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Thailand Travel – Full Moon Party

Thailand travel has become synonymous with Koh Phangan’s Full Moon Party. No matter what age you are, or type of backpacker, this party has to be experienced at least once in your lifetime.  I have seven Full Moon parties under my belt. Some were spent writhing around in the crowds growing massive calves from attempting the hard [...]

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Laos Travel – Top 5 Adventure Things To Do in Laos

Laos travel is not only beautiful, but also jam packed with adventure activities.  I’m a selective adrenaline junkie, and sports such as rock climbing and tubing in Laos get me going.  However, suggest jumping out of an plane, and expect me to run for the hills.  Southeast Asia travel continues to be incredibly rewarding. Laos [...]

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Asia Travel – Angkor Wat in Cambodia

When you think of Asia travel, you think Angkor Wat. There are very few people that visit Cambodia without paying a visit to this World Heritage Site. Asia Travel I had often been transfixed by stunning images of these temples and was determined to explore them myself. Like many things, however, when a dream  is realised, [...]

Laos Travel

Laos Travel – Buddha Park, Vientiane

Laos is a country firmly set on the Southeast Asia backpacker trail.  Vientiane, the capital city, is fully deserving of this status for its beauty and its diverse range of things to see and do during Laos travel. Laos Travel My partner and I had heard about Buddha Park on the outskirts of town (about 25km away) [...]

How to Travel the Perhentian Islands

Jade Johnston of OurOyster.com, shares her tips on travelling to the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia in this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com. Despite over five years of travel, and over thirty countries visited in that time, the Perhentian Islands marked two of my travel firsts. My first time travelling solo properly, and my first proper [...]

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The Children of Angkor, Cambodia

Joe Owens of A Couple Vagabonds shares photos of children he and his girlfriend met when traveling to Angkor, Cambodia. Travel Cambodia The Angkor region of Cambodia, near Siem Reap, is home to the incredible Angkor Wat temple. The area is best known for Angkor Wat, but there are literally hundreds of other temples and [...]

Fiji

Surf Fiji Islands

Josh Aggars of flipflopscity.com shares his experience trying to surf the big waves of the Fiji Islands. Flying into Fiji was a step into the unknown. After two months of surfing my way around New Zealand with my crew I was now heading out alone to confront waters that I had heard little about beyond [...]