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Hello, thought some of you may find this of interest. I would like to go to GOA some day. Map -> http://bit.ly/2cKtFeM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello world.. We are a team of...

http://rojavaplan.com One of our comrades went to Minneapolis to get medical study rich and go to Rojava as a journalist, Slingshot press pass and everything, but ended up at the Sacred Stone Spirit Camp protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) instead! But seriously, Rojava is still on...

A trip to Kyrgyzstan, over on the border of China. The Tian Shan Mountains are beautiful but a bit of a mission. The capital city has a mad market with all sorts of instruments, car parts, food, spices for sale. The people are friendly, and the vodka is cheap.

http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/07/09/young-american-traveler-murdered-by-couchsurfing-host-in-nepal/ Young American traveler murdered by Couchsurfing host in Nepal WITW STAFF 07.09.16 DAHLIA YEHIA (FIND DAHLIA -- FACEBOOK) A Nepalese man has been convicted for the murder of...

This is a pretty good video since it does list the prices of things in Thailand right now and the video really gives you a good sense of what it's like to live there.

Anyone ever been there, or anywhere in the region? I might have a chance to spend a few weeks there at a university. Tips would be appreciated! Thanks <3

A really good friend of mine sent me a message this morning and any good information or advice would be greatly appreciated.... as of now he reckons the best case scenario is that he will have to stay for one month waiting for his temporary german passport to arrive, where he can only fly to...

Saw this shirt today in Cambodia, had to pass it on. Unfortunately there are so many like this, but haven't made a point to get photos. Anyone else find some crazy ones? "GOME PEOPLE YOU KNOM WHERE DROPPED ON TREP HEADS AS BABIES"

So I'm heading to Laos around the end of the month, and I heard accomodation there is pretty expensive, and there's a lot of abandonned buildings! So I've been thinking of squatting my stay there. Has anyone ever did it? What does the laotian law has to say about it? My googling only resulted...

So here I am, Rishikesh, India, 6AM. Trying to go to Gangotri for a few days trek to Gaumukh glacier. I head for the bus station, take a 7hrs over-crowded bus to Uttarkashi. I read I could then take a shared taxi (That means 14-18 people shoved into a 10-seat taxi) for another 5hrs that would...

If you guys wanna follow me, here's my travel blog! Chasingthehorizonblog.wordpress.com Here's my second article about my 2 days spent in Mumbaï. Be warned, my articles tend to be pretty extensive! So the flight went great, but that's pretty much the only part. So far, I can tell Mumbaï is a...

So I'm leaving for Asia this October, and I was wondering if some of you guys already went and saw stuff worth the detour or anything super cool I might have missed! I am planning on going to India -» Nepal -» Thailand -» Laos -» Vietnam -» China So far I only know the cities I'll visit in...

Hey. i'd like to go to asia, but i only speak german and english. I heard that people in asia usually dont speak english. And german even less. I heard that most people on central asia speak russian. We'd like to go to india, tibet, china, mongolia, thailand, indonesia. Does it male sence to...

Wish this was here in the US - I'd definitely be looking to urban explore this. Ran across this yesterday and thought it was quite unusual. hehe "There is one more door we didn't enter. Many also graffiti on the wall, for example bad words and pictures of naked women are found.'" oh my ...

The little boy here ... tears me apart. I don't understand the term "punk" but I do understand the word help as well as FOOD NOT BOMBS. I got this feed out of facebook - dirty kid couchsurfing coalition. _______________________...

It's an interactive page of sorts, so cant paste it here, but worth a browse if you have a few mins http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/10/world/asia/north-korea-photos-video.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

Almost two years ago, the photographer Won Kim was back-packing across Japan and passed through Arakawa-ku, a ward in northeastern Tokyo. There he ran into a tiny hotel which was set in one of the larger buildings that lined the street, with no signboards to guide you there, it was almost hidden...

Hello my fellow proud hobos! I am Tom Bluenose here in Jiangsu Province, PRC. I began my erudite journeys in 1997 after a bold "barstool prophet" moment and a "mirror moment" (those of you know what I am talking about). Since then I have lived in South Korea, Japan, PRC, Kingdom of Bahrain...

CULTURE, Always interesting. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/23/chinese-government-says-please-stop-hiring-funeral-strippers/ China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers A screenshot of the saucy funeral in Hebei that attracted attention earlier this year. In China, friends...

Short videos of my five month backpacking trip through China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. I did a lot of hitchhiking, couchsurfing, wild camping, urban exploring and roaming around. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98o8hW2GRMruoXOsI0ilUBrk8LRlWplF