like packing so much. I pulled the backpack out of the attic this morning this afternoon — I was long overdue for a long sleep — and started to at least think of what I needed to bring. I wasn’t going to bring the backpack, but I think it’s going to prove the most practical in terms of travel before and after the class. It’s going to be slightly cumbersome to have the daypack on the front but I think that will be manageable–I did it in AUstralia for a year, and this laptop . . . → Keep Going: It’s the worst part of travelling… I was doing some research for my research design paper and in the process came across an article entitled Backpackers as a community of strangers: the interaction order of an online backpacker notice board (freely accessible PDF). Apart from piquing my curiosity as an interesting read, it seemed vaguely related to the issues surrounding buzz/currency and use of travel guides, etc. It found that backpackers constituted a heterogeneous group with respect to the diversity of rationales and meanings attached to their travel experiences. I found that statement to be one of the most crucial that applies to working with backpackers. At the same time, . . . → Keep Going: Backpackers as a Community of Strangers via West of Mars, I found out about Kailana’s Ten Books you Cannot Live Without… Now I learnt back when I used to play the Relays that I had some weird tastes in books, so I’m not expecting this to be anything different… 1. Take Me With You – Brad Newsham – I love the idea of his trip. Being able to invite someone to come back with you – return the favour of hospitality. |
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