Choosing the Backpack
Picking the right backpack is an important part of any trip. Too big, and you’ll have too much extra weight. Too small, and you’ll never fit anything in. Pick the wrong material, and when it rains, your stuff will be soaked. There’s so many options out there that it can be very confusing.
I spent a good hour picking out my first pack, and that was also after hours of online research. So that you don’t do the same, here are a few tips to make your search go quicker:
Three Things to Consider:
Size: Your backpack should be both proportional to your body and comfortable enough to allow you to carry about 20 pounds. Continue reading
Backpackers’ Spain
There are 2 words you need to know when you head west to Espana. Calimoxto and botellon. You'll know them well after a few days in the country. The latter is the weekly pre-drinking event that decimates town plazas all around Spain and buries them in a pile of plastic cups. Calimoxto is the sweet fuel (a mixture of cola, wine and/or liquor) that these botellons and their participants run on. Almost every major city and town has some version of a botellon, and while the country has tried to make them illegal, congregations of partiers still flock to the plazas after their late dinners to start off their night. Like everything else in Spain, the bars and clubs don't reach capacity until the wee hours. So to kill the few hours between dinner and midnight (when the lines for the clubs start building), revelers hit up the public squares. Continue reading
21 Tips Your Pack for a Trip
1. Security and Keeping Details Safe
Scan your passport, passport photos and paper tickets (if not the e type) in. Store this (in an email for e.g.) in your web based email account. You can also store the details of your emergency ‘lost card’ telephone numbers in your web based email account so you know who to contact if your credit card or ATM card is lost or stolen. This way, even if you lose everything, you have immediate access your all important information. You can even email the details page of your passport to the embassy or consulate when applying for a new one.
Also consider writing your home and destination address (and mobile number if you have one) on a self-adhesive sticky label to stick INSIDE your luggage in a visible place. If your luggage is lost and the baggage label has come off, at least the airline can still figure out whose luggage it is. Continue reading
Backpackers Insurance
Quote & Buy We know you aren’t reading this because you are excited about purchasing travel insurance. You are here because you are planning on going on a backpacker trip. Maybe you will be away for a few weeks or perhaps you will be traveling for an extended time. In any event, it is the thought of your trip that has you pumped not the thought of deductibles, emergency medical service and cancellation policies.
Backpacker travel insurance is the affordable and smart way to protect you against unexpected travel problems. It can assist you when you need emergency dental and medical assistance, when your luggage is lost or stolen, or if you need to unexpectedly return home for an emergency.
backpackers We’re not here to put a damper on your enthusiasm. The chances are that you will go on your backpacking vacation and have the time of your life. You might not run into any. We hope this is the case. Nevertheless, the fact is that travel has its risks, especially when you are backpacking through a foreign country. These risks might be unpleasant to think about, but they do happen and you might as well be prepared when they do. Continue reading
Exotica in the City of Bats
It is a unique show that welcomes you when entering the heart of Soppeng, South Sulawesi, located in the district of Watansoppeng.
The noise of thousands of bats, also called fruit bats, with an aroma that feels the sting easily set foot there. This scene became an exotic separately. The colonies of thousands of bats that later became known as District Soppeng milestones City Bats.
No one knows exactly when exactly bats bats nesting in the trees began to line the streets of the city Soppeng Watang. However, the District believes in the existence of bats Soppeng whose face looks like a rat has been for hundreds of years.
Also considered a “guardian” of the city Watansoppeng, if bat-bat was long ago, people believed that a sign of looming disaster in the area.
“In fact, if there is a virgin or young people outside the area went under a tree and put to bat urine, the girl is believed to be married to someone Soppeng”
While in the midst of the hectic urban bat Soppeng still hanging in the trees without being disturbed. Soppeng natural landscape will be more exotic night. At the same time, the colony of bats declawing branch of a tree and covered the sky and flew Soppeng.
Watang Soppeng is about 150 kilometers north of Makassar. “Interestingly, bats, bats can only be found hanging on trees in the city WatanSoppeng. Soppeng In other parts of the scene is not.”
Colonies of bats, both during the flight to find food when the sun goes down and when dawn approaches, the main attraction of tourism in the area.
Local and foreign tourists are deliberately waiting for the bats flying in the sky at sunset Soppeng Watang. “This is a natural tourism potential to be one of the sectors of local residents supporting the interconnected economy increase”
“Bat Exotica to pull tourists to stop perpetuating colonies, or simply watch the activity of bats, whose numbers continue to grow and is estimated to have reached thousands of tail.”
Wow … Enjoying the Night Without Darkness
A rare natural phenomenon has always attracted the attention of mankind. In addition to lunar eclipses, meteors and the other, and then to St. Petersburg often experience what is called the white night. As Lailatul qodar, this type of natural events expected by travelers who crowded the city’s north western end of the world.
In mid-summer to hunt the white night, a night that will never be known as dark flames. Sunlight can still enjoy all day and night. While the dark always comes, this time completely defeated by the power of the sun. “At least once in life, willing to experiment,”
To hunt the white night, spend 3 days and three nights. Understandably, the end of the city in the world before Petrograd and Leningrad was climate is very unstable. Easy to change from time to time. Usually, the sun showed prowess in the range of 30 days. Continue reading
Travel Tips and Savings Travel in Asia
To meet well-planned vacation. But those days of fun that could be a disappointment if there are events that do not want it to be displayed. Now, to overcome these things, the following travel tips for your vacation pleasure.
