Locationless Living

Hostels are a great place to meet people. They are also a great place to learn about the many things that can go wrong with travel. Usually these kinds of lessons are communicated over the complimentary coffee and breakfast which you have to make yourself, in a big common kitchen. Sometimes you hear horror stories [...]

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There’s an old Hebrew saying that goes something like “How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans.” I love this saying, because it points out how little control we often have over how our lives play out. When traveling we are ceding even more control of our loves to the random, chaotic, and [...]

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As a skiier and a hiker, I know that I take risks when I travel. While I’ve been agile enough to avoid injuries over the past couple decades of my life, I’ve watched the people around me break limbs, damage equipment, get into car accidents, and crash into things. I myself have had many close [...]

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There becomes a time when you make the adjustment from gap-year or short-term traveler to full-time international travel. In this case travel insurance just doesn’t cut it anymore since it is meant as a supplement to regular health insurance. In my case I graduated from university in the United States nearly one year ago which [...]

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Airfare: I took about a week to find airfare researched it using the following websites. StudentUniverse.com http://www.aa.com Latindiscounters.com Latin travel Specialists Discount tour and travel packages to Latin America Airfare and Travel to Peru,Chile,Brazil,Colombia and all South America STA TRAVEL http://www.airgorilla.com/ surprisingly found the cheapest airfare. Once I found the best airfare went through Delta, [...]

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