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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Don’t be a Fatpacker

April 27, 2010

Fatpackers don’t just carry the weight of the world on their shoulders, they carry it on their waists, their thighs and their unsupported ankles. They huff through alleyways, puff on trains and wheeze their way through the best travel destinations in the world. Take the weight off your feet, and consider these reasons to stay […]

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Tax Information for British Travellers

April 20, 2010

When I ponder over life in England, I see vast expanses of countryside, spliced by ditches, rivers and Roman roads. Then I think of tax. Nasty, black, oozing tax. British travellers often believe that travelling is an escape from the taxmen, however few who travel realise the beast is still tapping their savings. Here’s an […]

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Me and My Mongol

April 15, 2010

They were crammed in like broken string puppets in a dusty backstage box; elbows twisted around ankles, and their shoes a peculiar mishmash of colours.

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The List of all Lists

April 2, 2010

If there’s one thing a good travel blogger likes, it’s a list. We could munch through twenty or more lists in a day. To-do lists. Must-do lists. Been-there-done-that lists. Slept with a Frenchman lists. Twitter lists. Packing lists. The list goes on. But if there’s one list the modern day travel blog author needs, it’s […]

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