Hiking in Mestia, Svaneti – Mazeri, Guli, Koruldi to Ushguli
Georgia (the country) - Albeit short, I loved my hiking trip to Georgia. I spent my time exploring the remote Svaneti region with snowy peaks,...
Money Matters: What are the costs of 3 months backpacking in...
Lisanne took some time off to go on the ultimate Southeast Asia trip. She strapped on her backpack and went all the way from Khao...
Sleep Less, Dream More – The Spooning Bus
It didn’t take long to come to the understanding that taking a long-distance bus in Laos meant one thing conclusively. You were going to...
11 x ‘Do As The Japanese Do’ For Travelers
While going through my travel notes for my '11 quirky things in Japan' article, I stumbled upon a word cloud which I had created...
Ten reasons why you should visit Seoul. It is one of...
Forget Tokyo. Forget Hong Kong. Bunch of Backpackers will give you ten reasons why Seoul is one of the coolest cities ever! And no, I'm...
Off the beaten track in Myanmar
A wonderful country of monks, golden stupa's and most of all: friendly warm people from all different ethnicities. It's said that it's best to...
Sleep Less, Dream More – Sleepless in the most quiet village...
"The bus driver lets us know that we have to get off the bus. There we are, somewhere in Guangxi Province without exactly knowing...
BoB vs. the Great Wall
I didn’t want to go. “Why go on a tour if we can travel to the Great Wall independently?” I asked. My friend however...
BoB vs. the Gobi desert in Mongolia
We arrived at the Mongolian host family’s house: a ger (traditional Mongolian tent), which stood proudly on a small hill surrounded by endless plains...