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Travel Photo of the Day: Costa Rica Cloud Forest Millipede

By on January 24, 2012 ]

Can you help us identify what kind of millipede this is? We found it while walking through the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. We do our best to label our travel photos correctly.

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Travel Photo of the Day – Uganda Beetles Mating

By on January 20, 2012 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Andrea of the Butterflyist, shares a nature picture from Uganda in this travel photo of the day. It was quite incredible to spot these two beautiful beetles while doing a nature walk around the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park. Such an intimate look into the [...]

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Samara Beach Costa Rica – Travel Video Ep. 21

By on January 17, 2012 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos Enjoy the best off-the-beaten-path beach in Costa Rica through an HD adventure travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Sámara, Costa Rica.  In travel video episode #21, we film the flat, calm, white sand Samara Beach and it’s small island of Isla Chora. Enjoy the show! [...]

Photo Essay – Martin Luther King Memorial

By on January 13, 2012 ]

On the third Monday of January, the United States will be celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day The idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday was promoted by labor unions in contract negotiations. After [...]

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Granada Nicaragua Las Isletas – Travel Video Ep. 20

By on January 9, 2012 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos Enjoy a boat tour of millionaire homes on Lake Nicaragua through an HD adventure travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Granada, Nicaragua.  In travel video episode #20, we tour Las Isletas and Monkey Island on Lake Nicaragua. Enjoy the show! Nicaragua Travel – Granada Granada’s [...]

Advertising Latin Style – Travel Video Clip 6

By on January 5, 2012 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos After traveling throughout Central America and South America, we have experienced our share of unique cultural norms in Latin America, one of which includes putting home speakers on your car and advertising loudly through the streets. This wasn’t an occasional site, it was a frequent site, often advertising for events, [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day – Foggy Morning Mountains in Chiapas, Mexico

By on January 4, 2012 ]

Jonathan is a regular travel photo contributor for 2Backpackers.com. For more information or to sign up for his newsletter visit LifePart2.com. In late December I had the privilege to spend the night with a charming indigenous family in the tiny village of Nichnamtic; high in the mountains of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas. This family [...]

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New Year’s Eve in Ecuador – Travel Video Ep. 19

By on December 25, 2011 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos We celebrate fun Ecuador traditions on New Year’s Eve in this HD travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Chone, Ecuador during the Holidays.  In travel video episode #19, we join Aracely’s family in her hometown of Chone to experience the chaos that is New Year’s [...]