My recent backpacking adventure through South America opened my eyes to a new way of life and has truly changed my focus moving forward. Aside from changing the way I plan to travel in the future (slower, with purpose), the experience has inspired me to write about my travels in hopes of making a positive impact on less fortunate places. I guess you could say the trip really started two years prior to landi ...

This was the first reaction from friends and relatives, at the news of our trip to Cambodia. Cambodia is a mysterious country, fascinating and still a little rough round the edges and mass tourism hasn't quite invaded yet! With the exception of the gigantic Angkor Wat temple complex and cities like Sean Reap and Phnom Penh. Up until recently, Cambodia was an off-limits destination; due to the danger of land ...

This month we propose taking our readers on a journey through our past travels. Starting with Cambodia, with over one hundred ancient temples, empty beaches, rivers, forests and of course the spectacular Angkor Wot. Cambodia receives very few visitors compared to neighbouring Thailand and definitely one of the  best destinations in South East Asia. [AFG_gallery id='3'] ...

A brilliant article by William Sutcliffe explaining the true face of many young backpackers gap year's and round the world trips. The article highlights the importance of responsible tourism and why we must all take a step back and reflect on the way we travel and where and how we spend our tourist dollars. Everybody loves to hate backpackers. Even people like me, who have spent months of their lives backpa ...

What is "Responsible Travel?" You can enjoy adventure, nature and/or culture, and be socially and ecologically conscious. Responsible travel is about having fun, while also giving back. It is ethical travel that strives to reduce negative impacts of our journey while creating long term benefits to the environment, local people, and their communities. "Eco-Green-Sustainable-Responsible Travel." Really? Just ...

A recent interview with Jeff Jung from Career Break Secrets got me thinking about all the embarrassing moments I've had while traveling as well as all the funny stories people have recounted to me, its amazing some of the situations travelers get themselves in to. I've started off the discussion by confessing my most embarrassing moment: ...

  The salt is over 10 meters thick in the center. In the dry season, the salt planes are a completely flat expanse of dry salt. In the wet season when we were there, it's covered with a thin sheet of water that sits on the surface creating the strangest landscape you'll ever see! [AFG_gallery id='2']   Where is it? [mappress mapid="11"] ...

We’ve been traveling in South America for just over three months and along the way we’ve met all sorts of travelers and people looking for adventures. Recently though we seem to have met more and more travelers who are in a hurry, rushing to get to the next place and get a certain experience ticked off their wish lists. I spoke to one couple who were planning to travel South America, South East Asia and Aus ...