Couchsurfing Tips For Women By Sally Kay The Couchsurfing Project is a great tool for the curious and thrifty traveler. The project idea is a cultural exchange in which members are the type of people who want share their culture and to learn about others. Couchsurfers want to get to know more than just the …
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By Sally Kay South America is a huge continent, and a lot of backpackers want to hitchhike through it. But in this vast continent every country is different, so hitchhiking can vary quite a lot. Here is a rough guide to hitchhiking in the different countries of South America. Argentina Argentina is a wonderful country …
Dear GoMad Nomad: I’m low on cash but still want to travel, what should I do? Go into further debt and live life in the moment, or do the prudent thing and save up my money? -Broke In Brooklyn Dear Broke in Brooklyn: My first advice is to get the heck out of Brooklyn! You’ll …
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By Scott Homan Traveling abroad for roughly the last decade has often included visiting internet cafes in even the most remote locations. Usually built for locals, they also serve as a connection home for vagabonds. But a new trend has emerged worldwide as people are increasingly traveling with portable wireless devices and computers. The latest …
I want to address the fact that, although GoMad Nomad readership is primarily budget, independent travelers, they are NOT all broke twenty-somethings. So I want to talk about the Couch Surfing Project, and how it’s for all ages. It is, however, only applicable for people who are interested in meeting other people.
Aren’t I too old for this?
No, you aren’t too old. Although only 3% of couch surfers worldwide are between the ages of 50 and 69 (72% are between the ages of 18 and 29) it still adds up to 48,000 participants over 50, as the total number of worldwide couch surfers is almost 1.7 million. And with 75% knowing English, you shouldn’t have a problem finding a host whom you can
I was never really interested in France or French, preferring to study a less bourgeois language like Spanish in school. Not that my language prejudice mattered, because like most Americans I never mastered a second language at all. Sure, I later got by hitchhiking in Cuba with my rudimentary Spanish, but I didn’t speak the language. And then I married a guy from France…
We’ve all been there. The crowded hostels of Europe. The well-beaten path along the Turkish coast. Khao San Road or Jalan Jaksa’s traveler’s ghettos. You’re getting tired of spending so much money to be so far away from home only to fritter away much of your time drinking and talking your next travel move with other western backpackers…
Super “careless” traveler Gilbert Carlson takes us on his overland journey from Palestine to Paris showing us how to free ourselves from the oppressive worries that keep us stressed while traveling.
