May 2010

How Much Does a Bungy Jump Cost?

May 25, 2010

Bungy jumping is a rite of passage for today’s travellers. The height of the bungy jump, is effectively your travel penis: Mine’s bigger than yours. Mine was more beautiful. Mine went wrong. Mine splashed me. However, such mighty adventure sports can come at extremely high prices, and bruise even the tightest budget. Take your phallus […]

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007 LISTENup: Bee is for Banna

May 13, 2010

[audio:https://www.trailofants.com/audio/007LISTENup_BeeforBanna.mp3] The LISTENup Podcast series is back for a limited time only (that’s my way of saying I’ll produce one when I can!) Strap on your walking boots, and come explore the Xishuangbanna region of China’s, Yunnan Province. One of the most incredible regions in the world, for myriad reasons.

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eBook Review: The Underground Guide to International Volunteering

May 10, 2010

eBooks on volunteering have the hidden ability to make you feel really inadequate. They’re full of smiling tourists in the throes of painting fish on the side of schoolhouses, or at their worst they feature a platoon of African children clambering over themselves to get in the photo with the pale protagonist of their village. […]

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