Go to Source   Twenty-two years ago, Dr. Gretchen Ela Heid, M.D., walked across the stage in Bedford High School and received her diploma. At the time, Heid was enjoying the last summer of her youth before embarking on her first year of college. She had absolutely no idea what she wanted to do in […]

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Go to Source   The black sport-utility vehicle stopped about 300 feet behind us at a bend in the road. Its occupants were hidden behind its tinted windows. Inside, we assumed, were police officers assigned to follow our group of five foreign men and a local driver up the narrow mountain road. A metal bar […]

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Go to Source   In 2012, Jason Vitug found himself on top of a temple in Myanmar.   “I realized I was living a childhood dream,” he says of that moment, near the beginning of his year-long, 21-country travel adventure. “And I started wondering why I was the only one there. “ That epiphany became […]

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Go to Source   Jinna Yang’s world tour with a cardboard cutout of her father has been closely followed on the internet.   Jinna has been blogging photos from her trip in recent days; a trip she is taking to honor her father. Her first destination was Iceland.   British outlets the Daily Mail and […]

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Go to Source   These novels and memoirs about rootless young travelers were made to travel in dusty rucksacks alongside heavily stamped passports, Eurail passes, and journal crammed with first-time experiences. The Beach by Alex Garland This backpacker’s bible gets to the point: “Escape through travel works.” Follow Richard and co. as they trip through […]

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Go to Source   For the more adventurous among us, or simply those used to traveling low budget, the backpacking road will be a familiar one. Whether by hitchhiking or with InterRail passes, camping or hostel-hopping, there are infinite number of ways to keep the travel budget to a minimum while allowing yourself maximum flexibility. […]

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by Daniel Falconer | 1 April 2014 Tom Daley and best friend Sophie / Credit: ITV In the first pictures released from the Olympian’s new show Tom Daley Goes Global (with his blonde friend Sophie), we see the first moments of the diving sensation’s backpacking trip to some of the most exotic locations on the […]

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Tourists backpacking around the beauty spots of the South Island’s wild West Coast have been shocked by the brutal attack on two young women. But opinion is divided on whether they should continue hitchhiking, with some vowing to give up the risky practice and others saying they’re not deterred by the one-off event. A 28-year-old […]

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