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5 Good Reasons to Travel with MORE than One Bag
2007-12-01 11:49:00
Why on earth would someone want to carry more bags than they can get away with? Surely, a light backpacker is a happier backpacker? Not any more... There are a whole heap of reasons why extra baggage, or Multiple Bag Syndrome, is a good thing - and here are just 5 of them.
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Couches, Couches Everywhere and Now a Place to Sleep!
2007-11-30 01:38:00
Thanks to a handful of increasingly popular hospitality exchange websites there's now a new way to make friends and backpack for less - in fact, it could be a whole new way to travel. Increase your couch karma and get with the program!
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Backpacking Tips: How to Hide Money on your Person
2007-11-28 15:06:00
Sometimes when backpacking you?ll have no option but to carry precious items around with you, so it?s essential that we protect these as best we can. Our money and cards feed us, house us and even buy us beer. And since money belts have already been covered, here are some backpacking tips and ideas to highlight some of the other ways you can protect your valuables when out and about.
More About: Money , Tips , Backpacking , Person , Hide

Hidden Money Belts
2007-11-24 19:44:00
Today we're talking hidden money belts. We explore the different types of money belts on offer, give the pros and cons of each and share tips on how backpackers can use their concealed money belts more effectively.
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Backpacking Tips TV: How to Hide Money Whilst Backpacking
2007-11-24 14:57:00
Another backpacking tip demonstrating a way to hide money whilst backpacking - all you need is a crappy pen.
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Backpacking Las Vegas?Cheaply
2007-11-22 22:46:00
Want to visit Las Vegas but are afraid it'll crucify the budget? If this is so, a post highlighting the cheaper side of 'Lost Wages' should come as welcome news. With info and links highlighting cheap accomodation, cheap eats and cheap thrills in Las Vegas, backpackers can now love it (or hate it), too!
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Backpacking Las Vegas?Cheaply
2007-11-22 22:46:00
'Ever wanted to visit Las Vegas but have shied away because of a meagre budget? If so, this Friday's post revealing the cheaper side of 'Lost Wages' should come as good news. With info and links highlighting cheap accomodation, cheap eats and cheap thrills in Las Vegas, backpackers can now love it (or hate it), too!
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Backpacking Tips TV: Making a Stove from a Beer Can
2007-11-20 12:28:00
Backpcker Tips TV: How to make a beer can stove
More About: Beer , Backpacking

Backpacking Tips TV: Ways to Open a Bottle of Beer
2007-11-20 12:00:00
Backpacking Tips : How to open a bottle of beer without a bottle opener.
More About: Beer , Open , Backpacking , Bottle

Backpacking Tips: How to Avoid Getting Overcharged Abroad ? Part 2
2007-11-17 15:03:00
Backpacking Tips : This second post in the series about how to avoid getting overcharged when backpacking shares tips to reduce the chance of being overcharged when dealing with vendors.
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Download European City Guides - For Free!
2007-11-16 01:05:00
This week, the spotlight is on great giveaways for backpackers in Europe: Inyourpocket.com are offering European city guides - they're top notch and free to download!. It's super news for backpackers on a tight budget (read: too cheap to buy a Europe travel guidebook!) and a great way to both lighten the backpack and experience life after Lonely Planet.
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Backpacking Tips: How to Avoid Getting Overcharged Abroad - Part 1
2007-11-13 19:17:00
Just because we must sometimes accept dual pricing as being the norm when backpacking abroad that doesn't declare it open season for all scammers, touts and hustlers. By following a few guidelines backpackers can do much themselves to successfully keep the chancers at bay.
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Backpacking Tips: How to Avoid Getting Overcharged Abroad ? Part 3
2007-11-11 19:14:00
Backpacking Tips : How to Avoid Getting Overcharged Abroad. This third post in the series on how to avoid getting overcharged deals with some more general do's and don't to help maintain a healthier backpacking fund.
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The World as a Bottle Opener
2007-11-10 16:08:00
After a recent post on just why I think Swiss Army Knives are a waste of time and money, it's high time I backed up this boldly irreverent claim with some hard evidence. So, using beer as a fine example: how do you open the bottle without a bottle opener? Maybe these clips will provide the answer.
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Cheapskate Friday: Awesome Links for the Thrifty Nomad
2007-11-09 20:23:00
Each week I?ll be compiling and sharing a handful of discoveries from around the web ? discoveries geared toward preserving that meagre road fund. In this first Cheapskate Friday I?ll be focussing on two sites catching my eye recently. Despite being completely different in nature, they both inform and inspire in their own unique way. But be careful, they?re addictive!
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What is RSS?
2007-11-09 13:46:00
What is RSS? What is a feed? How do I subscribe to a blog? What the hell is that little orange button? If you've ever found yourself asking questions like these then the following easy-to-digest tutorial on RSS Feeds should hopefully provide all the answers. Enjoy!
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Swiss Army Knives: Just Another Travel Rip-off
2007-11-08 21:10:00
The Swiss Army Knife: A travel essential or just another bullsh*t waste of backpacking funds? Despite claims to the contrary, you really can do without one of these expensive travel rip offs ? and in the words of Bear Grylls: I?m going to show you how. Yep, you too can survive without one.
More About: Travel , Swiss Army , Knives

