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| bio | website | en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… |
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| location | Bondi Beach | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
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Backpacking since Christmas Day, 1989. Hitchhiking since mid 2010.
Currently home working in a backpacker hostel while I pay off the credit card from the last trip and save for the next one.
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Jul 4 |
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Long Term Travel - what insurances can / should I get? @znq: I added one example to my answer. You can buy 12 months insurance to start and then extended indefinitely. |
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Jul 3 |
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How can I do a “broad” search for flights? Hmm in Australia there are sites which are Australian such as WebJet so I assumed the same was true for other countries. |
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Jul 3 |
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How can I do a “broad” search for flights? I have found that many such sites are not as "broad" as they would have their users believe. (I was investigating international fares from Australia) I tried the big sites for my current trip and they all gave higher best prices than I had found on my own with Korean Air and did not offer this airline at all! I did a more thorough check later and found two sites that did offer this airline and even beat the price I already paid! So it's best to shop around even for "shopping around" sites! |
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Jul 3 |
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How can I do a “broad” search for flights? Are you only interested in US domestic flights or in international sites? You should mention this in your question title. |
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Jul 1 |
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Language schools that teach Mayan languages around Lake Atlitlan, Guatemala? Oh I thought you answered in a comment and that was somebody eles's answer... you got it! |
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Jul 1 |
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Is it cheaper to mail a small package to Germany from Turkey, Bulgaria, or Romania? It's about shipping and travelling. A question of shipping while not travelling would not have looked like this and I wouldn't have asked it here. |
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Jul 1 |
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Language schools that teach Mayan languages around Lake Atlitlan, Guatemala? @Keyslinger: That's awesome. Only problem is this is really a model question from my past. The airline I used to fly to Mexico seems to have withdrawn the route so I don't know if I'll be travelling to this part of the world soon though it is maybe my favourite part )-: |
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Jun 30 |
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How do I know if it's safe to travel to a country at a specific time? This question may be regarded as too broad to be on-topic for this site. But if you ask specific questions about the countries and times you want to travel to they will definitely be on-topic. |
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Jun 29 |
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Diving safety in Australia Australia is big. Cairns is tropical, so 23C to 26C this time of winter (73F to 79F). The locals will think that's cold though (-: |
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Jun 29 |
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Strongest travel sunblock? In Australia the advice advertized by the government is to only use SPF 30+ and reapply every two hours I believe. |
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Jun 29 |
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Strongest travel sunblock? I believe the key is to reapply and reapply rather than to expect one application of a high SPF to last. I don't burn that easily but it depends on the conditions. I once burned in seven minutes. |
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Jun 29 |
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Language schools that teach Mayan languages around Lake Atlitlan, Guatemala? Actually there are three Mayan languages spoken around the lake (Cakchiquel, Tzutuil and Quiché) but I prefer Tzutuhil since it's the one they speak in San Pedro where I've spent the most time and learned some words from a lady selling orange juice so I bought a book on it in Guatemala City. |
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Jun 29 |
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If I travel to Paris, can I get by with just English? Yes I agree it's easier to find English speakers in Paris than in most of France but it's harder to find English speakers in Paris than in many other large European cities. |
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Jun 29 |
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Are there any programs in British Columbia in which a U.S. citizen could get a visa to work temporarily (and travel)? If they are picky about what kind of work you can do there, the work the locals don't want to do is your best bet. In the case of BC it always used to be tree planting that you did for a little money when you couldn't get a job and didn't mind the hard work. |
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Jun 29 |
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Is tea and coffee on the street safe to drink in India? There is a Wikipedia article on arsenic in groundwater covering what treatment must be used to remove it. Seems to be a problem in Bangladesh rather than India: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_contamination_of_groundwater |
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Jun 29 |
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Is there a boat that will take tourists to Iceland from North America? I added the adventure tag based on your reason for not wanting to fly. |
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Jun 29 |
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Is tea and coffee on the street safe to drink in India? Boiling also depends on altitude but won't usually be a concern unless you are up a high mountain or in a deep cave and buying a drink off a sidewalk vendor (-: I do remember in the news some years back I think arsenic in rural Indian wellwater though. |
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Jun 29 |
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Is tea and coffee on the street safe to drink in India? Keep in mind that water safety and immunity depend totally on what is in the water. Some things you cannot build up immunity to even if you are a local. Some things accumulate so are much worse for the locals than visitors. And some things are chemicals rather than microbes so boiling will not help. Other microbes are touch and must be boiled for a minimum amount of time. |
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Jun 29 |
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How far away can I get with my car starting in Amsterdam What route would be needed to get from North Africa south? I only know Morocco and the Sahara is not trivial to cross and not always open. Tunisia has some unrest and Libya has way too much. So which way? |
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Jun 29 |
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Touring opal mines in Australia I wouldn't consider this as extreme, it should be pretty easy. Should be fun too! (-: |
