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Thailand Travel – Full Moon Party

By on May 15, 2012 ]

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 [...]

Galapagos Tours

Choosing the Best Galapagos Tours

By on February 19, 2012 ]

Choosing from the hundreds of Galapagos tours doesn’t sound like an easy choice, but it actually wasn’t too hard for Aracely and I. As someone that’s active on the web, always reading others’ experiences while touring the world, I sort of knew who the best tour operators for the Galapagos were. Galapagos Travel This trip [...]

Travel Photos

Travel Photo of the Day: Sunset at Isla del Sol, Bolivia

By on February 11, 2012 ]

The best of Bolivia After a full day of hiking from the north part of Isla del Sol island to the south, we took a rest at a restaurant with an amazing view of Lake Titicaca.  The hours passed and the sun began to hide behind the horizon.  The sunset slowly revealed some amazing colors [...]

travel video

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! [...]

How to Travel the Perhentian Islands

By on December 2, 2011 ]

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 [...]

Beaches in Florida

Travel Photo of the Day: Key Biscayne FL Beaches

By on September 9, 2011 ]

Key Biscayne Fl is one of the most beautiful islands located just off the coast of downtown Miami.  If the Miami beaches are too crowded or too full of tourists, drive over the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne and visit one of the many beaches or parks for a day of sun, grilling and swimming [...]

Panama Islands

Photo of the Day: Gamez Islands in Panama’s Pacific Coast

By on June 18, 2011 ]

The Gulf of Chiriquí is a part of Panama that encompasses Coiba National Park and Golfo de Chiriquí National Park.  There are dozens of islands in this Gulf.  We visited Gamez Island for a day in our own personal paradise of snorkeling, climbing and swimming.

Channel Islands Guernsey

Neolithic Presence in Jersey, Channel Islands

By on October 26, 2010 ]

Jersey (Channel Islands) is a small island off the coast of Normandy in the English Channel.  It has been inhabited since prehistoric times.  Nowadays, one can see traces of those first dwellers almost anywhere.  One of the things I loved doing the most during my time there was to put on my walking boots, grab [...]