MSC Cruises Review
on Nov 21, 2009 in America Asia by Land Transportation backpacking travel Africa Cruise deals Europe MSC Cruises Review Virgin Islands We took a 17-day cruise from Venice to Ft. Lauderdale on the MSC Poesia, which had stops in Italy, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the USA. We got a last-minute discount deal, which resulted in our tickets being roughly the...

Top 5 Mediterranean Locations
on Nov 19, 2009 in Asia by Land Turkey backpacking travel beauty Best places camping Ephesus Mediterranean Olympos Sea top 5 Tunis Olympos – Olympos is a relatively concealed and close-knit community of hostels and beach-style tree-house cabanas. Very few tourists visit the location, which is filled with backpackers, hippies and Europeans trying to get in touch with their inne...

Malaga Spain
on Nov 17, 2009 in Italy backpacking travel Europe Malaga Spain We stopped in Malaga, Spain, for a day to check out the town after hearing from other travelers that it was a “not-to-be-missed” destination. While this may be true for the more wealthy of travelers, it is not a hot-spot, so to speak, for backpac...

Tunisian Sun
on Nov 15, 2009 in Italy backpacking travel Africa Flu Gulf of Tunis Tunis Tunisia Since I was a little girl I always dreamed of going to Africa. When we arrived I could not stop repeating in my head, “I can’t believe I’m in Africa!” I was so excited I literally ran through customs and in my rush didn’t even get my passpo...

On the Southern Italian Coast
on Nov 13, 2009 in Italy backpacking travel Bari Chruches Mafia We arrived in Bari, on Italy’s southern coast, early in the morning and decided to just walk around the city and absorb as much as possible on foot. It was Sunday, so the town seemed deserted with the exception of the churches. We walked around the...

Soaking in Venice
on Nov 11, 2009 in Italy backpacking Bari Venice Waterways Not at all impressed with Euro-rail as it was the most expensive train, without private cabins, and the lights remained on all night, the fog slowly lifted in the early morning to reveal our slow roll towards the Venetian Islands. As we stepped off...

Slovenia and the Creepiest Castle
on Nov 9, 2009 in Asia by Land Slovenia backpacking Capital castle dragon bridge We arrived in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, three hours after departing Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The train was a lovely design with six seats to a cabin with a sliding glass door. We had an extremely friendly Croatian lady in our cabin who...

Croatia for Breakfast
on Nov 7, 2009 in Croatia backpacking travel breakfast Rain Zagreb Lauren really wanted to go ahead with our plan of 6 capitals in 6 days. Therefore, after our few enjoyable days in Sarajevo, we booked a night-train to leave that same evening. The train station was located right next to the Holiday Inn where journ...

Sarajevo Flourishes
on Nov 5, 2009 in Asia by Land Bosnia backpacking travel ice sarajevo shopping snow WWI Our bus ride was somewhat of a highlight as far as nigh transportation goes. We were on the top floor of a double-decker bus, in the very front seats. This gave us an amazing, panoramic view of Serbia as we departed. We were exhausted from sleeping o...

In Belgrade’s Rain
on Nov 3, 2009 in Bulgaria backpacking travel Belgrade castle Night Train Serbia We took the night train from Sofia, Bulgaria, to the Serbian capital, Belgrade. We arrived before the city had fully awakened at 6am and had to wait for the luggage storage room to open at the train station before we could stash our bags, change our...