Welcome to the New Ubertramp.com
2007-11-05 15:51:00
Changes have been long overdue, but finally some clear thinking prevailed and they've actually happened. Its going to be a bit different around here from now on. Same author, same web address, but different ethos...Anyway, here's a taste of things to come - the new outlook and the thoughts behind it.

The Ultimate Backpacker?s Companion
2007-11-03 17:26:00
More packing tips for backpackers. This time it's Tupperware boxes. They cost next to nothing and last a lifetime ? they won?t tear, crack, rot, rust, or leak. Value for money wise you would be hard pushed to find a more useful and versatile bit of travel kit. Get wise: Tupperize!!
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Backpacking Tips: Cheap First Aid Kit for Backpackers
2007-11-02 21:18:00
Tips on how to attain a cheap and effective first aid kit for backpackers that takes up less space than a couple of packs of cigarettes and costs less than 10 bucks. So, before buying a ridiculously overpriced commercial traveler?s first aid kit from a travel firm cashing in on that big trip anxiety, why don?t you give it a go yourself?
More About: Travel Tips , Tips , Backpacking , Cheap , First Aid

Facts You DO NOT Want to Know about the Sahara Desert.
2007-10-12 17:59:00
A few rather startling facts about the largest desert on the planet, the Sahara Desert .
More About: Facts , Morocco , On The Road

The Camel Man of Erg Chebbi
2007-10-09 18:22:00
...there must have been a subtle art to getting these headscarves to sit correctly. We, however, were as yet unable to master it. The result of our first bungled attempts were definitely less Saharan Nomad and more, say, George Formby with severe head trauma. But we didn?t care; these were the real deal and would afford us at least a little protection from the rigours of the desert - even if we did look like we had just failed a first aid course. As far as we were concerned, we were good to go.
More About: Morocco , Camel , On The Road

Desert Dreams and Harsh Realities
2007-10-03 23:23:00
...These rudimentary, single story dwellings ? each barely the square footage of a large western bedroom ? squat stoically under a fierce Sahara sun. But despite their meagre stature, here they are sky scrapers - for around them is little else. Here, in this landscape so consistently void of feature, even a mud hut stands like a giant...
More About: Dreams , Morocco , On The Road , Desert

Into the Sahara Desert
2007-10-02 12:37:00
...In short, the whole landscape just seemed to be, well, bare and desolately sterile, or at least so it seemed at the time. Throughout the journey we were privy to a swiftly moving array of sand, rocks, a few more rocks, and then a bit more sand. Apart from the odd (and distinctly lost looking) shrub here and there, it all seemed so completely void of life. I?ve seen more living things in a single squat toilet cubicle...
More About: Morocco , Sahara , On The Road , Desert , Hara

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