With ten land border crossings under our belt, it’s time to share travel tips about our experience with land border crossings. Our first land border crossing was from Guatemalato El Salvador and it involved a boat ride, two bus rides and a walk across a long bridge separating the borders. We admittedly were nervous. It [...]
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How to Travel Long-Term & Pay Off Debt
Scott and Christy, a couple of surfers from Ordinary Traveler share some finance travel tips. We have been paying off student loans for a few years (or shall I say my other half has been paying off expensive loans from helicopter pilot school and college) and we have decided not to put off traveling until [...]

What is a Hostel Like?
We had never stayed in a hostel prior to our first long-term backpacking trip in Central and South America. I honestly had no idea what a hostel was, and I wasn’t about to watch the horror movie flick “Hostel” to find out. It had always been hotels for me, so what was I to expect? [...]

Travel And Exercise
Aracely and I are both health conscience individuals who enjoy working out and eating healthy, but there are always exceptions. We definitely do have our fair share of splurges on pizza (for me) and ice cream (for Aracely). Our initial thought was that backpacking for a year would get us into better shape. We have [...]

10 Lessons Learned While Traveling
It is hard to believe it has been 270 days (9 whole months) that we have been on the road. Nine months of moving around, nine months of living out of our backpacks, nine months of not seeing family and friends, of hostels, of street food, of meeting strangers, of making friends, nine whole months [...]

6 Months of Travel in Latin America
On August 27, 2009 we boarded a plane to Guatemala City, Guatemala, the beginning of our year long round the world journey. As of today we have been on the road for 180 days, half our planned trip. Below is a summary of interesting statistics and experiences from our travels through Central and South America.

5 Tips on Traveling As a Couple
Celebrating Valentine’s Day while traveling with your significant other reminds us how important it is to treat each other as loved ones and not just traveling buddies. It’s not easy spending every living moment with each other and still remembering to be romantic occasionally. Traveling as a couple will test the strength of your relationship, [...]
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Vicky: Great post. My boyfriend and i plan on spending a ...
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Vicky: Great post. China will be the third destination on...
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Vicky: Great list. Definitely agree that the High Line is...
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Jason Castellani: Kiri, great article. THanks for sharing....
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Rachel: I had an amazing night at a Full Moon Party about ...
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David Urmann: Great pictures of the Banyan Trees. I highly recom...
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Chrissy Travels: Perfect! Thanks for the list. Headed there this Fa...