Avoihere people tend to travel: A few days before Idul Fitri and Christmas and New Year are the busiest days of the year. Supply and demand in economic theory are the days of the holiday is the best time to go on a business trip, as most flights and hotel rooms, cheap hotel packages offer a vacuum or discount.
Stations in many Asian countries are lower than the airport: If you want to tour the continent, why not choose the train? Apart from being cheaper, you can spend the remaining funds for the memories.
Do not wrap packages memories. Especially for those who travel by plane. Use a firm offer, the postal services or packages. Airport security packages packed prohibited in your suitcase, and asked to open up the package at the airport. In addition, the package is to eat a lot of places, but only a small part.
The funds that make sense to travel plan. Consider also that the presentation of the reserve on Saturday evening / weekend not always expensive. When booking tickets over the Internet, we can consider the price before buying tickets.
Please visit auction sites / online auctions on the Internet. Not just for souvenirs, hotel reservations, as well. The price offered is very diverse and can be of great benefit. Attractive location for frequent trips online services free.
Beautiful Mount Kerinci
Volcano Mount Kerinci is the highest peak in Sumatra, which reaches 3085 meters. The hotel is situated at latitude 10 ° 45.50 ‘S 160 ° of longitude and 1010. Crater basin, from left to right, measuring 600 x 100 square meters with an area of ??lava from brass green 120 x 100 square meters.
This mountain is an area TNCs (Kerinci Seblat National Park). The summit of this mountain is often shrouded in fog, so it is difficult to see from a distance. The peak temperatures in the region are between 5-10 degrees Celsius, it can even reach below 0 degrees Celsius in winter Kemar.
To the summit of Mount Kerinci Tuo gravel to reach the village and takes about 10-12 hours the path of the existing airstrip, equipped with information and interpretive signs at several locations. At the top is similar to the scenery be nice because we can see the whole region in the Kerinci and see the city full flow, and also some areas of western Sumatra. Here we also find Edellweis beautiful flowers.
Several mentioned that Mount Kerinci Mount is the terrible, it’s just a lie. All will be answered, if you are on the summit of Mount Kerinci, arriving one has heaven.
Permission to climb this mountain, including the standard and not too complicated. Permits may be administered in a national park officer Pos.
Mount Kerinci is a pride for the community of natural magic Kerinci.
Permission to climb this mountain, including the standard and not too complicated. Permits may be administered to officers in the post TNCs
The Floating Market In Banjarmasin
From downtown to the floating market go from Banjarmasin Klotok boat is used or is generally known, lasts about 45 minutes to reach the market in the Barito river, however, if the local Exchange transport, land use Alalak requires less time come on the market. Klotok rent is not so much. Between Alalak the market is not too far. If the Alalak Klotok usually at a cost of thousands RP70 (depending on whether or not I negotiate tenant) chartered. In addition to the guests in the entire market is invited to travel tenant island Kembang.
This floating market for over 400 years. If the inhabitants of the interior of the earth, ineffective or crafts for sale in the results of trade in the products of local residents and merchants who came on the market is. But of course, is the tradition. Now there is no such thing as an exchange system on the market.
Beside the River (by boat, red), the uniqueness of this market transaction is the clock starts from 5.00 bis 09.00 clock. If any part of this program, which can be used to calm the markets. Because after 09: 00 local time, dealers are on small river commerce products for the residents whose homes are for sale in flood plains divided.
Many are bought and sold. In plants, handicraft materials, fruits and many others. For those of you who just want to relax, enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, food and much more Banjar cake, the influence of the waves while enjoying the ride Klotok. Curious? Therefore, if Banjarmasin, remind me of the floating market … Since, as mentioned, does not apply if the visit in Banjarmasin, but not for the floating market.
Choosing a Hostel
For those of you who ar
e cheap (back) to work abroad, maybe the inn has become a family shelter.
Hostel is a good choice between a friend / brother and hotels are relatively expensive. Besides the price fits into your pocket, some hostels are also very flexible in the reserves and facilities are sometimes as many as two or three stars.
Book with online reservation, a bed in the hostel is simple. When friends who do not receive more suddenly, or if you only 24-hour scale somewhere, then the inn has the right plan.
After all this convenience comes some considerations that are not met, would be against-productive for you. What are the things that should be observed in a hostel in order?
Place.
Above all, the location is very important. First, learn first means of transport to use when it came to a city. This is the location of the hostel is easily accessible by bus, train, taxi or even close to the airport?
The situation is far more difficult for foreign English-speaking country and increase costs. Not to mention, if BerkelBike ling in the center of the city, for example, but the remote location outside the inn. The site also determines the security. Check the history of the event that a district / region of the inn.
Facilities.
Find out what facilities are offered in a guest house. Only if you pay dearly, but the facilities are not complete as shelters cheaper. A good hostel has: (a) Land (better if reservations online) that contains information about prices and photo gallery, (b) means high security such as a secure lock and electronic (c) Free wireless Internet access in rooms, is also important for information, reservations and increased communication with the outside world.